HealthPathways - Localised clinical resources for specific health conditions

[lauren]

HealthPathways is an online portal that provides general practitioners and other health professionals with easy access to comprehensive, evidence-based assessment, management and localised referral resources for specific health conditions.

Free registration for healthcare professionals - links below.

https://www.healthpathwayscommunity.org/

Australia

• ACT and Southern NSW
• Brisbane North QLD
• Brisbane South QLD
• Central Coast NSW
• Central Queensland QLD
• Darling Downs QLD
• Far North Queensland QLD
• Gippsland VIC
• Hunter New England Community NSW
• Hunter New England Hospital NSW
• Illawarra Shoalhaven NSW
• Mackay QLD
• Melbourne VIC
• Mid & North Coast NSW
• Murray VIC
• Murrumbidgee NSW
• Nepean Blue Mountains NSW
• Northern Territory NT
• South Australia SA
• South Eastern Sydney NSW
• South Western Sydney NSW
• Sunshine Coast and Gympie QLD
• Sydney NSW
• Sydney North NSW
• Tasmania TAS
• Townsville QLD
• Western Australia WA
• Western Sydney NSW
• Western Victoria VIC
• West Moreton QLD
• Wide Bay QLD

[Lisa]

I must admit I’ve been a little disappointed with some of the information on these pathways when I had a look at them once they were available in SA. I’ve been meaning to go back and see if they’ve since improved. For example, the community acquired pneumonia page still had links to New Zealand health services and prescribing policies and the information was quite different to the Therapeutic Guidelines, our go to resource (although I acknowledge the TG is based on expert opinion).

I also wonder about how they go about consulting experts / reviewing literature to provide the most up to date recommendations. Does anyone know how the pathways are developed and maintained?

[lauren]

Thanks for this context @Lisa, and welcome to Traversity!

I must admit, I haven’t delved into the content. I took it on face value that their consulting process was as it is claimed on the website. Yes, looking at the CAP example the prescribing recommendations are quite different from the TG because they’re based on the NZ CAP HealthPathways guideline. Interesting.

More useful as a information source about general clinical decision support and info about local services than specific prescribing info perhaps?