Victorian Public Health Services Performance and Accountability Framework Business Rules 2008-09

The 2008-09 Statement of Priorities and Performance Framework Business Rules (PDF File 689KB) - September 2008

About this document

The purpose of this document is to describe the mechanisms used by the Department of Human Services (the department) to formally monitor public health service performance in 2008-09.

This document is structured as follows:

Section 1 - an introduction and overview that provides a brief policy context for these business rules, as well as a summary of key changes

Section 2 - identifies the KPIs included in the Statement of Priorities (SoP)

Section 3 - describes the workings of the Performance Monitoring Framework (PMF) and Bonus Funding Framework (BFF), as well as the KPIs involved

Section 4 - presents the specific business rules for each KPI and the data sources for the KPIs

Section 5 – lists departmental contacts for the business rules.

Policy framework

The Health Services Act (1988) formally defines public health services. In 2008-09 there are 20 public health services, 15 in metropolitan Melbourne and 5 in regional Victoria. To ensure an appropriate level of accountability for these public health services, a framework has been implemented which includes;

• Annual Statement of Priorities (SoP) that sets out the policy priorities of the government, health service specific priorities and expected levels of performance for the financial year
  
• Performance Monitoring Framework (PMF) that enables the department to transparently monitor, analyse and evaluate a health service’s performance. The PMF score reflects both access and financial aspects of performance
  
• Bonus Funding Framework (BFF) that provides health services with a quarterly financial incentive to meet elective surgery and emergency care performance targets.

The Department of Human Services (the department) implements a range of activities throughout the financial year to support these frameworks. To reinforce and strengthen the governance approach, the department provides benchmarking and performance results to the public health services on a monthly basis.

The PMF score achieved indicates the level of monitoring and the frequency with which the department meets with health service senior executives to discuss the results achieved, and strategies that may assist in improving performance. It should also be noted that in implementing the PMF, the department may adopt different approaches for rural and metropolitan health services.

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