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Quality Clusters is the practice quality improvement activity offered exclusively to practices that have previously completed a development activity such as a Local Collaborative, the Australian Primary Care Collaborative or a Practice Based PDSA.

Quality Clusters are designed for practices to:

• Maintain their level performance in the topic of their choice
• Extend the CQI methodology to other disease areas
• Create sustainable system changes and improvements
• Collect, assess and report quarterly data

Practices participating in a Quality Cluster are entitled to receive the following: 

• Use of the Canning Data Extraction tool
• Quarterly benchmarked data in at least two of the following topics:
  • CHD
  • Diabetes
  • Pap Smears
  • Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Patient Data & Health
• The opportunity to sign up for a Practice Based PDSA in topic not previously covered
• Quality benchmark feedback against other Gold Coast practices
• Use of the PEN Clinical Audit Tool for the purpose of practice self assessment to help identify practice goals and strategic planning
• In-house training for GPs and staff in a topic identified as an issue of need for the practice
• Participation in a group email network to share, learn and consult
• Participation in meetings and workshops with other Quality Cluster practices
• Up to 12 hours PDA assistance
• Priority access to new GPGC opportunities that require experience in quality improvement
• Payment of $500 (excl. GST) per annum