Integrated Team Care: Review of Service Outcomes and Funding Model

⁠⁠⁠ABOUT MURRUMBIDGEE PRIMARY HEALTH NETWORK: MPHN is one of 31 local and independent PHNs established nationally to support the primary health care sector. MPHN works to:

• support the development of a local sustainable health care workforce through providing quality improvement and professional development for our primary health care workforce of GPs, nurses, pharmacists, allied health care professionals and specialists;
• ensure efficient and effective delivery of high quality patient centred care and improve health outcomes, particularly for those at risk or vulnerable populations. Part of this role is to integrate local services and systems and improve coordination of care; and
• continually monitor, assess and analyse the health needs of our region through our health needs assessments to ensure we are able to commission services addressing the health needs in the community.

All PHNs have been set seven key priority areas guiding our work including:

• Mental health
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
• Population health
• Health workforce
• Digital health
• Aged care
• Alcohol and other drugs

ABOUT THIS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
The Integrated Team Care program (ITC), funded under the Indigenous Australians' Health Programme and administered by Primary Health Networks is one of a number of activities funded by the Department of Health that is targeted at improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Murrumbidgee PHN have commissioned the ITC program since 2016 and will continue to fund for a further 3 years to 2023/24.

OPPORTUNITY ON OFFER
MPHN is seeking Expressions of Interest from suitably experienced providers (individual or organisations) to undertake a review of the Murrumbidgee ITC service delivery outcomes and existing funding model to inform improvements for ongoing commissioning of this program through to 2023/24.

This is an open request for Expressions of Interest.