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Important Information for Patients
PREPARING FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT
Once your appointment is scheduled, it will be emailed to confirm your date and time, as well as a link to our online patient appointment form (see link below). We can post it in paper form for you if required. Please complete this form which will provides us with your personal information including your medical history, claim/insurance details and personal demographic information.
Please arrive for your appointment 15 minutes before your scheduled time which will allow us time to ensure all your information is up to date and correct in our database. Please bring your relevant referral, documents and imaging with you. This includes all imaging CDs, USB flash drives or online logins.
Your privacy is of utmost importance to Brindabella Orthopaedics and your information is stored on secure medical grade servers through Clinic2Cloud. Any information provided us will not be shared without your consent. For more information on your privacy policy click here.
- Please ensure you have with you:
- Your referral letter from the doctor requesting you see Dr Policinski
- Your completed online or paper patient information form
- Your Medicare card or Veteran’s Affairs card
- Your Private Hospital Insurance fund details
- Workers Compensation or Third Party claim details and written approval from your insurance company
- Old operation reports from relevant surgery
Please bring all your relevant imaging with you on the day of the consultation. This includes all CD's, USB Flash Drivers or on-line logins.
Dr Policinski requires to see your images not only your reports. Brindabella Orthopaedics has access to the following Canberra Imaging Providers:
*Canberra Imaging Group
*I-MED Radiology
*Q-scan
*Southeast Radiology
*Garran Medical Imaging
*Canberra Diagnostic Imaging
If your x-ray, CT or MRI has been done outside of these providers, you need to bring the images with you on portable storage media.
FOR YOUR CONSULTATION
During your consultation, you will be examined by Dr Policinski. Please wear or bring suitable clothing with sleeves that can easily be pulled above your elbows. For shoulder examinations we ask our female patients to wear a sports bra or singlet.
If you are attending with a cast or a splint, please let us know prior to your appointment so necessary arrangements can be made to have this removed if necessary.
GETTING READY FOR SURGERY
Surgery planning can be overwhelming and we can assist you with checklists so you are confident nothing is overlooked. Please ask our staff for assistance if required, they are more than happy to assist. Certain surgeries require pre-operative tests and investigations such as blood tests, ECGs or medical clearance and Dr Policinski will advise you if you require these.
Blood thinners, such as aspirin, Warfarin, Rivaroxaban, anti-inflammatories or even Fish oil need to be ceased before your surgery. Please let Dr Policinski or the staff know if you are taking anything that may increase your risk of bleeding.
Fasting (Fluid and Solid Foods) times vary depending on your time of surgery, you need to be 6 hour fasted before a general anaesthetic can be administered. The hospitals will call you the day before your operation and advise you on your fasting and admission times.
You will need someone to pick you up after the surgery, please make appropiate arragements beforehand.
FOLLOW UP APPOINTMENT
Post operative follow up is at 2 weeks after your procedure. You will be given a discharge summary before you leave the hospital with follow up details. It will have your date, time and specific instructions. Wound checks, dressing changes and casting are all done at Brindabella Orthopaedics Clinic.
You might be required to get an x-ray at 2 weeks, prior to the follow up appoitment with Dr Policinski. If you are unsure if you require one, please contact us and we check for you.
MYMOBILITY
Dr Igor Policinski has teamed up as the first Canberra shoulder surgeon with Zimmer-Biomet to provide his patients with the mymobility platform. The platform provides his patients with an Apple Watch free of charge, a mymobility application and specific vital daily pre-surgery and post-surgery information. Through the Apple Watch, daily rehabilitation protocols and reminders are set for patients to achive the best results after surgery. You can ask Dr Policinski about the mymobility platform and the research he is involved in.
Parking Map
Parking is available at John James Hospital, near the Maternity Entrance, which connects to APESMA Building.
Second large carpark is located at King St.
Free street parking is available on Napier Close.
A disabled parking spot is available at the front of the building.
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