Pillar 3: Harm reduction, healthcare providers and interdisciplinary assessment, care Objective 3 (Reduce to health educators. and support as part of individuals); comprehensive primary health care Supporting approach 1: centres and services), Objective 14 (Workforce); and (Expedite access to tier 1 Supporting approach 2: multidisciplinary pain clinics for (Commitment to evidence). people with more complex problems) and Objective 15 (Ensure tertiary specialist pain clinics have resources needed to support key strategies). Goal 5: Quality improvement and evaluation, Objective 19 (Ensure equity of access and appropriate use of non-pharmaceutical interventions). 5.2 Explore opportunities to enhance Pillar 1: Demand reduction, Objective 2: Improve the Goal 3: Skilled professionals and liaison in transitional medication Objective 2 (Reduce the use of quality use of medicines by best practice evidence based care, management between hospitals and drugs in the community); and health practitioners, Objective 9 (Train and support health community settings. Supporting approach 1 healthcare providers and practitioners in best-practice pain (Workforce). health educators. assessment and management). 5.3 possible enhance the range of Pillar 1: Demand reduction, Goal 3:,Skilled professionals and medication pack sizes and/or Objective 2 (Reduce the use of best practice evidence based care, dispensing options for Pharmaceutical drugs in the community). Objective 10 (Establish and promote Benefits Scheme medications. systems and guidelines to ensure adequate management of acute, chronic and cancer pain). 5.4 Promote utilisation by prescribers Supporting approach 1: Objective 2: Improve the Goal 4: Access to interdisciplinary of Medicare Benefits Schedule items (Workforce). quality use of medicines by care at all levels, Objective 12 which remunerate and target health practitioners, (Develop and evaluate medication review and/or healthcare providers and service delivery and funding management of health educators. models for pain management in the conditions such as pain and mental community which provide illness. interdisciplinary assessment, care and support as part of comprehensive primary health care centres and services).
Pillar 3: Harm reduction, Objective 3 (Reduce to individuals); Supporting approach 1: (Workforce); and Supporting approach 2: (Commitment to evidence). healthcare providers and health educators. interdisciplinary assessment, care and support as part of comprehensive primary health care centres and services), Objective 14 (Expedite access to tier 1 multidisciplinary pain clinics for people with more complex problems) and Objective 15 (Ensure tertiary specialist pain clinics have resources needed to support key strategies). Goal 5: Quality improvement and evaluation, Objective 19 (Ensure equity of access and appropriate use of non-pharmaceutical interventions). 5.2 Explore opportunities to enhance liaison in transitional medication management between hospitals and community settings. Pillar 1: Demand reduction, Objective 2 (Reduce the use of drugs in the community); and Supporting approach 1 (Workforce). Objective 2: Improve the quality use of medicines by health practitioners, healthcare providers and health educators. Goal 3: Skilled professionals and best practice evidence based care, Objective 9 (Train and support health practitioners in best-practice pain assessment and management). 5.3 possible enhance the range of medication pack sizes and/or dispensing options for Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme medications. Pillar 1: Demand reduction, Objective 2 (Reduce the use of drugs in the community). Goal 3:,Skilled professionals and best practice evidence based care, Objective 10 (Establish and promote systems and guidelines to ensure adequate management of acute, chronic and cancer pain). 5.4 Promote utilisation by prescribers of Medicare Benefits Schedule items which remunerate and target medication review and/or management of conditions such as pain and mental illness. Supporting approach 1: (Workforce). Objective 2: Improve the quality use of medicines by health practitioners, healthcare providers and health educators. Goal 4: Access to interdisciplinary care at all levels, Objective 12 (Develop and evaluate service delivery and funding models for pain management in the community which provide interdisciplinary assessment, care and support as part of comprehensive primary health care centres and services).
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