News
News
Medical Assisting makes Innovation Award finals, 4 May 2012
New era of practice care as assisting students graduate, Medical Observer, 6 Sept 2011
Medical Assisting graduates recognised - 1 Sept 2011
Medical Assistants to the fore - Australian Doctor, pg 11, 30 July 2010
Medical assistants will relieve workforce gaps - 6Minutes, 20 July 2010
More GPs to benefit from Medical Assistants, press release Healthfirst Training Australia and GPpartners, 20 July 2010
“Australian first” medical assisting course begins, press release GPpartners, 13 May 2010
The history of Medical Assisting
“Medical assistants - A primary care workforce solution?”, Australian Family Physician, August 2009
Podcast: Medical Assistants… developing a role in primary care, AFP audio, August 2009
Building Teams in Primary Care: Lessons from 15 Case Studies, Thomas Bodenheimer, M.D., UCSF School of Medicine
In 2007, Dr Thomas Bodenheimer, from the UCSF School of Medicine, authored a report on the effective use of teams and non-medical staff in primary care. The report suggests that non-medical staff can be effectively used to undertake simple clinical tasks and manage chronic disease by implementing clinical protocols and standing orders. These actions improved capacity and patient outcomes in the report’s 15 case studies from across the United States. The case studies demonstrate that teams are a necessary and effective foundation upon which other innovations - such as the chronic care model, advanced access, group visits, and electronic encounters - can be pursued. Case studies 1, 9, 14 and 15 outline how Medical Assistants have been effectively used in primary care teams.