Module: Setting up and running your MISSION clinic
Number of Articles: 12
Now that you have set up your project and started to identify patients, you can get your clinic set up and running!
This module will guide you through inviting patients, planning your clinic schedule, ensuring you have the right kit and running the clinic.
Module structure:
Article | Description | Actions |
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Patient invitation letter | Your MISSION patient information letter needs to provide all the necessary information for this new clinic style. Here is the letter we used for you to adapt to your clinic.... [Continue reading] | VIEW |
Patient information trifold | This information leaflet was used by the team to inform patients about the MISSION team. We have included it as an example for you to adapt to your project.... [Continue reading] | VIEW |
MISSION kit list | We have compiled a list of equipment that is required for a MISSION clinic. This can be adapted to your local need, but is a comprehensive list of what we used.... [Continue reading] | VIEW |
Clinical record template | This template was developed by the MISSION clinical team for use in the EMIS system. It describes all aspects that are optimal for a MISSION consultation and so can also be used as a general consultat... [Continue reading] | VIEW |
COPD management guide | This COPD management guide, produced by Ruth De Vos and Jayne Longstaff, is based on the local prescribing guidelines in South Eastern Hampshire. It is included as part of the MISSION toolkit as a gui... [Continue reading] | VIEW |
Wessex Asthma Guidelines | These Asthma guidelines were produced by the Wessex Asthma Network. These are developed to reflect the Wessex-wide guidelines. These are provided for your information but we advise that you consult yo... [Continue reading] | VIEW |
MISSION Asthma Self-Management Plan | All patients seen in MISSION and diagnosed with Asthma or COPD should leave with a personalised self-management plan. We have included here the self-management plan we produced for the MISSION project... [Continue reading] | VIEW |
Pulse Oximetry Guidelines | Jayne Longstaff and Ruth De Vos have produced this practical guide to the use of Pulse Oximetry in Primary Care.... [Continue reading] | VIEW |
Performing Spriometry in Primary Care | We have produced this handy guide to performing Spirometry in Primary Care. This is a useful aide memoir, however we encourage all staff performing Spirometry to maintain an up to dat ARTP qualificati... [Continue reading] | VIEW |
When to step down | Though most patients you see in MISSION will be poorly controlled and thus need medication changed or escalated, you will find some patients who could be stepped down. This article suggests some insta... [Continue reading] | VIEW |
Template Clinic Structure | We have provided a template of the clinic stucture we used. This was the third iteration of clinic structure that developed through our four projects. You will need to adapt this to the space you have... [Continue reading] | VIEW |
Nasal sprays | Nasal sprays and drops are often prescribed in Asthma but rarely taught to patients. In our experiences in MISSION we found these are often misused. We feel education in these drugs is as key as deliv... [Continue reading] | VIEW |