Programs The NSW Chronic Care Collaborative
The NSW Chronic Care Collaborative focused on improving diagnosis and management of people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and/or heart failure.
One of the aims of the collaborative was to increase the number of people who had a clearly defined set of diagnostic and management interventions. Interventions are a change made to a process or activity that affects the way clinical or administrative work is done.
Program Overview
Background
The project involved 22 multidisciplinary teams representing 18 Area Health Services across NSW, who participated in the project between February and November 2004.
An independent evaluation conducted in April 2005 demonstrated that the collaborative was successful in improving the skills of team members to introduce clinical practice improvements and consequently improved the care of people with COPD and heart failure.
