Enrolments have re-opened and ASHM has a limited number of spots available until July 2025.
Beyond the C is a national partnership program with General Practice, to find people who may be living with Hepatitis C, engage and connect them with care.
The quality of care for communities most affected by Hepatitis C
Your practice with the 5th National Hepatitis C Strategy
Team capacity & obtain continuing professional development activity
MBS billing potential and access PIP QI funds
With the availability of direct-acting antivirals (DAA), we have an opportunity to prevent hepatitis C from causing liver damage and impacting a person’s health and wellbeing. In Australia, more than 68, 890 people are still living with chronic hepatitis C and many are unaware they have the virus.
If we can find and treat people with hepatitis C, we have an opportunity to eliminate Hepatitis C as a major health threat.
You will also:
Save lives and reduce the onward transmission of hepatitis
Prevent hepatic cancer and promote better liver health
Improve quality of life for priority populations who may be at increased risk of hepatitis C
Through this program, your practice will learn case-finding skills and processes, in a supported way – skills you can apply more broadly to other health issues.
Alignment with the Practice Incentive Program Quality Improvement (QI)
Align with the QI requirement of practice accreditation
Improve your practice’s capacity for continuous quality improvement
Provide improved care to your patients
Create opportunities to address other clinical priorities and needs
Implement sustainable processes to identify people with hepatitis C to ensure all are offered treatment.
You will need to meet the following eligibility criteria to enroll in the program
You must have the capacity to extract data from your practice software
You must complete a Terms of Reference document to enroll in the project
Frequently asked questions about the project
Yes. Our project team and Practice Nurse Advisor will provide ongoing virtual support to guide your practice through the process of data-driven quality improvement.
Yes. Our project team and Practice Nurse Advisor will provide ongoing virtual support to guide your practice through the auditing process.
All practices who sign up and complete the project requirements will receive a $4000 Beyond the C program payment. The payment is paid in two instalments, 50% of the payment on completion of the data search and the remaining 50% will be paid on the completion of the project and submission of the post-project survey.
The project will be completed within a 6 month period. Practices may finish the project in earlier timeframes. The time commitment for the practice depends on several factors including the quality of the practice data and experience with data-driven quality improvement.
No identifying data will be recorded for the project. ASHM will provide a standardised reporting template for de-identified data collection. ASHM handles all participant data according to strict internal data handling procedures, with all data stored on secure servers in accordance with Australian privacy legislation.
ASHM takes all reasonable steps to secure personal information. Electronic information is protected by various security measures and access to information and databases is restricted to staff and officers of ASHM by network access controls including password protection, and physical security measures.
ASHM does not have any data stored on its own servers. ASHM engages with reputable providers such as Microsoft, to store all its data. Whilst ASHM has its own security protocols and processes it is also reliant on those of third parties.
ASHM uses various scanning and virus protection techniques to protect the data it holds from malicious attacks. Microsoft’s Advanced Threat Protection is deployed, which includes email scanning, protection against phishing, and automatic scanning of files added to SharePoint. The importance of good email hygiene is regularly communicated to staff to further limit the risk of malicious attacks on our data.
If you can’t find the answer to your questions on this website, the project team will be happy to chat with you. Please contact us to arrange a time to chat through your questions. A member of the Beyond the C team will be in contact within three working days.
The project is funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health.
We encourage the whole team to become involved in Beyond the C.
King J, McManus H, Kwon J, Gray R, McGregor S.
HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections in Australia Annual surveillance report 2023: Hepatitis C.
Sydney: The Kirby Institute, The University of New South Wales, 2023.
Whilst the Australian Department of Health provides financial assistance to ASHM, the material contained in this resource produced by ASHM should not be taken to represent the views of the Australian Department of Health. The content of this resource is the sole responsibility of ASHM Health.
Acknowledgement of Country
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