Table 7.
Health promotion and advocacy | Shared management | Vigilance | Personal agency | Care coordination | Evidence‐based survivorship interventions | ||||||
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Priority action | Votes | Priority action | Votes | Priority action | Votes | Priority action | Votes | Priority action | Votes | Priority action | Votes |
Advocacy for MBS payment for care programmes | 20 | Better use of technology | 19 | Define vigilance best practice for each patient group | 9 | Exercise as an avenue for personal agency | 20 | Alternative delivery models to improve access | 22 | Patient communication kit for health professionals | 32 |
Innovative models for specialist nurses | 18 | Use of community nurses/teams | 13 | Advocate for PBS support for surveillance tools | 8 | Health professional role | 8 | Define care coordination | 13 | ‘My Journey Kit’ from diagnosis for patients | 32 |
Health professional education in health promotion | 11 | Knowledge and information for patients, partners, family members and friends | 7 | Vigilance pathways for health professionals | 1 | Peer support | 7 | Patient‐centred | 6 | Communicating information about interventions | 3 |
Australian online resources to connect people to local services | 11 | Improved health communication | 4 | Adaptability to changing circumstances | 2 | Improved communication | 4 | ||||
Empowering consumers to communicate | 5 | Resources on side effects | 4 | Information dissemination | 2 | Team‐based care delivery | 1 | ||||
Engage partners, family members and friends to promote healthy choices | 4 | Health professional education on appropriate communication | 0 | Addressing personal attitudes through diverse avenues for support | 2 | ||||||
Continuous monitoring of consumer needs | 2 | ||||||||||
High profile policy advocates | 3 |
MBS, the Medicare Benefits Schedule is a list of Medicare services subsidized by the Australian Government; PBS, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme provides medicines to patients at a Government‐subsidized price.