February 2026 Webinar Recap: Driving Quality Improvement in General Practice

Presented by Kari Lusk from Montier Health, the February 2026 webinar focused on practical ways practices can use their data to identify patients at risk of cardiovascular disease and take structured action using the purpose-built PHASES CVD Quality Improvement Toolkit. The session highlighted how quality improvement can help practices move from identifying risk to embedding […]

Funded by the Queensland Health Clinical Research Fellowship, the PHASES Linkage project connects general practice cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk data with hospitalisation and mortality data. This study aims to better understand how CVD risk impacts hospitalisation rates and assess the accuracy of the new CVD risk prediction equation in identifying high-risk individuals within Queensland’s population. 

The project will: 

  • Estimate the number of heart attacks and strokes that could be prevented with improved treatment for high CVD risk. 
  • Identify gaps in CVD prevention to inform future care strategies. 

Running in parallel with the PHASES project, PHASES Linkage highlights the power of data-driven insights to improve cardiovascular outcomes and reduce hospitalisations.