The Australian Primary Care Collaboratives affectionately known as APCC to most is a program that support practices in continuous quality improvement in primary care. After much deliberation, 3 practices were chosen from varying backgrounds to be part of this journey through the Division.
The Model for Improvement utilises the Plan-Do-Study-Act concept where three key questions are asked before embarking on a change, they are:
1. What are we trying to accomplish?
2. How will we know that a change is an improvement?
3. What changes can we make that will result in improvement?
2 representatives (usually 1 clinical and 1 practice support) from each practice are skilled with the required knowledge through a series of workshops over the 18 month period where time between workshops is allocated for the representatives to introduce The Model for Improvement concept and changes to their individual practices. For more information about this program or to register your interests for similar programs in the future, please call Cindy Richards on 07 4921 7752 or email crichards@capdivgp.com .
Existing APCC Participants may find the following information and resources useful: