Health Care Homes report
August 2, 2016
THE government’s proposed
Patient Centred ‘Health Care
Home’ (PCHCH) concept should
be extended to all applicable
patients, not just those with
chronic conditions, according to
a report released yesterday by a
coalition of organisations including
the Consumers Health Forum of
Australia and the Royal Australian
College of General Practitioners.
The report summarises consensus
principles from a roundtable
convened in Melbourne last month
attended by stakeholders from
across the sector, including the PSA.
The PCHCH would place
multidisciplinary teams in a
one-stop health care hub to help
coordinate care and treatment
focused around the patient.
In the May 2016 Budget funding
for a first stage of the Health Care
Home was announced, and from Jul
2017 up to 65,000 patients should
be able to voluntarily enrol in a
trial of Health Care Homes in up to
200 practices across seven Primary
Health Network regions.
The effectiveness of the trial will
then be reviewed after two years.
The report, which summarises
models in the US and Canada, said
an integrated system would “provide
patients with more individualised
attention including tailored care,
alternative consultation modes, and
online access to their own health
information, tests & appointments.
Recommendations include
building IT infrastructure to
enable shared care planning and
coordinated care, including health
care team access to pharmacy,
pathology and diagnostic imaging.
View the report at chf.org.au.
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