Funded by the Australian Department of Health & Ageing and launched this week, Australian Indigenous ClinicalInfoNet is a new online resource designed to:
…promote best practice in the prevention, identification and management of chronic disease in Indigenous Australians.
It covers the key chronic diseases contributing to the burden of disease in Indigenous people:
- cardiovascular disease
- diabetes
- chronic respiratory disease
- kidney disease
- cancer
The web resource provides access to:
- patient education materials
- clinical guidelines and reference materials
- clinical tools
- systems and services information.
These resources cover the areas of:
- prevention
- diagnosis
- treatment
- drug therapy
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