Centre for Health System Reform and Integration

The Mater Research Institute-UQ Centre for Health System Reform and Integration brings together and develops the work of two Centres for Research Excellence; one on primary and secondary care integration, and the other on primary care quality, capacity building and governance. Value co-creation informs our Centre’s strategic approach to service innovation through translation of evidence into health care policy and practice. The Centre will partner to research, evaluate and train in emerging areas of health system reform internationally.

Scope of activity

• Training, quality improvement, capacity building, and development in health system reform
• Research, evaluation, and implementation of evidence into practice
• Strategic facilitation and policy development
• Service innovation and sustainability
• National and international research and policy partnership

Key focus areas

• Co-creation methodology 
• Governance for Integrated Care 
• Health Care Home (HCH) 
• Health Care Home Maturity Measure 
• Healthy Ageing and Frailty 
• Primary care capacity building 
• Queensland eConsultant Partnership Program 
• Queensland Virtual Integrated Practice (VIP) Partnership Program 
• The Primary Care Amplification Model (PCAM) and ‘beacon’ practice design 
• The Primary Care Practice Improvement Tool (PC-PIT) Process 

Our partners

• Queensland Health 
• Australian Digital Health Agency 
• RACGP 
• Ontario eConsult of Australia 
• Consumer Health Forum 
• International Foundation for Integrated Care 
• Brisbane South Primary Health Network 
• Western Queensland Primary Health Network 
• Sydney North Health Network 
• Northern Queensland Primary Heath Network 
• Darling Downs and West Moreton Primary Health network 
• Health Workforce Queensland 
• HCF Research Foundation ​