QUEST PHC: Developing and testing a tool to measure quality in Australian general practice

Project Participants

Brisbane North PHN, Central & Eastern Sydney PHN, Nepean Blue Mountains PHN, North WesternMelbourne PHN, South WesternSydney PHN, WentWest (Western Sydney PHN), Western Australia Primary Health Alliance (WAPHA), Western NSW PHN, Western Sydney University

Status: Completed

Opportunity

Define what constitutes high quality Primary Health Care (PHC) in general practice and develop an evidence-based tool for measuring it in an Australian context.

Project objective

The project team will review and revise a suite of evidence-based indicators that attempt to define what constitutes high quality general practice care.

Quality, Equity and Systems Transformation in Primary Health Care Project (QUEST PHC) will identify the patient-reported measures (PRMs) that are most suitable for use in Australian settings and will conduct focus groups to investigate consumer perspectives on these.

Focus groups will also be conducted with Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services leaders; those within the prison health system; and the forensic mental health network to discuss the applicability of this research within these sectors.

QUEST PHC Final Report – Executive Summary

For more information or to get in contact with the research team, please contact Phyllis Lau Lau Chan: Phyllis.Lau@westernsydney.edu.au

Publications

Integrity, Excellence,
Teamwork and Authenticity

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