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Bmc Health Serv Res · Jan 2008
The primary care amplification model: taking the best of primary care forward.
- Claire L Jackson, Deborah A Askew, Caroline Nicholson, and Peter M Brooks.
- The University of Queensland, School of Medicine, Discipline of General Practice, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. c.jackson@uq.edu.au
- Bmc Health Serv Res. 2008 Jan 1;8:268.
BackgroundPrimary care internationally is approaching a new paradigm. The change agenda implicit in this threatens to de-stabilise and challenge established general practice and primary care.DiscussionThe Primary Care Amplification Model offers a means to harness the change agenda by 'amplifying' the strengths of established general practices around a 'beacon' practice.ConclusionSuch 'beacon' practices can provide a mustering point for an expanded scope of practice for primary care, integrated primary/secondary service delivery, interprofessional learning, relevant local clinical research, and a focus on local service innovation, enhancing rather than fragmenting the collective capacity of existing primary care.
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