QHUB Clinical Resources & Tools
Management Algorithm
A clinical algorithm to support the management of eczema in primary care. Covers foundational care, choosing a topical corticosteroid based on site and severity, criteria for referral and useful adjunctive treatments for better eczema care and
control.
Care Plan
A health professional-mediated care plan that can be shared across primary care providers, to ensure consistency of messaging on foundational management and eczema flare control. Patients can record their own specific care information and print for easy reference.
Treatment Algorithm
Evidence-based guidance to assist in optimising patient care through targeted urate-lowering therapy, patient education, and continuous treatment management.
My Gout Plan
A plan for patients where they can record the medicines they take to manage gout and gout flare, record serum urate concentration and keep track of dose uptitration.
Decision Support Tool
A shared decision-making tool for health professionals and their untreated patients experiencing gout flare, to facilitate discussions about managing gout.
Clinical Guide: Treatment Choices
Summary guide that steps through the treatment options for managing depression or anxiety in an older adult.
Medicines Comparison Table
A summary of medicines information to help guide prescribers when selecting an antidepressant for an older person diagnosed with anxiety or depression.
Conversation Starters
Suggested wording to help start a conversation with patients about deprescribing antidepressants.
Decision Aid
Support clinician-patient discussions and encourage shared decision-making and action-planning for the management of depression or anxiety.
Clinical Guide: Deprescribing
Summary information to help guide health professionals through the key elements of antidepressant deprescribing, including different tapering options and how to distinguish withdrawal symptoms from relapse.
Care Plan
A shared decision-making tool to support consumers thinking about tapering or stopping their antidepressant.
Quality Use of Medicines Alliance
Helping consumers and health professionals make safe and wise decisions about medicines and diagnostics. Funded by the Australian Government through the Quality Use of Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Pathology Program.
