What is QIPPS:
QIPPS stands for Quality Improvement Program Planning System (QIPPS) which is an Australian designed web-based continuous quality improvement tool (CQI) tool that provides a systematic approach to project planning and evaluation with a focus on health promotion, capacity building and community development.
What QIPPS does
QIPPS was designed to fulfil two roles, to support a systematic and evidence-based approach to program planning and evaluation, and to facilitate ongoing reflection and review, the cornerstone of continuous quality improvement.
QIPPS also includes a wide range of supportive information, definitions, research material, references, website links and models that assist in designing program plans and evaluations. The tools are primarily designed for health promotion planning and evaluation, but can be utilised for a broad range of project plans including treatment based projects and business plans.
Who uses QIPPS:
Within Australia and New Zealand QIPPS is used by 75 Victorian Health Services, 6 Primary Care Partnerships, the school of Public Health at Latrobe University, 20 NZ Primary Health Organisations, the International Diabetes Institute and 1 NSW Area Health Service.
Within the Department QIPPS is used by the Environmental Health Branch NT wide, and among programs within the Health Development and Oral Health Branch in Central Australia.
However anyone can access the web-based planning tools (read-only) in addition to a sample version of the tool and browse the Public Library of peer-reviewed projects, free of charge.
What are the benefits?
- A systematic approach to project planning & evaluation with a focus on health promotion, capacity building and community development, providing a shared language for practitioners from different disciplines
- A systematic approach to business planning
- A growing evidence base that informs best practice
- A capacity to plan and work collaboratively across large distances, due to minimal software requirements.
- Can be used for quality assurance processes
- Improves health promotion knowledge management
- Builds on experience of others by being able to access project plans from programs within the Health Services Division and access project summaries and contacts from organizations using QIPPS through the subscriber library
- Central storage of evidence, with easy access by all branches, programs and units within the Health Services Division
- Consistent recording of projects
- Source of NT specific data - library of NT case studies
- Plans can be exported into word documents so they can be used for reports or submissions.
- Available to staff within all branches of the Health Services Division
QIPPS Training & Support
The Health Promotion Strategy Unit (HPSU) will provide and coordinate ongoing support and training to staff using QIPPS, as well as assisting with the development of Branch and Unit specific protocols to guide staff in the usage of QIPPS.
QIPPS Documents
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For more information please contact:
- Apprentice in Population Health
PH: (08) 8985 8027 Email: [click here to send email]
