Useful Management Information

  • This time-limited service is for adults living in the Gold Coast catchment area, aged over 18 years who require specialist intervention for chronic heart failure
  • Clients referred must have a confirmed diagnosis of chronic heart failure (on Echocardiogram within the last 12 months)
  • The heart failure medication titration clinic can only be accessed by clients who have a confirmed diagnosis of chronic heart failure and who are managed by a public Gold Coast Cardiologist
  • The heart failure service offers a heart failure exercise & education program plus multidisciplinary input for eligible clients
  • If the diagnosis has not been investigated or confirmed please refer to Cardiology

Minimum Referral Criteria

Does your patient meet the minimum referral criteria?
Category 1 (Contact within 1-2 working days)
  • NYHA Class III-IV symptoms
  • Recent hospital admission with decompensated heart failure & identified as high risk of readmission related to heart failure symptoms
  • Transfer of care from Hospital in the Home
Category 2 (Contact within 3-5 working days)
  • NYHA Class II-III symptoms
  • Recent hospital admission with decompensated heart failure
  • Limited understanding of condition
  • Culturally and linguistically diverse background
  • Poor compliance with medications and diet
  • Limited support at home
  • Multiple co-morbidities
Category 3 (Contact within 6-14 working days)
  • NYHA Class I-II symptoms
  • Adequate understanding of condition
  • Ability to follow medication and dietary guidelines
  • No admissions for decompensated heart failure within past 6-12 months
  • Adequate social support
  • Regular contact with GP
Category 4 (Contact within 15-24 working days)
  • Referrals from private Cardiologists and out-patients department for heart failure medication titration clinic, multidisciplinary input, education and exercise

If your patient does not meet the minimum referral criteria

  • Assessment and management information may be found on a range of conditions at HealthPathways
  • If the patient does not meet the criteria for referral but the referring practitioner believes the patient requires specialist review, a clinical override may be requested:
    • Please explain why (e.g. warning signs or symptoms, clinical modifiers, uncertain about diagnosis, etc.)
  • Please note that your referral may not be accepted or may be redirected to another service

Essential Referral Information

  • A confirmed diagnosis of chronic heart failure (confirmed by Echocardiogram in the past 12 months):
    • Heart Failure reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
    • Heart Failure preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
    • Heart failure with associated valvular disease
    • Isolated right heart failure (e.g. cor pulmonale)
    • Pulmonary Hypertension secondary to left heart disease under the care of a Cardiologist Community Heart Failure Service

Please provide the following investigations with the referral

  • Echocardiogram within the last 12 months
  • A recent ECG (if available)
  • A recent chest X-ray report (if available)
  • FBC, iron studies, BNP, eLFT, glucose, lipids (if available) within the last 3 months
  • Other relevant cardiac investigation results (e.g., coronary angiogram, myocardial perfusion scan, cardiac MRI)

Additional Referral Information

  • A recent ECG (if available)
  • A recent chest X-ray report (if available)
  • FBC, iron studies, BNP, eLFT, glucose, lipids (if available) within the last 3 months
  • Other relevant cardiac investigation results (e.g., coronary angiogram, myocardial perfusion scan, cardiac MRI)
Last updated 19 October 2021

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Internal Referrals

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Fax

(07) 5687 4497

Post

Central Intake Unit
Robina Health Precinct
Level 4, 2 Campus Crescent
Robina QLD 4226

Enquiries

1300 559 083

Related HealthPathways

No directly related pathways found

Service Availability

Facilities

Helensvale Community Health Centre
Robina Health Precinct

If you would like to send a named referral, please address it to the specialist listed above, who will allocate a suitably qualified specialist to see the patient. Alternatively, you can view a full list of our specialists.

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