Primary Health Tasmania (Tasmania PHN) is a non-government, not-for-profit organisation working to connect care and keep Tasmanians well and out of hospital.
We are one of 31 similar organisations under the Australian Government’s Primary Health Networks Program.
The Government has set the following goals for primary health networks nationally:
improving the efficiencyandeffectiveness of health services for people, particularly those at risk of poor health outcomes, and
improving the coordination of health services, and increasing access and quality support for people.
To achieve these goals, PHNs:
assess the health needs of their region using a people-centred approach
commission health services to meet the prioritised health needs of the people in their region
work closely with providers to build health workforce capacity and ensure they deliver high-quality care
connect health services for people to encourage better use of health resources and avoid duplication.
Our vision:Healthy Tasmanians.
Our purpose: Creating high-quality healthcare solutions with the Tasmanian community.
Our priorities
Our activities are based on national priorities set by the Australian Government as well as the identified needs of local communities and priority population groups.
They focus on service delivery, provider support and system improvement in the areas of:
Aboriginal health
after-hours care
aged care
alcohol and other drugs
cancer screening
connecting care
chronic condition management
digital health
disease prevention
emergency management
family, domestic and sexual violence
general practice and primary care provider support
immunisation
intellectual disability (enhancing primary care)
mental health
palliative care
potentially preventable hospitalisations
rural primary health
suicide prevention.
Commissioning services
Commissioning is the process of working with communities and providers to identify health priorities; designing services to address those priorities; then procuring and implementing these services in partnership with providers to ensure they meet required outcomes. Commissioning is one of the roles the Australian Government has given all PHNs.
pilots and targeted programs (including palliative care, intellectual disability, endometriosis and pelvic pain, Strengthening Medicare, family, domestic and sexual violence)
core funding (including rural primary health, chronic condition prevention and management, workforce development and support, digital health).
