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In Episode 10, System Fix covered the National Rural Health Conference, asking delegates for their thoughts on the proposed health sector changes. Here, in Episode 11, New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain talks to long-time rural health champion Kim Gosman (Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa and Ngāti Tautahi) about health reform and what it might mean for rural and Māori heath. Kim has worked as a nurse, midwife, health services manager and in governance roles
Pharmacist prescribers Linda Bryant and Leanne Te Karu discuss positive polypharmacy for heart failure. Current evidence shows the intensive implementation of four medications offers the greatest benefit to most patients with heart failure, with significant reductions in cardiovascular mortality, heart failure hospitalisations and all-cause mortality
