ProCare Announces Winners Of 2022 Quality Awards

Healthcare provider, ProCare, has today announced the
winners of its 2022 Quality Awards. These annual awards
recognise the excellence and quality of care that general
practice teams provide in terms of improving the health and
wellbeing of their patients, providing quality care and
introducing new innovations.

The awards were based on
clinical data held by ProCare.

Taking out the Overall
Award for providing the ‘Our Picture of Health Outcomes’
(OPOH) and Quality Framework Awards was Ellerslie Medical
Centre.

Winner of the ‘Our Picture of Health
Outcomes’ Large practice was Mairangi Medical Centre,
Medium Practice winner was Ellerslie Medical Centre and
Small Practice winner was Eden Epsom Medical
Centre.

These awards looked for the practice that
achieved ‘best’ care for its overall and high needs
patients across the following
indicators:

• immunisations (8 months & 2-year
  olds)
• cervical screening
• smoking brief
  advice
• CVDRA newly eligible
  cohort
• good/acceptable blood glucose levels (HbA1c
  glycaemic control
• Blood pressure control
• Management
  of micro/macroalbuminuria
• primary & secondary
  CVD prevention.

Bindi Norwell, Group Chief
Executive at ProCare says: “The fact that our practices
were able to achieve such positive results for their
patients on top of dealing with a global pandemic is
absolutely incredible.

“We know how hard it’s been
to get patients into practices, so we want to celebrate the
fantastic work that these teams of health professionals are
doing every day to support the health and wellbeing of
whānau in our communities,” she continues.

Dr Allan
Moffitt, Clinical Director at ProCare’s says: “We have
182 practices across Tāmaki Makaurau and Te Tai Tokerau and
this is about celebrating the achievements, the leadership
and the extraordinary efforts general practices teams have
undertaken in order to manage the health of their patients.
General practices not only deal with acute illnesses as well
as chronic long-term conditions, but they also have to deal
with the day-to-day wellbeing needs of their
patients.

“Congratulations to the winners, the
runners up, but also to every single one of those general
practice teams who do the amazing mahi day in and day out to
improve the health of their population. We are delighted to
recognise you all for everything you do,” he
concludes.

All awards were for the period 1 July
2021-30 June 2022 with the exception of the flu award which
looks at vaccination coverage at the end of September 2022.
The full list of winners is made available below and were
announced as part of ProCare’s
AGM.

 

ProCare Quality Award Winners –
2022

Our Picture of Health Indicator Award
(Overall best performer for total population and
high needs across the Outcomes Quality Framework
indicators)

· Overall Practice
winner: Ellerslie Medical Centre

·
Large Practice winner (8,000+ patients):
Mairangi Medical Centre

• Runner
  up: Eastmed Doctors

· Medium
Practice winner (3,001-7,999 patients): Ellerslie
Medical Centre

• Runner up:
  Panmure Medical Centre

· Small Practice
winner (3,000 or fewer patients): Eden Epsom
Medical Centre

• Runner up: Te
  Atatu South Medical Centre

Ataria
Marsden Māori Equity Award (The best performing
practice across the OPOH indicators for Māori population.
To be eligible practices would need to have 500+ Māori
patients)

• Winner: Greenwood
  Medical Centre
  • Runner Up: Mt
    Wellington Medical Centre
  • Highly
    Commended: Panmure Medical
    Centre

Dr Sam Fuimaono Pacific
Equity Award (The best performing practice across
the OPOH indicators for Pacific population in practices with
500+ Pacific patients)

• Winner:
  Panmure Medical Centre
  • Runner Up: Mt
    Wellington Family Health Centre
  • Highly
    Commended: Ōtara Family & Christian Health
    Centre

Patient Satisfaction
– Patient Experience Survey (PES) Award (This
award used patient survey scores from the National PES.
Successful practices had the highest average final score. A
minimum of 1.5% of a practice population had to have
participated in the survey to be
eligible)

• Large Practice winner:
  Mt Eden Medical Centre
  • Runner Up:
    Remuera Village Medical
    Centre
• Medium Practice
  winner: Etu Pasifika Auckland
  • Runner
    Up: Manurewa Healthcare Medical
    Group
• Small Practice
  winner: Newton Medical Centre
  • Runner
    Up: Te Atatu South Medical
    Centre

Flu Vaccine Coverage
Award (Practice with the highest flu vax coverage
for Māori & Pacific patients aged
55+)

• Winner: Māngere Bridge
  Surgery
  • Runner Up: Surrey Medical
    Centre
  • Highly Commended: TL
    Care.

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