Getting involved

If you'd like to know more about what's involved with the National APCC Diabetes Prevention and Management wave, or how we'll be working with Medicare Locals, read on...

APCC Diabetes Prevention and Management Wave

This wave aims to help general practices and health services improve the care of patients with, or at risk of developing diabetes. Practices and health services will participate in two state learning workshops and two virtual workshops. They will receive hands-on support, the ability to monitor improvements via the IF web portal, and the opportunity for sharing ideas and experiences with colleagues.

This wave of the APCC Program focuses on two topic areas:

  • Diabetes Prevention
  • Diabetes Management 

     

A framework for success

The APCC Program will provide practices and health services with a framework to build a stronger team and enhance systems and efficiency. Participants will learn the skills and get support to:

  • Identify goals and work towards them in a systematic way
  • Change service delivery to improve efficiency within the practice or health service
  • Improve and develop existing systems to make chronic disease management easier, and more satisfying
  • Optimise roles and responsibilities to build a stronger team
  • Develop business systems to identify and maximise potential income streams

 

Sharing ideas with others

At APCC workshops participants will:

  • Exchange ideas and experiences through networking with peers
  • Stimulate innovation and learn about practical quality improvement skills
  • Pick up tips and practical ideas from peers
  • Hear about what has worked, and what hasn’t, in other practices and health services.

 

Improving patient outcomes

By working with the APCC Program, practices and health services have made measurable improvements in patient care. Some of the improvements your team can achieve include:

  • Incorporating diabetes prevention work into a busy practice or health service
  • Improving health outcomes for patients with diabetes, and patients ‘at risk’ of developing diabetes
  • Moving from reactive to proactive patient care

 

Learning Workshop (LW) dates:

 LW1, (national) Saturday 26 November 2011

LW2 (virtual), week beginning 13 Feb 2012

LW3, (national) Saturday 21 April 2012

LW4 (virtual), week beginning 18 June 2012

 

 

Practice and health service payments

IF will fund a practice or health service $4000 (GST exclusive) to support participation in this wave.

 

Register your interest

Registrations of interest for this wave are now closed.

 

Working with Medicare Locals

IF will bring together key members of the first tranche of Medicare Locals in an environment of peer learning to address some of the immediate challenges facing their Medicare Local. By using a structured approach to quality improvement to address the key issues facing each Medicare Local at a regional level, knowledge and ideas will be rapidly spread across the network. 

Quality improvement workshops for general practices and health services within Medicare Locals

IF will support the first tranche of Medicare Locals to plan, implement and monitor quality improvement activities as an integral part of their core business, including the delivery of a locally based quality improvement workshop.

Through this workshop, Medicare Locals will be able to engage general practices and other health services, involve them in identifying the health needs of their local area, and develop locally focused and responsive services that are underpinned by a continuous quality improvement approach.

If you'd like to find out more about either the Diabetes Prevention and Management Wave, or how we will be working with Medicare Locals, contact IF at apcc@improve.org.au or on (08) 8422 7400.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last Updated 10 January 2012