Better Sooner More Convenient Primary Care - New Zealand Doctor
Better Sooner More Convenient Primary Care - New Zealand Doctor
Better Sooner More Convenient Primary Care - New Zealand Doctor
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Professional development:<br />
Provide monthly professional development evening meetings for GPs, nurses, practice<br />
managers, pharmacist and other members of the multi disciplinary team (MDT), with<br />
videoconference links.<br />
Provide annual PHO workshops: PHO day, practice management workshops, practice<br />
nurse workshops.<br />
Link in educational activities with those of the Rural Learning Centre.<br />
Provide training in the use of standing orders, (see Acute <strong>Care</strong> plan).<br />
Develop guidelines for direct CT access and provide educational sessions to implement<br />
them, (see Direct Access to Diagnostics plan.)<br />
Adapt Canterbury HealthPathways for Coast use and provide educational sessions to<br />
implement them, (see HealthPathways plan).<br />
Provide education about health literacy, (see Long Term Conditions plan).<br />
Link with DHB Māori health team to provide cultural competence and health inequalities<br />
training annually.<br />
Actively engage Manawhenua to give guidance and support regarding Tikanga Māori<br />
protocol appropriate to Te Tai O Poutini rohe.<br />
Ongoing implementation and utilization of CTA funded cultural supervision for relevant<br />
staff.<br />
Fund conference/course leave for all members of team.<br />
Continued and increasing utilization of PG Nursing CTA funded education.<br />
Refinement of cohort learning between medical and nursing teams.<br />
<strong>Care</strong>er planning and educational support for nurses, including pathways leading to nurse<br />
practitioner.<br />
Quality initiatives:<br />
Develop quality improvement and clinical governance systems in every IFHC.<br />
Provide Cornerstone support and co-ordination support practice quality improvement<br />
teams .<br />
Support practice improvement activities for GPs (MOPS) and nurses (accreditation and<br />
expert endorsement).<br />
Produce practice level PHO Performance Programme reports with peer comparisons.<br />
Provide practice visits by GP and nurse facilitators to review PHO Performance<br />
Programme reports and assist in the development of quality improvement plans.<br />
Provide PHO Performance Programme incentive payments according to the percentage of<br />
targets met by each practice.<br />
Support pharmacists to provide feedback to GPs on cost effective prescribing.<br />
Develop active feedback loops so that any concerns about the quality of patient care will<br />
be fed back to the health providers concerned in a constructive, educational<br />
environment.<br />
Business case appendices V12 AC 25Feb2010 Page 115