We create regular, customised PIP QI data reports for any general practice in the region wanting to use data to drive improvement.
Eligible practices can receive the Practice Incentives Program Quality Improvement (PIP QI) Incentive payment by submitting the PIP Eligible Data Set to their local Primary Health Network. Using this data, we create and email a custom PIP QI data report to each practice every quarter.
The reports give each practice a clear overview of patient demographics and progress on quality improvement measures. They show how each practice is tracking against the ten PIP QI measures, and how it compares to others in the region, using de-identified data.
There’s a saying in health care: “If you can’t measure it, you can’t change it.”
Primary care practices with a strong focus on quality improvement use data to identify areas to improve, and also to measure if improvements have been made.
In the well-respected model, 10 building blocks of high-performing primary care, shown below, data-driven improvement is one of four foundational blocks.
Our team uses the de-identified data submitted by practices for the PIP QI Incentive. We import it into a sophisticated, custom-designed program (developed using Microsoft Power BI) to generate each practice’s report.
We’ve consulted with local GPs and general practices to make the reports as user-friendly and practical as possible. There are five sections:
After you receive your quarterly report, your relationship manager will check in to see how they can best support you to interpret the data or make any improvements.
Everyone will use the reports differently, but here are some suggestions:
We are eager to help. Please email primarycare@nwmphn.org.au
We can provide different types of support to help your practice get the most out of the reports, including:
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We acknowledge the people of the Kulin nations as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which our work in the community takes place. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.
We also recognise, respect and affirm the central role played in our work by people with lived experience, their families and/or carers.
While the Australian Government Department of Health has contributed to the funding of this website, the information on this website does not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Government and is not advice that is provided, or information that is endorsed, by the Australian Government. The Australian Government is not responsible in negligence or otherwise for any injury, loss or damage however arising from the use of or reliance on the information provided on this website.
