Divisions and Hospitals Integration Program
Project Status
Completed
Project Coordinator
Jane Lloyd, Miriam Atakuman
Chief Investigators
Mark Harris, Gawaine Powell Davies
Other Team Members
Judy Lissing
Rationale
This project followed on from a national forum on GP-hospital integration run by CGPIS in 1997. It complemented the National Demonstration Hospitals Program phase 3, which was addressing the relationship between GPs and hospitals from a hospital perspective.
Design and Method
A meta-evaluation of seven pilot projects, based on project documents, interviews with project staff and a consultative workshop
Key Publications
CGPIS (2000). GPs and Hospitals working together: case studies of the Divisions and Hospitals Integration Program. Sydney, CGPIS
CGPIS (2000). Proceedings of DHIP Showcase Conference. Sydney, CGPIS.
CGPIS (2000). Approaches to GP-Hospital Integration: lessons from DHIP. Sydney, CGPIS
Lloyd J, Powell Davies PG, Harris MF. Integration between GPs and hospitals: lessons from a Division-hospital program. Aust Health Rev 23(4):134-141
Lloyd J, Powell Davies PG, Harris MF (2000). Lessons from integration program - From the Divisions – ADGP. Medicine Today, Aug: 95-7
Sibthorpe B (2000). Brief External Review of the Evaluation of the Divisions and Hospitals Integration Program. Canberra, ANU