Ballarat Health Services to Deliver Cardiology Pharmacy Clinic via Telehealth
A new Cardiology Pharmacist Clinic at Ballarat Health Services (BHS) will soon provide access to a specialist pharmacist for people living with heart disease in the Grampians region. The ground-breaking TOPCare Cardiology service will commence in March 2019.
The Cardiology Pharmacist Clinic will be delivered via telehealth, with patients connecting with a pharmacist via a computer or a device in their own home. This builds on the existing telehealth program within specialist outpatient clinics at Ballarat Health Services.
During an appointment with the Cardiology Pharmacist Clinic, the patient will be able to discuss their current medicines and their response to therapy with the pharmacist. The pharmacist will create a summary of their current medicines that the cardiologist can view at the patient’s next appointment.
The expected benefits of the service include that cardiologists will spend less time gathering medicines information during appointments and more time focusing ...
Join the Conversation with BHS Mental Health Services
Ballarat Health Services Mental Health Services (BHS MHS) needs your help! Consumers are invited to join one of three Advisory groups to contribute to improving mental health services across the Grampians region.
Consumers are encouraged to bring along their expertise and passion to one of three information sessions to be held in Ballarat, Horsham and Ararat. The sessions will provide details on how to become part of the Family Advisory Council or the Youth Advisory Group. Consumer feedback will also be sought on different models proposed for the Consumer Advisory Committee.
The BHS MHS Consumer Advisory Committee is a group of members that works together to ensure that consumers, families and carers views are recognised and valued, and are reflected in service delivery and policy development within BHS MHS.
The role of the Committee and Groups is to increase community, consumer and carer involvement within BHS MHS. The group of members also have an important role ...
PS Hobson Recreation and Leisure Hub Official Opening
Ballarat Health Services Aged Operations team is excited to be opening the doors of our new Recreation and Leisure Hub at PS Hobson Nursing Home on Thursday 31st January.
This sensational new space offers our residents an opportunity for a more individualised social lifestyle, and features a large chamber filled with activity options for the group or individual.
The space also enhances our ability to host larger scale events for residents, and comes with a fully equipped kitchenette allowing residents the ability to independently entertain or prepare what their hearts desire!
PS Hobson Nursing Home is a 60 bed aged care home situated on the manicured Queen Elizabeth Grounds in Wendouree. The facility is managed by Ballarat Health Services.
Please come along and share our excitement with our residents and check out our new abode. A light afternoon tea will be provided.
The grand opening will be held on Thursday 31st January at 1.30pm, at House 6, Queen Elizabeth Village S ...
Maternity Unit Appeal
Our Maternity Unit needs to be the best place for births and babies.
You are invited to join with us to help provide an environment that is both comfortable and safe for mothers and babies. A maternity unit where our team can deliver the very best in patient centred care, and is at the forefront of new developments.
To access all wards and clinics, you can enter the hospital via:
The Drummond Street entrance, and take the purple lifts (for the surgical ward take the gold lifts)
The Mair Street car park entrance (adjacent to Radiology) and take the purple lifts
The Sturt Street entrance, take the blue lift to level one and follow the red line to the purple lifts
Patient drop off zones are available at Drummond Street, in the Mair Street carpark and outside the Sturt Street entry.
For access to the Ballarat Regional Integrated Cancer Centre, Pharmacy, Dialysis and Ballarat Consulting Suites, use the Sturt Street entrance. Entry to the Emergency Department is from Mair Street.
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