The document discusses the Primary Care Information Management Group (PCIM), which aims to improve health information management across primary care sectors in New Zealand. PCIM wants to achieve better health outcomes by facilitating integrated data collection and sharing of relevant information between various primary care stakeholders. The group also outlines a vision for primary care information management with principles of data collection, flow, and governance to support clinical care, administration, research, and policy development.

1. Primary Care Information
Management Group (PCIM)
A Vision for Primary Care
Dr Harley Aish
Dr Harry Pert
Primary Care Information
Management
Who are PCIM
What do PCIM want to achieve?
A Vision for Primary Care
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2. 1. Who is on PCIM?
Wider than General Practice
Pharmacy, Community Laboratory,
PHOs, NGOs (Plunket, Family
Planning), Residential Care, IPA’s,
IPAC, NZMA, College of Practice
Nurses, College of GP, Primary Care
IT Specialists
Southlink, WIPA, Harbour PHO,
RGPG, ProCare, HealthWest
2. What do PCIM want to achieve?
Better health for our patients and
hence populations
A forum to share ideas and lessons
Improve the Information capabilities
across the primary care sector
Influence policy and implementation
Improve or get patient management
systems!
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3. A Vision for Primary Care Information management
1. Data collection is integrated into every day work practices.
2. Detailed data is used and maintained locally at the point of care
(enter once and use many times).
3. Appropriate information views or subsets flow upwards through
groups that regularly use the information / ensure its accuracy.
4. Relevant views of information held at any given level are
available to the levels below, and to individuals / communities /
populations.
5. Information flows are governed by agreed principles and
processes.
The Five Uses of Data/Information
1. Supporting clinical intervention
2. Clinical Governance
Professional and practice standards
Education & Training
Research, evaluation & development
Greater accountability through risk mgmt &
significant event monitoring
Clinical Audit, team development, peer support,
effective relationships
Patient and community input into service
development
3. Administration (in all parts of Health)
Includes evaluation and quality assurance
4. Strategy and policy development
5. Research
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4. Distilling Priorities
Local
Care Delivery, AZ 7: Chronic Care & Disease Management
Agenda Setting & Governance
Funding, Planning, Use
Policy & Research AZ 10: Primary Care Information
Views of Information
AZ9: Outpatients Information
HISAC / Sector
Sector Ownership
Transactional
Informational AZ 4: AZ 5: AZ 6: AZ 8:
Information
Flows ePharmacy eLabs eDischarges eReferrals
Information AZ 2: AZ 3:
Anchors
NHI HPI
National
Interoperability AZ11: National Systems Access
& Access
AZ 1: National Network
Enabling AZ 12: Anchoring Framework
The Health Information Hierarchy (HIH)
National
National
Views
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Relevant views of
information above.
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Capture, use,
and share Local Views
Local Views
information
locally at the
point of care.
Individual
Standards
Standards
Indicators
Indicators
Health Outcomes
Health Outcomes
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5. Primary Care Information
Management
Any questions?
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6. Who could be interested in this
interaction?
Pharmac: cost of prescriptions
Infectious diseases: antibiotic
resistance
Education: small chance of glue ear
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