Resources

The article “Prevention Pays: Investing in Australia’s Health and Economic Future” focuses on the critical link between preventive health and Australia’s economic productivity.

This review examines tools used to stratify populations — meaning to categorise people based on their health needs and risks. These tools help health systems plan more effectively, especially for individuals with chronic conditions who utilise a significant amount of healthcare resources. 

The PaRIS survey is an OECD initiative designed to systematically collect patient-reported data on experiences and outcomes in primary care, particularly among individuals with chronic conditions across OECD countries. The findings paint a useful picture for all health and human service organisations (not just primary care) on the consumer experience. 

The Excellent Care Framework is aligned with Safer Care Victoria’s’ Clinical Governance Framework and the Victorian Department of Health and Human Service’s Quality Governance Framework for Community Services.

This Mission Australia Framework provides guidance to all levels of the organisation to deliver services aligned to standards for safe quality care in Australia. Specifically about child and family, youth, aged care, disability, homelessness, mental health and alcohol and other drug services.

Anglicare’s Clinical & Care Governance Framework is based on the fundamental principles of clinical governance.

This guidance document sets out a high-level framework for clinical governance in health and disability services in New Zealand.

Integrated care addresses the problem of care fragmentation, and instead supports continuity.  It is person-centred because it enhances the patient experience through improved coordination of care.  Integrated care has been broadly described as an ‘organising principle for care delivery with the aim of achieving improved patient care through better coordination of services provided’ – hence the need for systems thinking.

In Australia, COVID-19 is challenging many aspects of the healthcare system and our frontline practitioners.

In this online presentation, Dr Stephen Duckett, Australia's leading healthcare economist from the Grattan Institute discusses the various ways in which healthcare organisations can use their own data to make improvements to quality and patient safety at the coalface.