Enhance practice capacity to coordinate services for prevention, risk factor management and chronic disease management | Implement service models that assist genreal pracice coordiante services | Facilitate improved prevention and early intervention activities | Build on established successes to improve risk factor and chronic disease management |
Support general practice to improve health outcomes through clinical data analysis | Increase the use of existing clinical data systems for decision making | Investigate and offer data collection tools for an increased range of clinical indicators | Implement systems to sustain long term data collection and reporting |
Improve communication between general practices and other health and community service providers | Implement electronic communication between general practice and other health service providers | Lead the development of, and promote, clinical pathways | Facilitate the development of, and access to, community resources |
Ensure the structure and capacity of general practice meets the primary health care needs of the Gold Coast population | Understand factors impacting on general practice supply and demand | Implement strategies to manage demand and supply within general practice | Facilitate improved practice and business management systems |
Inform Divisional planning by exploring areas of community need. | Provide leadership in primary care partnerships to improve health outcomes | Promote and participate in community needs planning and identification | Implement programs, policies and initiatives to respond to community need |
Improve access to primary health care for youth, the aged and other marginalised populations | Partner key stakeholders to identify communities with poor access to srvices | Provide leadership in identifying and initiating opportunities to improve access for identified communities | Involve interested general practices and other providers in developing appropriate responses to improve health outcomes |
Advocate within the community for a stronger primary health care sector | Lead partnering in primary health care to influence decision making | Provide a collective voice to general practice to influence change in the community | Engage with policy and decision makers to influence change |
Improve engagement with Members | Identify and develop engagement opportunities that achieve positive outcomes | Meet the needs of general practice by delivering customer focussed services | Implement dynamic systems for communication and consultation with general practice |