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Hepatitis Community Outreach Program (HEPREACH)

Friday 19 July 2019

Hepatitis Community Outreach Program (HEPREACH)

Mater specialists have formed clinical and community partnerships with General Practice to deliver a new model of care to community groups.

Dr Kathleen Armstrong and Dr Gary Chang from Beaudesert Road Surgery have been partnering with Mater staff, Dr Paul Clark and nurse practitioner Burglind Liddle, since April 2018 to offer a collaborative community-based hepatology outreach service. The Hepatitis Community Outreach Program (HEPREACH) will better reach, engage and care for target populations including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, cultural and linguistically diverse people and people of refugee background.

For patients, this means access to specialist care outside of the traditional hospital setting, which immediately reduces some issues of barriers in attendance and treatment adherence.

Patient outcomes are further improved by the capacity building nature of HEPREACH. Co-locating the service in a community practice allows clinical partnership between specialists and GP’s to upskill all participants in their own communities. HEPREACH has now expanded to a newly established clinical site at Inala Primary Care as of June 2019.

GP’s interested in their patients accessing these clinics are welcome to refer directly to Mater Gastroenterology and Hepatology service indicating a preference for community based care. Please use the referral guidelines available at Mater Online.

For more information on the HEPREACH clinical model contact Burglind Liddle on 07 3163 8452 or email [email protected]

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