Australian Primary Care Collaboratives (APCC)

Program officer

Quicklinks

Entering Patient and Clinical data information into Best Practice

Program summary

PDSA_Cycle_for_improvement Australian Primary Care Collaboratives (APCC) is a proven system of improving health care through shared learning, peer support, training, education and support systems. The program uses the quality improvement methodology "Plan, Do, Study, Act", rapid cycles of testing and measurement of the effects of small change ideas to drive and build sustainable improvements.

There are three topic areas included in the APCC program: Diabetes; Coronary Heart Disease and Access. The individual aim for each topic area within participating Practices are:

that 90 per cent of patients should be able to access their primary health care professional of choice on the day of their choice
that 50 per cent of patients with diabetes type 1 or diabetes type 2 should have an HbA1c of 7.0 or less
a 30 per cent reduction in the mortality of patients with CHD in three years

Updates/latest developments

Two of our local practices are currently involved in the APCC program, and will have completed all three learning workshops by May 2009.

Later in 2009, there will be an opportunity for more of our practices to become involved at a local level. Information about this process and what level of commitment is required will be sent out to practices in due course.