Our research in quality primary healthcare reform and innovation focuses on the role of primary health care in improving health and social care integration by ensuring seamless, effective and efficient care. This care reflects the whole of a person’s health needs. Our objectives are to improve health and wellbeing, consumers' experience and system efficiency and effectiveness.
Our goals
- Strengthen and support the primary healthcare workforce to meet the needs of the community.
- Work collaboratively with Primary Health Networks, Local Health Districts, non-government organisations and professional groups to improve primary health care and integration of health services.
- Lead implementation and evaluation of integrated care strategies in Local Health Districts and Primary Health Networks.
- Support the development and evaluation of new models of care in the Australian health system.
- Explore research on supporting patients with chronic conditions in the community.
- Generate evidence base to support optimal healthcare services delivery to patients in primary care settings.
Research strengths
- Strengthening and supporting the primary health care workforce.
- Improving integration of services and continuity of care.
- Access to primary health care.
- Improving the management of chronic diseases.
Our impact
- Improve the capacity of consumers, communities, healthcare workers, local governments and health services to identify needs and challenges in access, equity, integration and prevention.
- Strengthen and support the primary healthcare workers, the health system and its partners to improve and adapt to meet current and future challenges.
- Identify and influence the determinants of health and inequitable distribution of health.
- Promote partnerships within the health system and across sectors as an effective way of addressing issues and ensuring relevance of research.
- Develop a strong evidence base to support the delivery of high-quality health care to people with chronic diseases in primary care settings.
- Improving quality use of medicines and reducing medicine-related harm.
- Addressing the burden of multimorbidity and polypharmacy.
Our experts
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Director and Staff Specialist, Primary and Integrated Care Unit, South Western Sydney Local Health District
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SHARP Professor; Principal Theme Lead: Cardiac, Vascular and Metabolic Medicine
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Associate Professor (Health Economics) and Program Director Master of Health Leadership and Management
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Innovation & impact
Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity (CPHCE)
CPHCE promotes better, fairer health care in the community through research and in health service delivery.
Our teaching
We pride ourselves on the nexus of our teaching and research. We do this in partnership with our communities, centres and institutes and health services.
Our research & impact
Our research and impact focuses on eliminating health disparities and improving health care for all people in Australia and worldwide.
Our strategy
Our Health 25 Strategy aims to improve the quality of life for all by tackling the complex and important health challenges of our times.