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Michael Struth

Senior Clinical Lead Mental Health & AOD at Western Victoria Primary Health Network

Michael Struth is the Senior Clinical Lead Mental Health & AOD at Western Victoria Primary Health Network, providing strategic leadership and coordination for mental health and AOD commissioning processes. With a background in managing psychiatric services and mental health reform, Michael has also held roles at headspace and provided consultation and presentations for mental health services in New York. Michael holds a Masters in Health Services Management from Charles Sturt University.

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Melbourne, Australia

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Western Victoria Primary Health Network

Western Victoria Primary Health Network (PHN) was established on 1 July 2015 and is responsible for increasing the efficiency, effectiveness and coordination of health services for patients, particularly those at risk of poor health outcomes. The Western Victoria PHN services a population of 576,790 and has regional centres in Horsham, Ballarat, Geelong and Warrnambool. Our strategic priorities include; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING • Undertake regional needs assessment to understand the primary health system priorities for rural and regional communities. • Engage with general practice, Aboriginal health services, private allied health, community organisations and hospitals to maximise knowledge of workforce, service gaps and system issues. • Engage with communities to ensure local perspectives are incorporated into program design, delivery and evaluation. COMMISSIONING • Use regional needs assessment priorities to inform the development of responsive and innovative workforce and service models. • Implement transparent and robust contract and procurement processes. • Adopt evidence based best practice approaches. • Monitor and evaluate services and models. GP AND PRIMARY CARE DEVELOPMENT • Leverage the expertise of general practice to inform primary care development. • Collaborate with general practice in implementing quality improvement activities. • Collate and analyse data to inform service system improvement. • Create opportunities for the primary care system to partner with general practice to improve health outcomes and reduce preventable hospital presentations. HEALTH SYSTEM INTEGRATION • Utilise cross sector collaboration and coordination. • Implement digital health solutions to improve continuity of care and clinical decision making. • Enhance capability and capacity of general practice through the co-design of clinical pathways. • Partner with communities and health professionals


Headquarters

Geelong, Australia

Employees

51-200

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