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Media Release: 'Improvement Foundation announces extension to APCC Program'

"The Improvement Foundation (IF) is pleased to announce that the Australian Primary Care Collaboratives (APCC) Program has been extended until 30 June 2012. The implementation of the Program will take shape in a number of ways – all of which continue to focus on developing and delivering quality improvement programs that support the delivery of measureable, systematic and sustainable improvements to primary health care systems and patient care, in line with IF’s core objectives.

IF will be working with Medicare Locals and Divisions of General Practice in the following ways..." Click here to download the full release.

Media Release: 'Improvement Foundation and OBS selected to develop a web based reporting tool for aboriginal health services'

The Improvement Foundation, together with OBS, has been selected to develop a web based reporting tool for the Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. When operational, the web portal will enable a single, fast, reliable, and efficient transmission of service data, and streamlined reporting from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services to the Department...19 July 2010 - Click to Download PDF

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Journal Article: Knight, A ‘Quality improvement in action: Learning from four years of collaborative access work in Australia’. Quality in Primary Care, 2009, Issue 17, p. 71 – 74. Click to Download PDF

‘Health Update: Improvement Foundation Australia Ltd (IFA)’ Quality News, Summer 2009, p. 24 – 25. Click to Download PDF

Kelly, J ‘Are general practice networks 'ready' for clinical data management?’ Australian Family Physician, Vol. 38, no. 12, December 2009, p. 1007. Click to Download PDF

‘Holistic approach inspires GP of the Year’ Medical Observer, 9 October 2009, p 4. Click to Download PDF

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Last Updated 07 October 2011

What is the Model for Improvement?

The Model for Improvement provides a framework for developing, testing and implementing changes. It helps to break down a change effort into small, manageable chunks which are then tested to ensure that things are improving and that no effort is wasted. It is always worth remembering that while every improvement is certainly a change, every change is not an improvement.

The Model for Improvement consists of two equal parts; the first part, the “thinking part”, consists of three fundamental questions to guide improvement work:

What are we trying to accomplish?
How will we know that a change is an improvement?
What changes can we make that will result in an improvement?

For more information about the Model for Improvement visit: http://apcc.org.au/about_the_APCC/the_model_for_improvement/

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What is the Collaborative Methodology?

Adapted from the Institute of Healthcare Improvement’s Breakthrough Series Collaborative methodology, in the Australian context, the Collaborative methodology is used as a framework for the APCC Program. This methodology has been applied to a wide range of management challenges. Originally applied to healthcare systems in the USA, it has since been adopted in other countries, including the UK, Scotland, Canada and New Zealand.

The Collaborative methodology is proven to be highly effective in achieving large scale systems change and demonstrating measurable outcomes. It 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 practice business issues.

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