The OPTIMISE project: Collaborative improvement of primary health care delivery to the Australian refugee community

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Primary health care; Public Health - Health service research; Refugee health

• Registration Number: ACTRN12618001970235
• Lead Sponsor: Southern Academic Primary Care Research Unit, Department of General Practice, Monash University

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-12-05
• Study Completion: 2019-09-25
• Last Update Posted: 18 November 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 36

Inclusion Criteria

To be eligible, primary care practices will:
•Be located in the identified priority catchment areas;
•Provide general primary care services including private (solo, group or corporate practices) or public community health centres;
•Plan to be in operation for at least the next two years without substantial change to governance or management;
•Be using electronic medical records and billing software compatible with PENCS CAT4™ de-identified data extraction software, namely Best Practice and Medical Director;
•Be willing to see patients of refugee background;
•Have at least 50% of GPs willing to participate in a practice facilitation intervention;
•Have no objection from other staff at the practice to the practice facilitation intervention or a de-identified medical record audit;

To be eligible, primary care practice staff will be: aged over 18 years, fluent in English and willing to see patients from a refugee background.

Exclusion Criteria

•Have participated in an intensive practice facilitation intervention to improve refugee primary care in the last 12 months.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in the documented rate of completion of a health assessment within the past 12 months.<br>This outcome will be measured using the electronic chart audit data to determine the proportion of eligible (within 12 months of arrival in Australia) refugee background patients whose records indicate billing for MBS items 701, 703, 705 or 707). <br>[Pre intervention, post intervention, 6 month follow up]