Primary Health Tasmania (Tasmania PHN) is a non-government, not-for-profit organisation working to connect care and keep Tasmanians well and out of hospital.
We are one of 31 similar organisations under the Australian Government’s Primary Health Networks Program.
The Government has set the following objectives for primary health networks nationally:
increasing the efficiencyandeffectiveness of medical services for patients, particularly those at risk of poor health outcomes; and
improving coordination of care to ensure patients receive the right care in the right place at the right time.
Our vision:Healthy Tasmanians.
Our purpose: Creating enduring health and wellbeing solutions with the Tasmanian community.
Our priorities
Our activities are based on national priorities set by the Australian Government as well as the identified needs of local communities and priority population groups.
They focus on service delivery, provider support and system improvement in the areas of:
Aboriginal health
after hours care
aged care
alcohol and other drugs
cancer screening
connecting care
chronic condition management
disease prevention
digital health
emergency management (including pandemic preparedness and response)
general practice and healthcare provider support
immunisation
intellectual disability (enhancing primary care)
mental health
palliative care
potentially preventable hospitalisations
rural primary health
suicide prevention.
Commissioning services
Commissioning is the process of working with communities and providers to identify health priorities; designing services to address those priorities; then procuring and implementing these services in partnership with providers to ensure they meet required outcomes. Commissioning is one of the roles the Australian Government has given all PHNs.
