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Queensland Government
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Queensland Health
Office of Rural and Remote Health

Primary Health Care Governance

Chronic Disease Strategy   |  Publications  |  Resources   |  Primary Health Happenings

Delivering Chronic Disease Strategy Australia wide government and non-government organisations are implementing strategies to address the burden of chronic disease at the population and individual level. The National Health and Hospital Reform Commission (NHHRC) identify the strengthening of primary health care services as a key element of the reform agenda. 

The role of the Primary Health Care (PHC) Governance team in the Office of Rural and Remote Health (ORRH) is to support the provision of evidence based care in the primary health care centres of the Torres Strait and NPA, Cape York, Mt Isa, Central West and South West Health Service Districts. 

 

 

 


 

1.  Define evidence based best practice for acute and chronic disease management in the primary health care centres (PHCC) in ORRH Districts
  • Development, publication and dissemination of the best practice guidelines for PHCC

2.  Quality Improvement
 
  • Audit and Best Practice for Chronic Disease (ABCD) (External Site) has been endorsed as the evidence based quality improvement process for north Queensland. It supports quality improvement by:
  • Supporting Districts via the Hub Coordinator (ORRH) through the Local Coordinators (District Chronic Disease Care Coordinators)
  • Provision of tools, training and access to a web-based information system that will enable health centres to integrate continuous improvement processes into their routine work activities
  • Facilitating annual cycles of clinical and systems assessment, participatory interpretation, feedback and workshops to introduce and monitor a process of quality improvement specifically aimed at improving systems to support best practice in prevention and management of chronic illness
  • Identify means by which to ensure acute care activity meets best practice standards identified in the PCCM 6th Edition, for example by: 
  • Auditing agreed acute care activity
  • Inclusion of findings into the Patient Care Committee for ORRH Districts
  • Development and/or implementation of standardised documentation such as:
   
3.  Workforce orientation and training support
 
4.  Partnerships
 
  • Involvement of the key providers in the PHC setting such as the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), divisions of general practice and community controlled health organisations (CCHO) in any quality and governance activity
  • Accessing and supporting existing PHC partnerships such as Connecting Healthcare in Communities (CHIC)  (External Site) and Regional Health Forums (RHF)
5.  Evaluation
 
  • Development and implementation of reporting to PHCC and Districts to inform and evaluate action related to improvement in the eight state-wide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander indicators

Underpinning all this is a role in the development, implementation and support for the Primary Health Care Information System.

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Chronic Disease Strategy

Primary Health Care team members are required to comply with the:

Chronic Disease Strategy Frequently Asked Questions (PDF, 41 KB)

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Last Updated: 28 September 2010
Last Reviewed: 24 July 2009