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Working with Divisions on IT issues Lenora Lippmann and Melinda Roland

Working with Divisions on IT issues Lenora Lippmann and Melinda Roland. Why work with Divisions?. 85% of population see a GP at least annually. On average we make 4 - 5 visits to a GP per year GPs are the preferred source of information about health matters. Why work with divisions?.

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Working with Divisions on IT issues Lenora Lippmann and Melinda Roland

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  1. Working with Divisions on IT issues Lenora Lippmann and Melinda Roland

  2. Why work with Divisions? • 85% of population see a GP at least annually. On average we make 4 - 5 visits to a GP per year • GPs are the preferred source of information about health matters

  3. Why work with divisions? GPs are a key entry point to other services for prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, palliation

  4. A Division of General Practice is • A local organisation of GPs • Who choose to be members • Overseen by elected Board of Directors • Funded by Department of Health and Ageing • 30 in Victoria

  5. The aim of divisions is : • To encourage GPs to work together with other health professionals • At the local level • To upgrade the quality of health service delivery and thereby improve health outcomes for patients

  6. Division’s role with GPs • To respect and understand how general practice works • To support quality care • To have a relationship of influence • To translate Government initiatives for implementation in general practice • To help other service sectors to respect and understand general practice and vice versa

  7. Commonwealth Agenda for Divisions • Aged Care Homes • Immunization • Asthma • Diabetes • Mental Health • Practice nurses • GP Hospital Integration • Aboriginal Health • Workforce • Division accreditation • Practice accreditation • Broadband for Health

  8. IT in Divisions Divisions have an interest in IT linkages with Hospitals Diagnostic services Aged care homes Specialists Other primary care providers Divisions have an interest in IT capacity for chronic disease management saving GPs time

  9. What works? • Find links with Commonwealth initiatives • Develop relationship with divisions • Understand pressures on general practice • Understand drivers for general practice • Find a GP champion • Resource change process in practices • E-referral saves time if used a lot

  10. Some division work using IT • Medical Director in aged care homes • Use of remote access for branch offices and aged care homes • Healthlink for discharge summaries from Peninsula Health • CNS messaging with specialists( Mallee) • Argus for communication between psych services and GPs • Templates for careplanning, assessments, • referral for Home Medicine Reviews, • referral to Out Patients.

  11. Why Broadband for Health • HIC receives millions of paper claim forms a year- 16,000 GPs x 10,000 claims a year + • Medication errors are a major cause of adverse events + • Healthconnect agenda = GPs to go electronic

  12. Broadband for Health Who: All eligible General Practices and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services What: Business grade broadband, email & security How: Capped incentive (by RRMA) to cover broadband usage and installation (12mths) + value added services Practice enters contract with ISP & HIC pays incentive

  13. Uptake figures – 30 June 2005 • 35% of all general practice nationally • 25% of all Victorian practices

  14. BFH & DHS ICT Networks • SWARH, GRAHNet & LMHA qualified providers under BFH • BFH incentive money available to GPs to ‘fund’ their engagement in local health alliance • But - cost is barrier • Example: • Qualified plan $10,792 • Incentive to GP $ 2,390 • GP pays difference $ 8,402

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