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Case Study.
David Hypertension and ischaemic heart disease He is being discharged from hospital after having a heart attack.
Your patient is preparing for discharge from hospital. So, the focus of your chosen services will be Primary Care services in the community. For this assessment your case study lives in a rural town. You will need to identify and research any rural town of your choice and the health services available in that town. Follow the task instructions below. To complete this assessment task, you should:
1. Identify which case study you have chosen and list all of your patient's discharge needs based on the information provided in the case study video and the discharge information in the table above.
2. Identify four (4) healthcare professionals and the services they provide relevant to your case study. Your references will need to be from Australian sources.
NOTE: At least one (1) service must be a nursing service.
3. Rural town - Select and research a rural town in Australia. Name your chosen town, where it is located and the demographics such as population size, numbers of males and females, number of adults vs children.
4. Determine if the health professionals and services you identified for your character (in point 2 above) are available in your town, and if so, what are the typical hours of operation for this type of service in the rural town?
5. When comparing the identified discharge needs of your patient with the services available in your town, are there any gaps in the services available? Briefly explain your answer. (Gaps may be due to, but not limited to, a lack of service in the town, a lack of ability to access the services due to cost or opening hours).
Identify health services that meet the needs of your chosen patient and determine if these services are available to your patient in a rural town of your choice.
The first part of The Australian Healthcare System within a Global Context investigates the structures and functions of the various components of the Australian Healthcare System, including what services are available, who provides them and who can access them. The purpose of this assessment is to build upon the theoretical knowledge and understanding of the Australian healthcare system that you have gained in the first two modules of this subject and to apply that knowledge in a very practical manner.