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SERVICE COORDINATION AND E –REFERRAL PROJECT A PARTNERSHIP: MELBOURNE AND WESTERN HEALTH HARP CONSORTIUMS WESTERN REGION PRIMARY CARE PARTNERSHIPS. Aim To incorporate the PCP service coordination model and implement e-referral processes into the Western and Melbourne Health HARP initiatives.
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SERVICE COORDINATION AND E –REFERRAL PROJECT A PARTNERSHIP: MELBOURNE AND WESTERN HEALTH HARP CONSORTIUMS WESTERN REGION PRIMARY CARE PARTNERSHIPS
Aim To incorporate the PCP service coordination model and implement e-referral processes into the Western and Melbourne Health HARP initiatives. This project builds on the regional PCP approach and will achieve improved patient care through: · Integration · Coordination · Improved continuity of care
HARP Projects Western Health Complex Needs Project Chronic Disease Management Program -Paediatric Asthma -COPD -Chronic Heart Disease -Angina Melbourne Health Diabetes related Foot Service Falls Prevention COPD Integrated Disease Management Chronic Heart Failure Stroke Prevention ED CARE
Change Process Governance Structure Project Manager/Project Officer eBusiness Support Local Implementation Groups Engagement of staff and community
KEY CHALLENGES Wide range of disciplines High staff numbers Large and complex organisations which respond slowly to change Staff attitudes
EXPECTED OUTCOMES Well functioning partnerships between key stakeholders Improved information Flow Improved Outcomes for Clients Recommendations regarding the process and implications of future implementation of the PCP service coordination tool suite and e-referral processes across tertiary health care settings
Supporting Strategic Directions • Western Health • Patients First • This project will support in particular the implementation • of the “Gateway System” • ·Consistent and comprehensive assessment • ·Referral and • ·Streaming of patients • Melbourne Health • Consistent with organization's commitment to strategic partnering. • HARP has provided opportunity to develop demonstration projects in new models of ambulatory care
Contact Details Project Manager Harry Patsamanis Harry.Patsamanis@wh.org.au 8345 1179