AMA Chronic Disease Plan: Improving Care for Patients with Chronic and Complex Care Needs – Revised 2012

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The AMA (Australian Medical Association) recognises the need for more efficient arrangements to support the provision of well-coordinated multidisciplinary care to patients with chronic and complex disease. If access to coordinated multidisciplinary care is improved then patients will benefit, the number of avoidable hospital admissions can be reduced, and long-term savings to the health system will be generated.

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AMA Chronic Disease Plan: Improving Care for Patients with Chronic and Complex Care Needs – Revised 2012 [Internet]. [cited 2013 Jul 24]. Available from: https://ama.com.au/node/5519

The AMA supports a comprehensive approach to the management of chronic and complex disease based on arrangements that:

• Provide GP-coordinated access for patients to services based on clinical need;
• Provide a patient’s usual GP with the support they need to improve the care they can provide/organise for patients with chronic and complex disease; 
• Support GPs to facilitate access for their patients to other members of a multi-disciplinary primary care team;
• Continue to ensure that funding follows the patient; 
• Lead to better collaboration with existing service providers; and
• Simplify and enhance the existing MBS chronic disease arrangements.

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