Queensland Health’s $35 million Integrated Care Innovation Fund (ICIF) is a statewide initiative enabling Hospital and Health Services (HHSs) and Primary Health Networks (PHNs) across Queensland to develop and progress new models of care and innovative approaches to integrated service delivery.
AusHSI is delivering health services evaluation and study design to assess the quality and effectiveness of initiatives funded by ICIF. As part of the project, AusHSI will also build skills with short courses in a number of key areas: cost effectiveness, statistical analysis and implementation science.
The ICIF represents a $35m investment from the Queensland Government – the largest single investment in integrated care initiatives in Queensland, and one of the largest of its kind in Australia.
AusHSI’s evaluation of the effectiveness of 20 ICIF-funded projects will help inform HHSs and PHNs across Queensland to deliver new evidence-based practices leading to better outcomes for patients. This significant program will span over two years, with an expected completion date of 2019.
AusHSI is proud to lend its know-how in health services innovation to evaluate and build skills to support the ICIF and its projects.
Click here to view videos of ICIF projects taken by CEDA at HSRAANZ17
Click here to view the press release.
Click here to view examples of ICIF case studies.
Click here to view the Queensland Health Integrating Care page.
| Title | Address | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Torres Dentistry | Torres Strait Island, Queensland, Australia | Implementing a telehealth approach for dental care in the Torres Strait and Cape to better serve remote populations |
| Torres Dentistry | Torres Strait Island, Queensland, Australia | Implementing a telehealth approach for dental care in the Torres Strait and Cape to better serve remote populations |
| Start-a-Movement | West Mackay, Queensland, Australia | Introducing community centred, activity based interventions to combat obesity and type-II diabetes across the Mackay region |
| Start-a-Movement | West Mackay, Queensland, Australia | Introducing community centred, activity based interventions to combat obesity and type-II diabetes across the Mackay region |
| QCAT | Herston, Queensland, Australia | Redesigning the guardianship process for vulnerable patients to ensure timelier discharge |
| QCAT | Herston, Queensland, Australia | Redesigning the guardianship process for vulnerable patients to ensure timelier discharge |
| Out-of-Home Care | South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | Coordinate care for out-of-home care children between Queensland Health and the DCCDS |
| Out-of-Home Care | South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | Coordinate care for out-of-home care children between Queensland Health and the DCCDS |
| OPEN ARCH | Cairns City, Queensland, Australia | Preventing avoidable admissions for high-risk, community dwelling older persons through early intervention, hospital partnerships, and community support |
| OPEN ARCH | Cairns City, Queensland, Australia | Preventing avoidable admissions for high-risk, community dwelling older persons through early intervention, hospital partnerships, and community support |
| Older Persons Coordinated Care | Coopers Plains, Queensland, Australia | Streamlining access to multidisciplinary comprehensive geriatric assessment, management and care planning |
| Older Persons Coordinated Care | Coopers Plains, Queensland, Australia | Streamlining access to multidisciplinary comprehensive geriatric assessment, management and care planning |
| Lower Gulf Integrated Care | Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia | Delivering culturally and clinically appropriate health services to improve patient outcomes |
| Lower Gulf Integrated Care | Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia | Delivering culturally and clinically appropriate health services to improve patient outcomes |
| Lower Back Pain | Bowen Hills, Queensland, Australia | Creating a rapid triage team and ‘Back School’ to reduce waiting times and help provide timely relief for patients with chronic back and neck pain |
| Lower Back Pain | Bowen Hills, Queensland, Australia | Creating a rapid triage team and ‘Back School’ to reduce waiting times and help provide timely relief for patients with chronic back and neck pain |
| Integrating Mental Health Pathways | Roma, Queensland, Australia | Building partnerships to improve mental health care coordination between GPs, Allied Health, and the Aboriginal community |
| Integrating Mental Health Pathways | Roma, Queensland, Australia | Building partnerships to improve mental health care coordination between GPs, Allied Health, and the Aboriginal community |
| Integrated Respiratory Access Initiative | Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia | Expanding services to enhance respiratory support services in the community and provide pathways for rapid hospital assessment |
| Integrated Respiratory Access Initiative | Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia | Expanding services to enhance respiratory support services in the community and provide pathways for rapid hospital assessment |
| Hepatology | Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia | Diagnosis and referral of hepatic disorders across the Sunshine Coast using mobile FibroScan technology |
| Hepatology | Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia | Diagnosis and referral of hepatic disorders across the Sunshine Coast using mobile FibroScan technology |
| Gastroenterology & Hepatology Screening | Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia | Identifying and managing clinically suitable patients requiring gastroenterology services in the community |
| Gastroenterology & Hepatology Screening | Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia | Identifying and managing clinically suitable patients requiring gastroenterology services in the community |
| Floresco | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Providing integrated, localised mental health care for adults experiencing moderate or severe mental illness |
| Floresco | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Providing integrated, localised mental health care for adults experiencing moderate or severe mental illness |
| Diabetes Care Management | Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia | Innovating GP diabetic care, including home monitoring, ambulance referrals, and virtual coordination teams to improve outcomes and reduce unnecessary hospital visits |
| Diabetes Care Management | Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia | Innovating GP diabetic care, including home monitoring, ambulance referrals, and virtual coordination teams to improve outcomes and reduce unnecessary hospital visits |
| COPDX | Caboolture, Queensland, Australia | Using COPDX assessment and education to reduce hospitalisations, improve quality of life, and supply pulmonary rehabilitation for COPD patients |
| COPDX | Caboolture, Queensland, Australia | Using COPDX assessment and education to reduce hospitalisations, improve quality of life, and supply pulmonary rehabilitation for COPD patients |
| Connected Care | Longreach, Queensland, Australia | Improving care coordination in rural central Queensland through community engagement and partnership |
| Connected Care | Longreach, Queensland, Australia | Improving care coordination in rural central Queensland through community engagement and partnership |
| Collective Impact | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia | Addressing the social causes of mental illness by bringing together government, business, and citizens |
| Collective Impact | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia | Addressing the social causes of mental illness by bringing together government, business, and citizens |
| Children's Health Integrated Care | Nambour, Queensland, Australia | Creating a central referral and assessment unit and training GP specialists in developmental disorders to reduce waiting lists for children in the Sunshine Coast |
| Children's Health Integrated Care | Nambour, Queensland, Australia | Creating a central referral and assessment unit and training GP specialists in developmental disorders to reduce waiting lists for children in the Sunshine Coast |
| CAREPACT Expansion | Dutton Park, Queensland, Australia | Raising health outcomes for at-risk older patients by improving quality and accessibility of acute care services in their home environment |
| CAREPACT Expansion | Dutton Park, Queensland, Australia | Raising health outcomes for at-risk older patients by improving quality and accessibility of acute care services in their home environment |
| At-Risk Elderly Care | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia | Identifying and supporting the at-risk elderly to better meet medical and cognitive health needs |
| At-Risk Elderly Care | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia | Identifying and supporting the at-risk elderly to better meet medical and cognitive health needs |
| Allied Health Integration | Banana Shire, Queensland, Australia | Integrating funding, planning, and telehealth for allied health accessibility in Central Queensland |
| Allied Health Integration | Banana Shire, Queensland, Australia | Integrating funding, planning, and telehealth for allied health accessibility in Central Queensland |
| Ageing in Place | Mackay, Queensland, Australia | Utilising telemedicine to reduce emergency department visits with early diagnosis and treatment for elderly patients |
| Ageing in Place | Mackay, Queensland, Australia | Utilising telemedicine to reduce emergency department visits with early diagnosis and treatment for elderly patients |
| ADHD | South Bank, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | Project ECHO: improving mental health access for children with ADHD |
| ADHD | South Bank, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | Project ECHO: improving mental health access for children with ADHD |