Primary Health Care

PHO Performance Programme

Background

The PHO Performance Programme was designed by primary health care representatives, DHBs and the Ministry, and aims to improve the health of enrolled populations and reduce disparities in health outcomes through supporting clinical governance and continuous quality improvement processes within PHOs.

The first performance period commenced 1 January 2006 with 29 PHOs participating. Forty-one PHOs joined the Programme on 1 July 2006 and a further seven PHOs joined the Programme on 1 January 2007. PHOs are able to enter the programme at six monthly intervals, once they have met the programme prerequisites. A staged approach was developed to enable PHOs to choose when to take up the opportunity to participate in the Programme.

The Summary of the PHO Performance Programme (PDF, 53 KB) outlines the background and purpose of the Programme, along with the pre-requisites for participation in the Programme, the funding available, and the indicators against which PHOs will be measured.

Read more about the PHO Performance Programme on DHBNZ’s Website

Contact

If you would like further information about the PHO Performance Programme or have any feedback that you wish to provide, please contact the DHBNZ PHO Performance team

or write to:

PHO Performance Programme
District Health Boards New Zealand
PO Box 5535
Wellington

Data Specifications

The following technical specifcations describe the format and content of information required for PHO payment and reporting.

Service Utilisation

This specification describes the reporting format and content of PHO service utilisation reports. These reports are required to be submitted to HealthPAC every quarter (on the 20th day following the completion of the quarter) in accordance with the PHO service agreement.

All Service Utilisation data must be submitted to HealthPAC using the format specified in this standard.

Performance monitoring framework data format standard Service Utilisation, Version 1.4 (Word, 706 KB)

Provider Lists

This document describes the information on PHO providers (practitioner and practices) that must be submitted to HealthPAC each month in accordance with the PHO service agreement.

All Provider List data must be submitted to HealthPAC using the format specified in this standard.

Performance monitoring framework data format standard Provider Lists, Version 1.5 (Word, 361 KB)

Clinical Performance Indicators

This document describes the reporting format and content of PHO clinical performance indicators that are generated from PHO systems. Other indicators will be derived from nationally-sourced data. These indicators were recommended as the result of a consultative process with the primary care sector conducted during 2002/2003.

All Clinical Performance Indicators must be submitted to HealthPAC using the format specified in this standard.

Performance monitoring framework data format standard Clinical Performance Indicators, Version 1.7 (Word, 1 MB)

Page last updated: January 2007