Poster Presentation ANZOS-OSSANZ-AOCO Joint Annual Scientific Meeting 2017

Reboot – shoalhaven weight management service in general practice

Program Goals:

• Assess, support and coordinate care for a patient who is targeting to improve their weight management.
• Screening for overeating and binge or other disordered eating  and coordinate support and interventions.
• Patient Centered and Driven program moving at the pace of the patient and with patient consent and active engagement.
• Evidenced based and incorporates a multidiscipline approach with other health care providers in a close and integrative arrangement of care to support the patients goal for improvement in weight management.
• Patient outcomes are tracked and reviewed and measured to assist in critical analysis of the process and program and ensure that the patient is receiving high quality care which is evidenced based.
• Patient experience measurements will be used and these experiences will help improve the patient experience.

Program and the Process

Cost:   Nurse Practitioner cost is Bulk billed under Medicare no limitations to consultations.

Pilot project  for 18months Federally Funded as part of an intiative to address Obesity.

Nurse Practitioner  (Ph.D candidate)- Lifestyle Coaching Team Leader

Initial  intake assessment  is undertaken by a  Nurse Practitioner who has specialised training in overweight and obesity management. During this assessment identification of barrier, needs, gaps are made and  support organised around patient to engage in long term strategic approach to weight management.Follow up  every 4-6 weeks with ongoing sessions and assessment with monitoring, education, support and depending on the patient needs identified, co-ordinations of other support professionals in the multidisciplinary team at patient engagement pace. 

Program intake since Jan 2017 to date: 60 patients     Anticipate 100 patients    

Ph.D intention: Patient Experience around weight management and health care provider engagements.