Murray PHN is engaging five RACGP accredited general practices in the Murray PHN catchment area to participate in a heart failure quality improvement (QI) program supported by clinical experts and Murray PHN Quality Improvement Consultants, from February to August 2023. The practice will have capacity and capability to undertake the program and will embed outcomes for sustainable improvements in practice.

This project will provide funding, education and comprehensive support to general practices to apply a whole of practice approach and complete QI activities. Through attendance at collaborative workshops and completion of PDSA cycles provided by the HeartPlan in a Box QI Toolkit, general practices will be supported to align their management with recommendations from the National Heart Foundation of Australia and Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand: Guidelines for the Prevention, Detection, and Management of Heart Failure in Australia 2018.

Murray PHN are seeking a solution that builds the capacity of Victorian general practices to manage patients with heart failure in line with best practice guidelines and public health recommendations, to enable people with heart failure to access the right care, in the right place, at the right time.