General Practice

Evaluating a safety and efficacy protocol of a COVID-19 drive-through clinic

Evaluation of a single ’drive through’ respiratory clinic to inform the development of robust clinical protocols to optimise clinician and patient safety. PAT020

Examining changes in healthcare utilisation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and establishing the mechanism of access for future record-linked data projects

Utilising data mining techniques to map patterns and characteristics of primary care and hospital attendances prior, during and after the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. PAT024

Evaluating a safety and efficacy protocol of a COVID-19 respiratory clinic

Evaluating the safety and acceptability of the respiratory clinic to inform the development of robust clinical protocols to optimise clinician and patient safety and acceptability of a respiratory clinic. PAT032

Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on general practice consultations

This project was commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Health to undertake a secondary data analysis to explore some of the potential impacts of COVID-19 on general practice, including ordering of radiology tests, pathology tests, diagnosis of long COVID and investigation of symptoms that may be suggestive of cancer. These will be used to help to inform policy. PAT062

Torch Recruit testing and feasibility analyses

Torch Recruit Pty Ltd is a company that aids the determination of the feasibility of clinical trials in general practice and to facilitate clinical trial recruitment in general practice. This project will use an annual datacut of Patron data to undertake technical (data) feasibility assessments for clinical trials, and to undertake development and validation testing of Torch Recruit algorithms. PAT084