Medical Director GP Heart Failure Prompt

Written By Cristy Houghton

In early 2024, Living Well, Your Way successfully trialled an automated software prompt with Telstra Health to identify patients at risk of COPD.

This prompt will continue over the next three months, with a focus on people at risk of heart failure.

The aim of the prompt is to assist GPs to identify patients who are taking medications prescribed for heart failure, yet without a formal diagnosis on file.

The trial aligns with the introduction of MBS item number 66829 for NT-proBNB and BNB testing to help with diagnosis of heart failure in primary care.

The prompt also promotes the new heart failure services available across the Murrumbidgee through the Chronic Respiratory and Heart Failure Service at MLHD.

To find out more about these Pathways and referrals please click here for information via Health Pathways: New Onset Heart Failure - Community HealthPathways Murrumbidgee.

For enquiries or feedback on the prompt, please contact info@livingwellyourway.org.au

Cristy Houghton

Cristy's unique career has taken her from country NSW to the city lights of Clarendon Street South Melbourne and back again. With an early career in radio as a copywriter and creative strategist, she is now a Jill of all trades as a graphic designer, website builder, blog writer, video editor, social media manager, marketing strategist and more. 

In fact, give her any task and this chick will figure out how to do it! Go on, we dare you!

No, really, we DARE you!!

Cristy has won two Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs) for Best Ad and Best Sales Promotion, and even has an 'Employee of the Year' certificate with her name on it.

Cristy and her husband James have traveled extensively through Russia, China and South East Asia, and have two fur-babies, Sooty (cat) and Panda (puppy). Cristy loves drinking coffee, meeting people to drink coffee, coffee tasting and coffee flavoured cocktails. She also enjoys road trips, TED Talks and watching cat videos on youtube.

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