Country to Coast Queensland’s Primary Health Coordinator for Wide Bay Ellen McDermott presented a conference poster on PHASES and the important role of practice nurses in cardiovascular disease prevention at the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) Festival of Nursing 30 July – 1 August 2026. Nurses as co-leads in prevention Three key takeaways […]
Funded by the Queensland Health Clinical Research Fellowship, the PHASES Linkage project connects general practice cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk data with hospitalisation and mortality data. This study aims to better understand how CVD risk impacts hospitalisation rates and assess the accuracy of the new CVD risk prediction equation in identifying high-risk individuals within Queensland’s population.
The project will:
Running in parallel with the PHASES project, PHASES Linkage highlights the power of data-driven insights to improve cardiovascular outcomes and reduce hospitalisations.