Patient resources
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ACC
- Caring for your... short term low back pain (acute)
- Don't take back pain lying down - how to actively manage low back pain
- Handling heavy loads
- Knowing about your... low back pain
- Acute low back pain management
- Caring for your... knee injury
- Knee sprains
CVD
- Diabetes
- Diabetes and insulin
- Diabetes and physical activity
- Pre-diabetes
- Staying well with type 2 diabetes
- Green Rx - what intensity?
- Blood pressure
- Cholesterol
- Heart healthy dietary pattern
- Physical activity
- Smoking
- Weight management
Depression in young people
- Alcohol, other drugs, and depression
- Understanding anxiety
- Getting heard - talking to your parents
- Dealing with bullying
- Understanding depression
- Helping yourself
- Depression during and after pregnancy
- Problem solving and getting sorted
- Sexuality, gender identity and depression
- Getting the sleep you need
- Structured Problem Solving
- Suicide
Depression in adults
- Alcohol, other drugs, and depression
- Anxiety and how to handle it
- Changing your thinking
- Helping someone with depression
- Late life depression
- Men & depression
- Physical activity for mental wellbeing (English)
- Physical activity for mental wellbeing (Māori)
- Postnatal depression
- Managing depression and preventing relapse
- Problem solving and getting sorted
- Stress, relaxation and sleep
- Stress and how to handle it
- Structured Problem Solving
Antenatal/postnatal depression
- Alcohol, other drugs, and depression
- Anxiety and how to handle it
- Changing your thinking
- Helping someone with depression
- Physical activity for mental wellbeing (English)
- Physical activity for mental wellbeing (Māori)
- Postnatal depression
- Managing depression and preventing relapse
- Stress and how to handle it
- Stress, relaxation and sleep
- Structured Problem Solving
- What is depression?
Preventing pregnancy during depressive episodes
- The Pill - combined oral contraceptive
- Condoms
- Contraception - your choice
- Depo Provera
- Diaphragms
- The IUD - Intra Uterine Device
- The Pill - progestogen-only
- Sterilisation
- Vasectomy
Diabetes
- Diabetes self management (Mandarin)
- Diabetes
- Diabetes and insulin
- Diabetes and physical activity
- Pre-diabetes
- Staying well with type 2 diabetes
- Green Rx - what intensity?
- Step by step guide to healthy feet
- Blood pressure
- Cholesterol
- Heart healthy dietary pattern
- Physical activity
- Smoking
- Weight management
Healthy children
- Children's drinks - all drinks are not equal
- Food for health (English)
- Food for health (Cook Islands Māori)
- Food for health (Fijian)
- Food for health (Māori)
- Food for health (Niuean)
- Food for health (Samoan)
- Food for health (Tokelauan)
- Food for health (Tongan)
- Green Rx - what intensity?
- A parent's guide to children's weight
INR / warfarin
Kidney disease (chronic)
Stroke / TIA
- Coping with stress after stroke
- Emotional and behavioural changes after stroke
- Fatigue - tiredness
- Information for carers of people with stroke
TOP
- Chlamydia
- Condoms
- Contraception - your choice (English)
- Contraception - your choice (Chinese)
- Contraception - your choice (Japanese)
- Contraception - your choice (Korean)
- Contraception - your choice (Māori)
- Contraception - your choice (Samoan)
- Depo Provera
- Diaphragms
- Emergency contraceptive pill
- The IUD - Intra Uterine Device
- The Pill - combined oral contraceptive
- The Pill - how to take your pill
- The Pill - progestogen-only
- Sexually transmissible infections (English)
- Sexually transmissible infections (Chinese)
- Sexually transmissible infections (Japanese)
- Sexually transmissible infections (Korean)
- Sexually transmissible infections (Māori)
- Sterilisation
- Unplanned pregnancy
- Vasectomy
Well child
- Babies, bed sharing and safety
- Child-resistant packaging
- Childhood immunisation
- Child sickness - danger signals (English)
- Child sickness - danger signals (Māori)
- Eating for healthy babies and toddlers
- Feeding your baby infant formula
- Infectious diseases
- Lead and lead poisoning
- Protecting your baby's head shape
- Starting solids
Featured module
The Depression in Young People module addresses the identification of common mental disorders and the management of depression in primary care.
For more modules see the full list of standard modules.
Latest News
ACC18 Enhancements - Effective 27 November
Calendar, Printing and ACC Identifiers
In response to feedback, the online ACC18 continues to launch enhancements; the following will be available from 27 November.
Fitness for Work Tab - Calendar: Moving the mouse over the calendar for longer periods has been made easier.
Declaration Tab - ACC Identification: There will be a reduction in the number of identifiers from five to four; no direct impact on the Provider.
If you are one of the over 2000 Practitioners who regularly use the online ACC18; thank you. If you are not then now would be a good time to begin, noting that additional return to work assistance for patients is offered solely through this online form. Self service for setting up and using the online ACC18 is available at www.acc.co.nz (use keyword eACC18 Self Service). However, feel free to contact ACC at 0800 222 994 or ebusinessinfo@acc.co.nz for more personalised support.
Most Popular Modules
The five most popular modules in June were:
- Patient Prompt
- The Common Form
- e-Referral System
- ACC 18 Form
- CVD Quick Screen
To see more, go to the Statistics page.
Getting Started guide
The Getting Started guide is a good place to start if you are new to bestpractice Decision Support. The articles in the guide provide a quick and focussed introduction to the areas of most interest to new users of bestpractice.
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