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APCC Newsletter - Oct 08

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Position Vacant - IFA Program Manager

This position has now been filled.

The Improvement Foundation has advertised to recruit an additional Program Manager.The successful applicant will be based in the Adelaide IFA office. The ad appears in The Advertiser, Saturday 23rd Oct 2008.

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Quality Improvement Masterclass - 22 Aug 2008

Improvement Foundation Australia will deliver a Quality Improvement Masterclass at the AGPN conference to be held in Darwin Oct 2008.

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APCC Update - 9 June 2008

NSW, QLD & ACT Phase 2 Wave 1 - June data results

Improvement can be across all CHD and diabetes measures from baseline. Access measures have not yet been collected so have not been reported for June 08.

June 08 data results (PDF)

APCC Update - 28 April 2008

Orientation and learning workshop dates now confirmed for NSW wave 1.

Orientation (NSW & ACT ) - 28 May '08 (to be held in Sydney)
Orientation (QLD) - 30 May '08 (to be held in Brisbane)
Learning workshop 1 - 20 & 21 June '08
Learning workshop 2 - 12 & 13 Sept '08
Learning workshop 3 - 5 & 6 Dec '08

APCC Update - 9 April 2008

State wave dates for Phase 2 of the APCC Program

The Improvement Foundation Australia is pleased to announce that Phase 2 wave dates for all states have been finalised. State waves will commence with orientation days in the months indicated.

NSW, QLD, & ACT
All waves listed as NSW will include practices from QLD and the ACT.

NSW Wave 1 – May 2008
NSW Wave 2 – May 2009
NSW Wave 3 - April 2010

WA, SA, & NT
All waves listed as WA will include practices from SA and the NT.

WA Wave 1 – Jul 2008

Victoria
All waves listed as VIC will include practices from TAS.

VIC Wave 1 – Oct 2008
VIC Wave 2 – Nov 2009

NPCC Newsletter - 13 December 2007
The December edition is the final NPCC Newsletter and includes:

Details of the extension period and its successful completion
A thank you and farewell from Professor Liz Farmer
Latest Wave Comparison graphs
A brief overview of the Australian Collaboratives Story

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NPCC Update - 5 December 2007
Collaboratives a Hit at AGPN Forum

Collaboratives presentations were a hit among participants at the recent AGPN Forum held in Hobart, as NPCC heads toward successful completion of the current extension phase.

Victorian Regional Manager, Catuscia Biuso, spoke in detail about 'Getting on board with Collaboratives', while Dr Tony Lembke, NPCC Collaborative Chair and Wave 1 participant entertained the crowd with his practice's experience in the Program.

The Collaboratives program will continue to be run by NPCC and Flinders University until January 2008.

NPCC Newsletter - September/October 2007
The September 2007 Newsletter is now available and features:

Wave 3 reaching 12 months in the Program
The benefits for practices of continued networking
Program update
Comparison of Waves 1 and 2 graphs at 18 months

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NPCC Newsletter - July 2007
The July 2007 edition of the NPCC Newsletter is now available, featuring:

Further $34.6 million for Collaboratives Program
New NPCC Clinical Director, Dr Lynne Davies
Program Update
History of the PDSA

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NPCC Update - 3 July 2007
NPCC's Prof Liz Farmer first female GP appointed Dean of a Medical School in Australia

National Primary Care Collaboratives (NPCC) Director of Education, Professor Liz Farmer, is the first female GP to be appointed Dean of an Australian medical school following her appointment last week to the position of Dean of the new Graduate School of Medicine at the University of Wollongong.

Professor Farmer, who has worked on the Collaboratives program since its inception in 2004, will remain in her role as Director of Education for the NPCC as she steps into the deanship over the coming months and will also continue to act as an advisor on future Program activity.

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NPCC Update - 15 May 2007
NPCC welcomes $34.6 million Budget announcement

The National Primary Care Collaboratives (NPCC) heralds last week’s Australian Government Budget announcement of $34.6 million to continue and expand the Australian Primary Care Collaboratives Program as an enormous win for patients with chronic disease.

The Collaboratives Program is set to expand by an additional 800 general practices to involve a total of 1300 participating practices over the next 4 years

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