Getting involved

Expressions of interest: local and virtual Program waves

How would you like to be involved in a Program that’s full of ideas on how to achieve improved health outcomes for your patients, by helping you build a stronger team and enhancing your health service’s operations and efficiency?


The Improvement Foundation is currently seeking expressions of interest for local and virtual waves of the Australian Primary Care Collaboratives (APCC) Program.The Program helps general practitioners and primary health care providers work together to:

  • Improve patient clinical outcomes
  • Reduce lifestyle risk factors
  • Help maintain good health for those with chronic and complex conditions and;
  • Promote a culture of quality improvement in primary health care.

Currently the Program is focussing on five main topic areas, which are:

  • Access & Care Redesign
  • Diabetes
  • Chronic Heart Disease
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  • Chronic Disease Prevention & Self Management

Ultimately, the APCC Program aims to find better ways to provide primary health care services to patients through shared learning, peer support, training, education and support systems. The Program uses Collaborative methodology, designed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in the USA. This methodology provides a generic quality improvement model that can be applied to achieve incremental, rapid and locally relevant improvements across a broad range of clinical and organisational systems.

Local wave

A local wave of the Program is run by the Division or partnership network. Participants of a local wave will attend a series of local workshops, along with other health services, mostly from within the same Divisional area. The Program provides participants with access to ideas and examples generated from around Australia. For more information about local waves, click here to dowload a copy of the local wave brochure.

Virtual wave

A virtual wave in the Program is conducted in a virtual environment. The Program is delivered online and via teleconference, as an alternative to meeting at face to face workshops. For more information about virtual waves, click here to download a copy of the virtual wave brochure.

To register your interest in participating in a local or virtual wave, click here and email us your name and health service location. Alternatively, you can contact us on (08) 8422 7407.

 

Download a copy of our latest brochures here:

Last Updated 29 April 2010