During April, May and June, we’re asking people who live in South Western Sydney to use Health Resource Directory, the patient companion site for your localised HealthPathways, to learn more about their new health diagnosis by talking to you, their GP.
Our new campaign will involve videos being played regularly in clinics and medical centres throughout the region, advertisements on social media, and increasing our reach on search engines like Google.
Your patients might ask you about Health Resource Directory, how it’s important to their health and why they should trust it. They may also ask for information in a language other than English.
The Health Resource Directory website is home to more than 300 webpages. Each page has is a separate health condition and includes patient-friendly information re-written from the HealthPathway about that condition. Webpages include downloadable factsheets and audio files which are published in English, Vietnamese, Simplified Chinese and Arabic.
Each Health Resource Directory factsheet and webpage provides information about:
- What the health condition, procedure or resource is and how it may affect the patient
- What the patient can expect while being cared for
- What the patient can do to help manage their condition
- What local health services are available
- Questions the patient may want to ask
- Other useful information or resources
Information found in these factsheets has been written to suit community members, using localised health information listed on the HealthPathways website.
You can find a link to Health Resource Directory in the ‘Information for patients’ section of the relevant pathway on HealthPathways.
Watch this video for an explanation of how to access Health Resource Directory factsheets during a consultation to provide your patient with information about their diagnosis.