Synergia Services
Strategy and design
Synergia has the people approaches and tools to understand complex problems and provide clarity and direction for organisations and networks or organisations and communities.
Strategy and design capabilities
- Organisational strategic review and design
- Multi-organisation network design reviews
- Sector strategy and policy analysis and formulation
- Dynamic simulation modelling
- Intervention logic and outcome frameworks
- Facilitation and engagement across diverse stakeholders
Strategy and design experience
Whanau Ora - Better, Sooner, More Convenient Business Case
Description: Building on the practical experience of Whanau Ora (a holistic view of individual/family health and wellbeing) within the National Maori PHO Coalition, Synergia used its expertise in social services, people centric health and integrated models of care to help the coalition prepare their business case for an integrated health and social service approach to address the needs of Maori and other high needs populations.
Contact: Philip Gandar
Client: National Maori Health Coalition
Better, Sooner, More Convenient Primary Health EOI for Hawkes Bay Public Health Organisation
Description: Building on prior strategic work by Synergia with the DHB, the Hawkes Bay PHO used the opportunity provided by the government's 'Better, Sooner, More Convenient' initiative to develop an action plan for integrated family health centres as hubs for the integration of community, primary and hospital services.
Contact: Philip Gandar
Client: Hawkes Bay Primary Health Organisation
Development of 5-Year Business Plan
Description: Building upon work we had already done in helping redesign renal services and developing improved services for chronic care management, Synergia was asked to facilitate the development of a 5-year strategy that could be used as the overall framework to integrate diverse activities and guide Hawke's Bay DHB in improving its financial and service performance.
Contact: David Rees
Client: Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Waitemata Family Health
Description: Under the 'Better, Sooner, More Convenient' initiative, Synergia supported Waipareira Trust, Appollo and Coast to Coast PHO to develop an action plan that integrated their respective strengths in community based care, integrated primary health centres and multi-disciplinary team care into a 'single system of care'; integrated services delivered across home, community and hospital settings, shared information infrastructure to provide responsive and coordinated care linked to a clinical network of multi-disciplinary practitioners.
Contact: Philip Gandar
Client: Waitemata Family Healthcare
Better, Sooner, More Convenient Primary Health Care
Description:
Developing a successful proposal representing 3 District Health Boards and 10 Public Health Organisations to improve primary healthcare performance and care integration for more than 1 million people. The proposal included changes to models of care, clinical leadership and suppporting infrastructure and was followed by development of a business case for implementation.
Contact: Paul Stephenson
Client: Procare
Auckland Regional Health Impact Assessment Strategic Review
Description:
Identifying opportunities for health impact assessment in the Auckland region and charting a forward programme for its development and leadership by the Auckland Regional Public Health Service. The research process included stakeholder interviews, a multi-sectoral workshop, document analysis, and an online survey.
Contact: Adrian Field
Client: Auckland Regional Public Health Service
Total Health Otara Primary Health Eoi
Description: Building on practical experience of Whanau Ora (a holistic view of individual/family health and wellbeing) within the National Maori PHO Coalition, Synergia used its expertise in social services, people centric health and integrated models of care to help the Coalition prepare their business case for an integrated health and social service approach to address the needs of Maori and other high needs populations.
Framework for long-term conditions
Description:
This project focused on providing a framework for long-term conditions that would proved the platform for the overall strategy of the Board to develop a pathway to clinical and financial sustainability.
Contact: David Rees
Client: Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Let's Beat Diabetes dissemination
Description:
Development of peer reviewed articles for journal publication.
Contact: Adrian Field
Client: Counties Manukau District Health Board
Move It
Description:
Development of a five year multi-agency physical activity strategy for Waitakere City.
Contact: Paul Stephenson
Client: Sport Waitakere
Nelson Marlborough Primary Care Strategy
Description:
Working with Nelson Marlborough DHB and the two Primary Health Organisations to develop a long term strategy and operational framework for primary health care.
Contact: Philip Gandar, Paul Stephenson
Client: Nelson Marlborough District Health Board
Pacific Workforce Development Plan
Description:
Development of a long term plan for the Pacific health workforce throughout Auckland District Health Board, spanning all arms of health services, and focusing particularly on young Pacific people, nursing and allied health development, and career development and leadership pathways.
Contact: Adrian Field
Client: Auckland District Health Board
Renal Service Design
Description:
This assignment focused on redesigning the current renal service in response to growing demand for in-centre dialysis services. The work used System Dynamics modelling to explore the drivers of renal demand and the clinical and financial outcomes of different design options.
Contact: David Rees
Client: Hawke's Bay District Health Board
South Island Population Health Strategy
Description:
Development of Healthy South - a strategy for developing population health capability for the whole South Island. Involved detailed analysis and widespread stakeholder engagement. Undertaken for Ministry of Health and all South Island District Health Boards.
Contact: Paul Stephenson
Client: Ministry of Health
Wellington Region Population Health Strategy
Description:
A five year strategy identifying clear priorities for the three District Health Boards and including evidenced based outcome frameworks to drive collective action to achieve improvements in health status for the population groups most at risk.
Contact: Paul Stephenson
Client: Ministry of Health
PAN Auckland 2010
Description:
A five year strategic implementation plan for Healthy Eating Healthy Action across three district health board areas, includes aligning the Ministry of Health and the district health boards' needs and aspirations.
Contact: Paul Stephenson
Client: Ministry of Health
Modelling Diabetes in the Pacific Population
Description:
As part of the National Pacific Diabetes Strategy, this work was undertaken to explore the impact of different strategies upon the prevalence and incidence of obesity and diabetes amongst the Pacific population in Counties Manukau.
Contact: David Rees
Client: Counties Manukau District Health Board
Nutrition and Physical Activity Plan
Description:
Synergia supported development of the strategic and operational plan, involves $10 million investment by the district health board in public health activities.
Contact: Paul Stephenson
Client: Nelson Marlborough District Health Board
Our Health 2020
Description:
Our Health 2020 is a broad plan and process to focus Auckland DHB on its whole system responsibilities. Developed Health Improvement plans with whole system focus for priority health areas. Our Health 2020 has resulted in more strategic approach to improve performance across the sector.
Contact: Paul Stephenson
Client: Auckland District Health Board
Green Prescriptions Review
Description:
Analysis of Green Prescription (GRx) and development of future strategy. The work resulted in $10 million investment by Government in expansion of GRx as part of Mission On to move from a boutique programme to core sector infrastructure.
Contact: Paul Stephenson
Client: SPARC
Let's Beat Diabetes strategy
Description:
A whole system strategy to reduce diabetes incidence and improve quality of care. Focus for $10 million investment from Counties Manukau District Health Board. Let's Beat Diabetes is now entering year 3 of implementation. Seen as an exemplar programme of international significance.
Contact: Paul Stephenson
Client: Counties Manukau District Health Board
Modelling Investment Strategies for Let's Beat Diabetes
Description:
As part of the development of the Let's Beat Diabetes programme, this assignment used System Dynamics modelling to explore the prevalence and incidence of obesity and diabetes for the population of Counties Manukau under different investment strategies.
Contact: David Rees, Paul Stephenson
Client: Counties Manukau District Health Board
Framework for Preventing and Managing Chronic Disease 2004-2008
Description:
An analysis, stakeholder review, and development of a strategic framework for improved chronic disease management. The work also involved a review of cross sector DHB/PHO relationships and opportunities for collaborative governance.
Contact: Paul Stephenson
Client: Waitemata District Health Board