This section contains guidelines, reviews and reports offering information and advice for providers on the latest clinical best practice.
Guidelines for the Use of Psychometric Tests
These guidelines have been developed for ACC mental injury providers as guidance on the use of psychometric tests for ACC clients.
National ACC and MoH Spinal Cord Impairment (SCI) Strategy development
ACC and Ministry of Health (MoH) are leading the development of a joint national SCI strategy and implementation plan. The strategy and implementation plan will cover the continuum of care and life long impacts, for people with a SCI and their family/whānau.
Sensitive Claims Provider Information Sharing Sessions
Find information for the Sensitive Claims Provider Information Sharing Sessions held during November and December 2011 that covered the Sensitive Claims process from claim lodgement to cover decision, modified support sessions processes, anticipated changes to mental injury assessments and new-look letters and fact sheets.
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Strategy development
ACC is working collaboratively with stakeholders to develop a service strategy for clients with traumatic brain injury (TBI), which will result in a tender for contracts for the new service beginning July 2013.
ACC Review
Copies of ACC Review (a topic-based clinical summary of best practice) are available via this page.
Spinal cord injury guidelines
These guidelines have been developed for assessors, rehabilitation service providers and ACC staff, who work with clients who have a significant impairment due to a traumatic injury to the spinal cord.
Patient information handouts
The patient information handouts are a suite of printed or downloadable patient information brochures available for providers.
Interventional Pain Management
The Interventional Pain Management (IPM) guidance presents evidence based recommendations on a wide range of procedures to help practitioners and patients make informed decisions about managing persistent pain.
Case studies
Copies of Treatment Injury Case Study (a case-study based report with expert commentary on treatment injuries) are available via this page.
Treatment profiles
The treatment profiles are guides to the treatment and rehabilitation services ACC expects a practitioner to provide to a client for a particular injury. They describe current ‘good practice’ and what outcomes should be achieved.
Evidence Based Healthcare reports
The Research unit produces several different kinds of reports for ACC, including systematic reviews of the research literature and evidence based purchasing guidance.
Clinical guidelines
Guideline development is a systematic process that involves reviewing evidence, consulting clinical experts and working with multidisciplinary advisory groups. The Research unit has developed a set of clinical guidelines to help health professionals, funders and patients make informed decisions about health care.
Rehabilitation Research Review
Rehabilitation Research Review is a quarterly round-up of significant recent research published in international rehabilitation journals. It includes independent commentary from local specialists on why the research matters. This publication is co-sponsored by ACC to inform and promote best practice among New Zealand rehabilitation providers.
Last updated: 21 March 2013