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Rationale (why does this matter?):
There is a need to be able to identify priority conditions and develop pathways of care to ensure consistent practice occurs both locally and regionally. We need to be able to identify changing patterns of referral locally and regionally, identify priorities and health need for youth transitioning into adult services locally and regionally identify capacity against need across the health sector workforce for primary, nursing, paediatricians and allied workforces.
We want to be able to provide visibility of referral trends and resources used in outpatient setting for primary/community organisations locally and regionally, to be able to quantify what paediatricians do individually and as a department, and then make data and evidence-based decisions as a service. Without this we were essentially ‘flying blind’ and relying on anecdote to explain what each of the services provide across the Midland region
Finally to identify and eliminate “postcoding” across the region and find where there is unmet need.
Outputs (what you will see at June 2017):
 Review of BOPDHB and WDHB systems and outcomes and fit for purpose.
 Consider broader implementation of web based paediatric outpatient coding and electronic
growth chart in the remaining three Midland DHBs.
Q2 2016/2017 Q4 2016/2017
1: Improve Māori health outcomes
2: Systems integration across continuum of care
3: Improve quality across all regional services
4: To build the workforce
5: Improve clinical information systems
6: Best value for public health systems resources
Key:
Actions are specifically aimed at achieving this objective
Actions will achieve this objective but as an indirect consequence
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INITIATIVES OF REGIONAL NETWORKS AND CLINICAL ACTION GROUPS