This tool provides pharmacological treatment options for patients...
June 2020
Somatisation is a maladaptive functioning of an organ system,...
October 2019
Motivational Interviewing is a way of building and strengthening...
September 2019
With increasing health care costs, an ageing population, new...
June 2017
Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for non-cancer pain is...
October 2016
In March, 2016, subsidy changes came into effect for medicines...
August 2016
This tool provides pharmacological treatment options for patients...
July 2016
Updated asthma guidelines are expected to be released later...
June 2016
An electronic notification system has been designed for general...
May 2016
Patient information leaflets (PILs) are now available from the...
May 2016
This report provides an update on the use of oxycodone over...
March 2016
The New Zealand Formulary (NZF) contains a function that identifies...
December 2015
This report has been developed to give you an opportunity to...
November 2015
BPAC Inc is pleased to be able to offer general practices a...
August 2015
Medicine wastage is a significant problem in New Zealand, with...
August 2015
The following treatment injury case study was prepared by the...
August 2015
The New Zealand Laboratory Schedule provides clinicians with...
April 2015
In 2013 we published an article entitled “Best tests?” (Best...
April 2015
Contributed by the Health Quality & Safety Commission
April 2015
In late 2011 we published an article on end-of-life care for...
March 2015
The Western Bay of Plenty PHO (WBOPPHO), in conjunction with...
December 2014
The aim of the Integrated Performance and Incentive Framework...
December 2014
This report has been developed to give you an opportunity to...
December 2014
Providing a safe working environment involves both minimising...
November 2014
Statins are one of the most frequently prescribed medicines...
October 2014
Calculating a patient’s cardiovascular risk is relatively easy;...
September 2014
General practices are increasingly dependent on their IT systems...
September 2014
The management of test results, in particular the issue of who...
August 2014
Since 2011, bpacnz has produced a series of reports and articles...
August 2014
Following on from the interview with Dr Jeremy McMinn in the...
July 2014
On June 30, 2014, the PHO Performance Programme (PPP) ceased...
July 2014
Dr Jeremy McMinn is a consultant psychiatrist and addiction...
June 2014
Associate Professor Mark Thomas from the University of Auckland,...
June 2014
Calculating a patient’s ankle-brachial pressure index (ABPI)...
April 2014
Reporting suspected adverse drug reactions enables the collection...
April 2014
Changes to the pneumococcal vaccine for children | Annual update...
March 2014
This report has been developed to give you an opportunity to...
November 2013
Your Practice Management System (PMS) is a powerful tool. When...
November 2013
In October, 2013, a new laboratory test schedule and accompanying...
November 2013
Susan Reid and Carla White from health literacy and communication...
October 2013
Antimicrobial resistance is one of the greatest threats to health...
June 2013
Laboratory tests are essential for the diagnosis and management...
February 2013
Recommended vaccinations for staff working in primary health...
December 2012
Welcome to your annual practice report This report has been...
November 2012
Syringe drivers are often required to provide medicines for...
November 2012
New national genetic service launched
October 2012
Contributed by Susan Reid and Carla White, Workbase
August 2012
Over half of New Zealand's adult population is believed to have...
November 2011
Dr Janice Wilson, Health Quality & Safety Commission's Chief...
September 2011
This web version is a sample only, all data below the national...
September 2011
The New Zealand Medical Council's approach to cultural com...
August 2011
Misuse of prescription opioids is increasing worldwide and many...
June 2011
Although most GPs in New Zealand no longer provide lead maternity...
April 2011
In this final article in the series on antimicrobial resistance,...
February 2011
Pacific Health providers in New Zealand first began to emerge...
November 2010
Ask a Pacific person what a healthy lifestyle means for them...
November 2010
Cervical screening rates in New Zealand have continued to increase...
November 2010
The threat of multiple drug resistant organisms in New Zealand....
August 2010
Health professionals are human too:
Making mistakes in general...
July 2010
Medication errors may never be completely eliminated, but strategies...
July 2010
Mental health problems are common in Māori, yet there is...
June 2010
The Role of the GP in Termination of Pregnancy in New Zeal...
February 2010
New Zealanders are getting fatter. That’s a fact. When a problem...
December 2009
Deals with the cost of wasted medicines with some practical...
September 2009
Health care professionals have an important role in helping...
July 2009
Cancer has a significant and disproportionate impact on Māori,...
December 2008
Many GPs find it difficult to explain CVD risk to their patients....
October 2008
An overview of a technique that can be used to help people make...
October 2008
Generic prescribing is cost effective, associated with less...
June 2008
Māori have poorer health outcomes, die younger and have...
May 2008
So what can primary healthcare professionals do about disparities...
May 2008
The dilemma of practicing evidence based medicine when it keeps...
April 2008
Drug information of topical interest
February 2008
Several key principles should be considered when prescribing...
February 2008
A PHO shares its experience and outcomes of establishing a unique...
December 2007
Dr Seuss understood that a message is best received when delivered...
December 2007
qi4gp (Quality Information for General Practice) is a ‘grass...
October 2007
Practical advice on reducing the use of augmentin
August 2007
Advice on counselling patients through a brand change.
March 2007
Recently bpacnz programme developer Dr Trevor Walker interviewed...
October 2006
The June edition of Best Practice Journal (BPJ 68) was themed...
September 2015
Guidelines and Pathways – what role do they have in the United...
April 2015
Generic drugs are reproductions of the original innovator medicine...
July 2009