DAP 2009/10 Final 1 - Taranaki District Health Board

DAP 2009/10 FinalHealthShare’s audit programme and framework ensuring alignment with bothnational and regional requirements.HealthShare reports back to the participating DHBs throughout the year ensuringcontractual obligations and standards are met by contracted providers.HealthShare also manages the primary health regional fees review process for theMidland DHBs.3.7.2 Regional CollaborationMidland Region District Health Board’sTaranaki District Health Board is been an active participant in work undertaken by theMidland District Health Boards. A number of Regional Plans have been developedfor specific clinical services including: mental health and addiction, diabetes andcardiac services.The Midland group of DHBs have recently embarked on a Regional Clinical ServicesPlan. The Plan is sponsored by all 5 Chief Executives in the Midland region andfocuses on what we intend to do clinically as a region in meeting the health needs ofthe regional population. The Plan describes a set of principles eg patient centric,targeting at risk groups, providing services close to the population so long as they areclinically and financially viable which provide the focus for the collaboration. ThePlan also acknowledges that within the region and outside it there are currentcooperative ventures that need to be supported. Further, planning needs to beflexible to take in to account this approach in the future. The Plan is congruent withthe Ministry's Long Term Sector Framework vision of greater regional collaborationCentral Region District Health Board'sTaranaki District Health Board is an active participant in the Central Region CancerNetwork.3.7.3 National CollaborationACC District Health Board RelationshipACC and DHBs are working together at district and national levels on projects ofmutual interest and advantage to common clients as expressed in the Charter ofCollaboration, which seeks to progress the relationship and seek opportunities toimprove health outcomes for common clients.In Taranaki the ACC and the Taranaki DHB engages on number of items andprojects of interest to the hospital provider arm. Joint ACC-DHB prioritising ofprojects occurs yearly and in 2008/09 has included the provision of and changes toACC Elective surgery; Mental Health project; Public Health Acute Servicesworkshops and discussion; rewriting the Provider Handbook and DHB/ACC “AccidentServices Who Pays?’ guidelines; TDHB representatives on the Pain ContractsWorkshops in order to rewrite more effective pain services contracts.Future priorities might include updating equipment provision processes; furtherprogress with electronic invoicing and reporting and ongoing collaboration in clinicalpathway projects.19