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Community focused and impact driven - how our Palliative Care Statewide Clinical Network Co-leads have been making a difference in South Australia

A snap­shot of how Peter All­croft and Kathryn Houri­g­an are mak­ing a dif­fer­ence in pal­lia­tive care through their ded­i­ca­tion to com­mu­ni­ty engage­ment and oth­er initiatives.

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Decode your genes: Understanding Reproductive Carrier Screening

Through the Clin­i­cal Genomics SCN, we have devel­oped an infor­ma­tion­al video for health pro­fes­sion­als to pro­vide to con­sumers explain­ing repro­duc­tive car­ri­er screen­ing, its pos­si­ble ben­e­fits and impli­ca­tions and options for at risk couples.

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HIRAID® now implemented across 6 LHNs in South Australia

After suc­cess­ful imple­men­ta­tion in Cen­tral Ade­laide Local Health Net­work (CAL­HN), Noth­ern Ade­laide LHN, South Ade­laide LHN, Women and Chil­dren Hos­pi­tal Net­work, Eyre and Far Nnoth LHN and Lime Coast LHN) are imple­ment­ing HIRAID®.

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Get to know Mario, a big-hearted member of our Community of Consumers

Being a con­sumer rep­re­sen­ta­tive for our Clin­i­cal Genomics Statewide Clin­i­cal Net­work is only one of the many ways Mario is con­tribut­ing to the health sys­tem. Get to know him!

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Hundreds of South Australians help shape approach to cancer care across the state

Can­cer patients along with their fam­i­lies, health­care work­ers, and com­mu­ni­ty groups have been shar­ing their expe­ri­ences and ideas to devel­op a Can­cer Nav­i­ga­tion Frame­work’ that will help every­one to get the best pos­si­ble care.

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Your voices heard: community shapes optimal system of care for low back pain

We received over 60 respons­es from the com­mu­ni­ty on the pro­posed opti­mal sys­tem of care for low back pain. Your feed­back helped to refine the pro­pos­al, paving the way for a final mod­el that bet­ter address­es com­mu­ni­ty needs.

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