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Tasmania Medicare Local gratefully acknowledges the financial and other support of the Australian Government Department of Health
Tasmanian Health Assistance Package
Tasmanian Health Conference
26-27 July 2014
Presented by Phil Edmondson, CEO
Tasmanian Health Assistance Package - what’s happening and what’s still to come?
Funding and Resourcing
• $13.3 M over 3 years.
• 3 principal components to contract:– Health Risk Factors Project– Exercise Treatment Initiative (part of risk factors)– Social Determinants Activity
THAP Element ASocial Determinants of Health &Health Risk Factors
Social Determinants of HealthThe “causes of the causes” including poverty, poor housing, disrupted/under-education, poor literacy, inadequate access to nutritious food, inadequate transport.
Project Approach
• Applying a place based approach to address the social determinants of health
• 9 communities with lowest SEIFA receiving $350,000 each over 2 years
• $50,000 for developing partnerships and detailed project plans, further $300,000 on submission of detailed plan and budget
• Capacity building to support partners to deliver projects effectively
• Rigorous evaluation to measure outputs, outcomes and whether this approach worked
THAP Element ASocial Determinants of Health &Health Risk Factors cont’d
Nine collaborative projects
involving 43 partner organisations: • community houses• employment agencies• schools (primary and secondary)• TasTAFE• local councils• health, welfare and medical
agencies• child and family centres• community cultural organisations• community bank• housing providers
THAP Element ASocial Determinants of Health &Health Risk Factors cont’d
Capacity Building elements already delivered:
• Bridges Out of Poverty• Evaluation strategies• Partnering, governance,
collective impact• Contract management
Social Determinants of Health
Social Determinants of Health
What is still to comeImplementation phase of 9 community projects• See fact sheets for individual project details
Statewide capacity building activities including:• Project management and support • Best practice community engagement• Project governance, strategic planning budgeting and advocacy training• Asset mapping for community decision making• Evaluation• Bridges Out of Poverty
THAP Element ASocial Determinants of Health &Health Risk Factors cont’d
Health Risk Factors
Five projects over three years:
• Smoking reduction to 15% by 2016 - $900,000
• Poor nutrition, diet and obesity (Healthy Food Access Tasmania) - $1,200,000
• Exercise Treatment Initiative (Strength2Strength) - $2,500,000
• Alcohol and smoking reduction in youth (#switchitround) - $420,000
• Health literacy strategy for community practitioners - $300,000
THAP Element ASocial Determinants of Health &Health Risk Factors cont’d
Health Risk Factors
Smoking reduction to 15% by 2016 (Partner: QUIT)• Establishment of partnership with DHHS to increase funding for social media
campaign • TARPS (target audience rating points) have increased to 700 each month• Recent QUIT ad campaign focuses on “real Tasmanians”• ↓ smoking rates have been recorded since project inception – though
attribution difficult at this level
Targeting Tobacco• Working with community service providers to influence policies to encourage
decreased smoking rates with workers and increase skill level of workers to assist clients to quit smoking.
THAP Element ASocial Determinants of Health &Health Risk Factors cont’d
Health Risk Factors
Healthy Food Access Tasmania (Partners:UTAS & Heart Foundation)
Health Food Basket survey completed across Tasmania (UTAS) showing that:
• Some Tasmanian families need to spend more than 40% of their household budget to eat for good health.
• Of the shops in Tasmania where you can buy fresh fruit and vegetables, only 5% are located in low income areas.
• Healthy Food Access Tasmania project will be offering a total of $480,000 to fund initiatives across Tasmania in communities that are most impacted by the study findings.
THAP Element ASocial Determinants of Health &Health Risk Factors cont’d
Health Risk Factors
Exercise Treatment Initiative - North (June 2013 - June 2014)
• 384 referrals to date – those with high risk of hospitalisation
• Approx. 200 patients have now completed the program • 100 are currently actively engaged with the program
• Data analysis on the first 2 cohorts shows similar improvements across most measures including waist circumference, both systolic and diastolic blood pressure, sit to stand test time, timed up and go test, walking distance and all quality of life scores (overall, mental and physical health).
THAP Element ASocial Determinants of Health &Health Risk Factors cont’d
What is still to come
• Exercise Treatment Initiative rolling out to North West
• Health Literacy implemented through TML and partner organisations to undertake audit and education sessions to increase partitioner capacity to create/impart “best practice” health information
• Alcohol and smoking - young people to be engaged in developing peer driven social media strategies
• Health Food Access Tasmania project rolling out small grants program to establish communities partnerships between retailers, growers and consumers.
THAP Element ASocial Determinants of Health &Health Risk Factors cont’d
Funding & Resourcing
• $35.2 Million over 3.5 years– $4.7 Million for Tasmanian HealthPathways– $30.5 Million for Care Coordination
THAP Element B Care Co-ordination for People with Chronic Disease & Aged Care Clients
Funding Received
• $4.7 Million over three years to deliver a “system roadmap” of at least 130 pathways, including the key areas of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and neurodegenerative conditions.
• $1.1 Million over three years for independent project evaluation.
THAP Element B
Where it has already provided assistance
• 21 localised Tasmanian pathways for cardiology and other clinical areas, another 88 under active workgroup development.
• Human resources (TML)– Project management team (Leader, Manager, Support Officer)– 6 part-time GP clinical leaders/editors across 3 regions– E-health support services
• Contractors (External)– Streamliners NZ: web development and technical writing service– THOs: participation/advice of clinical champions in each region,
other specialist staff, access to data/information and support– KPMG independent evaluator
THAP Element B cont’d
What is still to come
Launch of live Tasmanian HealthPathways website
• Proposed 17 September 2014
• Access for all Tasmanian clinicians to a password protected portal
» Inclusive of ~40 pathways (plus resource pages) for cardiology, diabetes and others
» 90 pathways by June 2015 (likely to be over 150)
» 130 pathways by June 2016 (likely to be over 220)
– Current work areas: respiratory (including COPD), Parkinson’s Disease, cognitive impairment/dementia, stroke/TIAs, immunisation
– Future areas include: palliative care, orthopaedics, gasroenterology, ENT
THAP Element B
What have we been doing with the Care Coordination funding?
• Implementation of Care Coordination Program (CCP) statewide using various models, sectors, multidisciplinary referral processes and access points.
• Funding to organisations already providing care coordination (CC) to increase their capacity. As at 30 June 2014 we have commissioned 17 organisations (11.65 FTE) providing unique needs based access through:
– 11 general practices (some multiple practices/sites– 4 aged care facilities– 2 community organisations
Plus TML Regional Backup Team - 4.4 FTE providing: • In-reach hospital model with acute sector referrals to TML program• outreach services – Scottsdale and Georgetown • Supporting acute sector and specialist outpatient services to increase their
capacity to provide their specialist services and be the ‘link’ to general practice
THAP Element B Care Co-ordination for People with Chronic Disease & Aged Care Clients
Where it has already provided assistance:
• Assisted 838 clients state-wide during the initial implementation phase Jan - June 2014
• Average; funded orgs- 54 active pts/FTE over a 3-5 month period
• TML CC’s - 47 active clients/FTE Jan - Jun
• Rural collaboration models: Coverage of a region, especially in rural areas, accessible by all service providers through a multidisciplinary referral process in a small regional area
• Disease specific CC’s – Dementia related diseases, COPD and Motor Neurone Disease.
• Increased communication and collaboration with General Practice
THAP Element B Care Co-ordination for People with Chronic Disease & Aged Care Clients cont’d
Care CoordinationServices and Gaps
As of July 2014
What is still to come
Stage two rollout: July 2014 • 31 contracted organisations providing care coordination services (24.05 FTE) • 19 General Practices, 5 ACFs, THO NW x 2, Community Orgs – 5Aim - 150 clients/FTE in 12 months = 3600 clients over 12 month period.
Workforce Development: • Develop vocational training module – Care Coordination• Provide Endorsed / accredited sector specific education and training
Evaluation: comprehensive ongoing evaluation of program
Sustainability:Working with individual organisations to review long term sustainability and modelling finances, health outcomes, and locally/region/sectoral integration Embed process
THAP Element B Care Co-ordination for People with Chronic Disease & Aged Care Clients cont’d
What money was received is being spent
• $11.5M funding over 4 years.
• System redesign to improve people’s transition between the acute, primary and aged care sectors.
• Focus is on working with the existing system to do things differently.
• Critical elements: system integration, professional provider interactions, consumer engagement.
• Strong partnership approach:
– Primary health care providers (general practice, nursing, allied health)
– Aged and Community Services Tasmania
– Tasmanian Health Organisations (THO)
– Private hospital system
– Consumer groups
– Department of Health and Human Services
THAP Element CStreamlined Care Pathways
Where it has already provided assistance • Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute partnership to build the
evidence base
• Talking Points – Best Practice Guidelines for Transition Care developed in partnership with key stakeholders
• Service redesign to improve complex care delivery in community based settings:
– Kingborough/Huon Community Nursing – Future Directions in Primary Health Care (THO-South)
– Launceston Community Health Nursing – Better Access to Community Care (THO-North)
• Shared Electronic Discharge Summary and Outpatient Clinic Summary (THO – statewide)
THAP Element CStreamlined Care Pathways cont’d
What is still to come
Targeted initiatives working with the existing service delivery system to
streamline and improve transition of care.
• System Integration:– Talking Points Guidelines across acute, primary and aged care– Uniform communication protocols and transition decision making tools, including
electronic systems– Develop post hospital pathways – condition specific and co-morbidity
(linked with Tasmanian Health Pathways)
• Professional Provider Interactions:– Continue service re-design initiatives (e.g. community nursing)– Demonstrate integrated community based models in rural areas– Develop community based ‘in-reach’ models to the acute care system to assist with
timely discharge– Workforce development strategy
• Consumer Engagement:– Consumer resources to support improved understanding and self-management of care
transition.
THAP Element CStreamlined Care Pathways cont’d
Social Determinants of Health & Health Risk Factors & Tasmanian Health PathwaysElvie Hales, Director, Primary Health Systems E: [email protected], P: 6425 8500
Maree Gleeson, Manager, SDOH & Health Risk FactorsE: [email protected] , P: 6425 8500
Paul Shinkfield, Project Leader, Tasmanian Health PathwaysE: [email protected] , P: 6213 8200
Catherine Spiller, Project Manager, Tasmanian Health PathwaysE: [email protected], P: 6213 8200
Care Co-ordination for People with Chronic Disease & Aged Care ClientsMark Broxton, Director, Clinical ServicesE: [email protected], P: 6341 8700
Lynette Purton, Manager (Operations) Care CoordinationE: [email protected], P: 6425 8500
Jane Barrow, Manager (Projects) Care CoordinationE: [email protected], P: 6213 8200
Streamlined Care PathwaysSusan Powell, Director, Population Health ProgramsE: [email protected], P: 6213 8200
Rosie Beardsley, Manager, Streamlined Care PathwaysE: [email protected], P: 6213 8200
Key Contacts