The federal government will trial the introduction of a new package for primary care based on the Health Care Home model, backed up by IT tools such as the My Health Record (MyHR), telehealth and remote monitoring technologies, as well as bundled payments for GPs and tailored packages for individual patients.
The trial, involving about 65,000 people with chronic illnesses and up to 200 general practices, is aimed at testing the model as part of the government’s response to the review by the Primary Health Care Advisory Group, released today by its chair, former AMA president and current NEHTA chairman Steve Hambleton.
