ACT Medicare Local is a not for profit organisation with the goal to improve primary health care needs and services for the ACT community.
Our Goals
Key initial priority activities for the ACT Medicare Local include:
- Continue as a key partner in developing the ACT Primary Health Care Strategic Plan 2011-14 in the context of COAG health reforms;
- Develop a dedicated GP portal enabling GPs to access relevant patient clinical information;
- Expand on eHealth capacity including eDischarge summaries and eReferrals and participate as a member of a consortium which has been selected for the second wave of eHealth records, and is working on furthering other eHealth projects;
- Promote good governance throughout the primary care sector;
- Work towards developing a highly sophisticated population health capacity sourced through national data sets;
- Identify groups of people missing out on GP and primary health care or services that a local area needs and respond to those gaps by better targeting services; and
- Work with Local Hospital Networks to assist with the transition of patients out of hospital and if required, into aged care.
The main goal of the ACT Medicare Local is to bring together primary health care professionals and organisations to deliver quality services to the ACT population. General practice will remain central to the ACT Medicare Local service delivery as it is the foundation of good primary health care.