NQPS Planning & Reporting moving on-line

PHC RIS has negotiated with the Department of Health and Ageing to adapt the Microsoft Word based Planning & Reporting pro forma to a web-based format. This is part of the continual process to streamline the NQPS requirements associated with the Divisions Program.

In brief, this on-line system will allow Divisions/SBOs to:

• Enter and submit Annual Plans (Planning Component)
  Update: went "live" Feb 07
• Enter and submit Reports (6 & 12 Month)
  Update: went "live" Aug 07
• View Annual Plans and Reports (also available to general public)
  Update: went "live" Jan 08

WHEN?

The project will be delivered in stages. In the first stage, Divisions/SBOs will use the Planning Component of the new on-line system for their 2007-08 Plan, due in March 2007. PHC RIS aims to make this Planning Component available to Divisions and SBOs in early February, further details and how to access the system will be made available at that time.

Please note, the 2006-07 6 Month Report due in February 07 must still be completed using the Microsoft Word based pro forma.

Later stages will provide the online system for reporting and then display of twelve month reports.

WORKING GROUP

PHC RIS and the Department have formed a Working Group for this project, the members are:
Libby Kalucy [Chair] and Simon Patterson (PHC RIS); Bronwen Dowse and Sarah Thomas (Divisions Reporting and Policy Section, Dept of Health and Ageing Central Office); Jean McRuvie (Sunshine Coast DGP); Bill Newton (GPDV); Roger Hunt (NSW STO); Julie Porritt and Jan McRobbie (AGPN).

PHC RIS can provide contact details for these people if required. We welcome comments and suggestions particularly for the later stages of this project about reporting and display.

MORE INFORMATION

A summary of this project is available in a PDF document (78Kb) at:
http://www.phcris.org.au/go/DivisionsOnlineProjectSummary

Much of this project is based on the success of moving the Annual Survey of Divisions (ASD) from Word to an on-line version earlier this year. The new Planning & Reporting system will be a similar system. For those of you who have not used the ASD on-line (especially SBOs), the following demonstration gives you some idea of the ASD system. The 'demo' does not visually match the final Survey as it was constructed back in May/June 06 prior to the system being complete. However the concepts still apply and similar concepts will apply to the new Planning & Reporting on-line system.
You can view this demonstration at:
http://www.phcris.org.au/divisions/surveydemo/
(It takes about 5 minutes to view, there is no audio).

Updates about this project will be made available on the PHC RIS Planning & Reporting Support pages at http://www.phcris.org.au/divisions/reporting/

Related articles:

• Information in the Division & SBO Reports, PHC RIS infonet, August 07...
• Display of Division & SBO Reports, PHC RIS infonet, June 07...
• Web-based planning & reporting for Divisions & SBOs, PHC RIS infonet , December 06...

Contact

If you do have any queries please don't hesitate to contact Simon Patterson (Manager, Information Systems) via the PHC RIS Assist line on 1800 025 882.

IMPORTANT UPDATE:
Much, if not all, of this project has now been completed. You can try the data entry part of the system that the Divisions, SBOs and STOs access with a 'demo' login. Demonstration accounts are available on application. Simply drop us an email with your details. You can also use the the 'Display Component' to view Approved Reports via the Activities of Divisions page of the PHC RIS website, no login is required.

Created: 18 Dec 06
Last Updated: 28 Mar 08