COVID-19 – utilising near real-time electronic general practice data to establish effective care and best-practice policy
Project Participants
Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network, Gippsland Primary Health Network, Macquarie University, Outcome Health, South East Melbourne Primary Health Network
Status: Completed
Opportunity
Identify the impact of COVID-19 in near real time in order to improve critical decision-making in healthcare settings.
Project objective
This Project made use of an innovative, secure, and comprehensive digital health platform called POLAR Explorer to deliver near real-time reporting on the impacts of COVID-19.
Primary health care moved into the frontline as COVID-19 testing transitions from hospitals to general practice, where tracking testing behaviours tend to be fragmented and delayed. Pooled GP data from resources like POLAR Explorer were invaluable in informing population and individual care decision-making.
Delivered via a predictive geo-spatial analytics dashboard, these reports displayed data relating to the diagnosis, treatment and medications prescribed to COVID-19 patients.
Publications
- Refereed Journal ArticlePublished 4th April 2023Difference in general practice telehealth utilisation associated with birth country during COVID-19 from two Australian states
- Refereed Journal ArticlePublished 24th February 2023Opioid prescribing among aged care residents during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis using general practice health records in Australia
- Refereed Journal ArticlePublished 13th September 2023A retrospective observational study of telehealth utilisation for mental health consultations during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australian general practice
- Refereed Journal ArticlePublished 29th May 2023Psychotropic medication prescribing for children and adolescents by general practitioners during the COVID‐19 pandemic
- Refereed Journal ArticlePublished 6th March 2023Sociodemographic determinants of telehealth utilisation in general practice during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
- Refereed Journal ArticlePublished 21st November 2022A framework for conducting policy-relevant primary care research: a COVID-19 case study in Australia
- Refereed Journal ArticlePublished 27th October 2022General practice perspective on the use of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia using an Action Research approach: a qualitative study
- Refereed Journal ArticlePublished 31st October 2022An Increase in Antibiotic Prescribing for Respiratory Tract Infections Through Telehealth Consultations: Retrospective Study in Australian General Practice
- Written Conference PaperPublished 28th April 2022An action research approach to improve diagnosis and care in general practice telehealth consultations
- Written Conference PaperPublished 29th April 2022Investigating diagnostic quality and safety in general practice during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Written Conference PaperPublished 4th May 2022Evaluation of telehealth services – where are we now?
- Refereed Journal ArticlePublished 11th May 2022Telehealth utilisation in residential aged care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic: A retrospective cohort study in Australian general practice
- Refereed Journal ArticlePublished 31st May 2022Telehealth use in patients with type 2 diabetes in Australian general practice during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Refereed Journal ArticlePublished 1st March 2022Telehealth-based diagnostic testing in general practice during the COVD-19 pandemic: an observational study
- Full PublicationPublished 24th February 2022Monitoring the impact of COVID-19 on general practice- A suite of impact measures for Australian General Practice
- Refereed Journal ArticlePublished 26th January 2022Medication prescribing in face-to-face versus telehealth consultations during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australian general practice: a retrospective observational study
- Refereed Journal ArticlePublished 24th January 2022Face-to-face versus Telehealth consultations during COVID-19 in Australian general practice: comparison of medication prescribing
- Book ChapterPublished 31st December 2021Digital Health - monitoring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on care in Australian general practice
- Written Conference PaperPublished 30th November 2021General practice consultations in residential aged care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic period
- Refereed Journal ArticlePublished 8th September 2021COVID-19: protocol for observational studies utilising near real-time electronic Australian general practice data to promote effective care and best-practice policy - a design thinking approach
- End-user PublicationPublished 10th June 2021The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer screening in general practice
- End-user PublicationPublished 12th May 2021Changes in medication prescribing in general practice during the COVID-19 pandemic
- End-user PublicationPublished 31st March 2021The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on general practice consultations in residential aged care facilities
- End-user PublicationPublished 31st March 2021The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on general practice-based HbA1c monitoring in type 2 diabetes
- End-user PublicationPublished 12th February 2021The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pathology testing in general practice
- End-user PublicationPublished 22nd January 2021Socioeconomic and demographic comparisons in the uptake of telehealth services during COVID-19
- End-user PublicationPublished 2nd December 2020The uptake of GP telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic
