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Practice Support provides services that enhance the skills and capacity of general practice to meet the ever-demanding changes in primary health care to achieve improved outcomes for patients and the general practice team. These change management services are offered in a variety of ways including practice visits, education and information relating to:
Accreditation
Most of the practices situated in General Practice North region have embraced the Accreditation process. This uptake identifies that practices are willing to provide the best possible care and to continually improve services that support quality health outcomes for patients.
General Practice North continues to support general practice in their endeavours for continuous quality improvement in the delivery of primary health care.
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Enhanced Primary Care
Chronic Disease Management and Chronic Conditions Management are at the forefront of primary health care. GP Management Plans and Team Care Arrangements provide opportunity for the General Practice Team to co-ordinate the care of their patients.
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MBS Item Numbers
MBS Item Nos. are often changing and expanding. Practice Support is happy to keep you up-to-date with the latest information.
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Business Management and Clinical Support Tools
Practice Support now offers four distinctive tools that can support general practice to develop and enhance delivery and quality of primary health care services by improving business efficiencies and patient information whilst gaining a greater understanding of the practice demographics. Click here for the Information Management (R)evolution flyer.
1. Practice Systems Analysis
A tool developed to identify the efficacy of systems management within general practice. Beyond Accreditation, it evaluates six systems including Clinical Services, Financial, Human Resources, Facilities, Patient Services and Management. Based on a consultancy process, the Practice Systems Analysis encourages ‘best practice' within general practice. A comprehensive report is provided with extensive feedback and recommendations.
2. Practice Health Atlas ®
An excellent decision-support tool which provides expanded potential for your practice. It identifies essential demographics for business and clinical modelling. De-identified data is extracted for the patient management and billing software which is then coupled with a Geographic Information System and several data sources to provide a most informative and valuable report. The Practice Health Atlas ® provides tangible evidence for any practice applying for ‘area of workforce shortage'.
3. CAT
PEN Clinical Audit Tool is a clinical information system that operates on the GP clinical desktop to identify specific target areas within the practice data. It also readily identifies quality and completeness of patient information. It is very user-friendly which provides specific feedback with a few clicks of the mouse. Suitable for MD2-3, Best Practice and Genie.
4. Canning Tool
A similar tool to CAT for use with the MedTech32, MD2, MD3, Best Practice, Medical Spectrum and Practix.
Contact your Practice Support Officer at GP North on 6331 9296
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