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If detected early, most blindness and vision loss is preventable or treatable. People at greater risk include those aged 40 years and older, who have diabetes, a family history of eye disease or who smoke. In addition, First Nations people and people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities also often experience greater barriers to accessing…

Carer awareness training for general practitioners Around one in ten patients is a carer. Carers provide a vital role in helping those they care for independence, wellness and quality of life. However, carers themselves can experience a range of negative health, social and financial impacts as a result of their caring role. The Victorian carer…

Murray PHN introduced an eReporting platform called Folio, for commissioned services on 1 October 2019. Folio is our centralised contract management system, which enables us to store all contracts and associated deliverables in an accessible, secure and customised system. The system allows the automation of two-way reporting, providing a more robust system to analyse and…

PHN Exchange is a data platform that gathers information from multiple sources and presents an integrated view for health planners, health providers and PHN staff to access. Exchange is a blend of information processing, data management and resources. It provides powerful visual representations of data and enables data to be presented in an easily digestible…

What is advance care planning? Advance care planning is a process of planning for future health care and personal care where a person's values, beliefs and preferences are made known so they can guide decision making at a time when that person cannot make or communicate their own decisions due to a lack of capacity.…

The Victorian PHN Alliance is the collective platform for the six PHNs in Victoria. The Alliance has been provided with a one-off grant for 2016/17 by the Victorian State Government Department of Health and Human Services to support the accelerated uptake of new hepatitis C drug treatments.