A scoping review to inform the use of continuous quality improvement in Australian Aboriginal oral health care.
Patel J, Durey A, Naoum S, Kruger E, Slack-Smith L.
Aust Health Rev. 2022 Aug;46(4):478-484. doi: 10.1071/AH21394.
‘We’re also healers’: Elders leading the way in Aboriginal community healing
Terrance Cox, Jonathon Mond and Ha Hoang
Australian Journal of Primary Health 28(4) 283-288
Developing Relationships on a Shared Path to Reconciliation: The Core of Health Transformation and Safe Care for Indigenous People
Marion Maar, Ed Connors, Carol Fancott, William (Bill) Mussell and Despina Papadopoulos
Healthcare Quarterly 25(2) July 2022 : 16-24.10.12927/hcq.2022.26894
Aboriginal peoples’ perspectives about COVID-19 vaccines and motivations to seek vaccination: a qualitative study.
Graham S, Blaxland M, Bolt R, et al.
BMJ Global Health 2022;7:e008815. doi:10.1136/ bmjgh-2022-008815
Smoking and quitting characteristics of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women of reproductive age: findings from the Which Way? study
Michelle Kennedy, et al
Medical Journal of Australia 217(Supp. 2) S6-18, 2022
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle indicators
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | 26 Aug 2022
Indigenous health checks and follow-ups
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare| 19 Aug 2022
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02 AGED CARE
Patient leadership in aged care.
Short LM.
Aust Health Rev. 2022 Aug;46(4):387. doi: 10.1071/AH22162.
Steps towards equitable care: creating web pages to highlight diversity for Australia’s aged care and end of life care workforce
Georgia Rowley, Jennifer Tieman and Kelly Jones
Australian Journal of Primary Health 28(4) 338-343
Royal Commission into Aged Care recommendations on minimum staff time standard for nursing homes
Micah D. J. Peters, Casey Marnie and Annie Butler
Australian Health Review 46(4) 388-390
Actual and projected gaps in the provision of residential aged care in New South Wales, Australia
Adam Austin, Thomas-Hoang Le, Thomas Moss and Stuart Wark
Australian Health Review 46(4) 398-404
Emergency department presentations and 30-day mortality in patients from residential aged care facilities
Kate Chiswell, Kendall Bein, Daniel Simpkins, Mark Latt and Michael Dinh
Australian Health Review 46(4) 414-420
Re-admission following discharge from a Geriatric Evaluation and Management Unit: identification of risk factors
Sally Yin, Jennifer Paratz and Michelle Cottrell
Australian Health Review 46(4) 421-425
Implementing recovery-oriented practice in older people’s mental health services: the NSW experience
Roderick McKay, Kate Jackson and John Stevens
Australian Health Review 46(4) 426-431
Government-subsidised mental health services are underused in Australian residential aged care facilities
Monica Cations, Luke R. Collier, Gillian Caughey, Jonathan Bartholomaeus, Catherine Lang, Maria Crotty, Gillian Harvey, Steven Wesselingh, Megan Corlis and Maria C. Inacio
Australian Health Review 46(4) 432-441
Incidence of adverse incidents in residential aged care
St Clair B, Jorgensen M, Georgiou A
Australian Health Review. 2022;46(4):405-413.
Bringing hospital care home: virtual wards and hospital at home for older people
British Geriatrics Society August 2022
CompliSpace Aged Care Workforce Report 2022
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03 AI & eHEALTH
Digital health care across the UK: where are we now?
Nuffield Trust 18 August 2022
Attitudes and perception of artificial intelligence in healthcare: A cross-sectional survey among patients
Sebastian J Fritsch, Andrea Blankenheim, Alina Wahl, ...
Digital Health 08 August 2022
Digital healthcare: the future
Charles JT Butcher and Wajid Hussain
Future Hosp J 2022 9:113-117; doi:10.7861/fhj.2022-0046
Delivery of elective care in the future
Josh Wall, Simon Ray and Tim WR Briggs
Future Hosp J 2022 9:144-149; doi:10.7861/fhj.2022-0053
HealthRota: An evaluation of a digital rostering platform for managing hospital doctors' rotas and leave
Rob Galloway, Ogechifina Onyiriuka, Amy Brown, Colin Fitzpatrick and Daniel Richardson
Future Hosp J 2022 9:166-170; doi:10.7861/fhj.2022-0022
The effect of the electronic health record on consultants' responsibility for patients and their care in general medicine
Martin B Whyte and Philip A Kelly
Future Hosp J 2022 9:188-189; doi:10.7861/fhj.2022-0001
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04 COVID-19
COVID-19 treatments: Provisional determinations
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) 22 August 2022
TGA grants provisional determination for sabizabulin for the treatment of COVID-19
Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) 22 August 2022
ATAGI recommendations on COVID-19 vaccine use in children aged 6 months to <5 years
Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) 03 August 2022
Randomized Trial of Metformin, Ivermectin, and Fluvoxamine for Covid-19.
Carolyn T. Bramante, M.D.,et al
N Engl J Med 2022; 387:599-610 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2201662
Myocarditis after COVID‐19 mRNA vaccination in Australia
Suraj K Varma, Ari E Horton, Anna L Taylor, Michael R Ditchfield, Sarah A Hope and Srinidhi JV Rao
Med J Aust || doi: 10.5694/mja2.51657 Published online: 8 Aug 2022
COVID‐19 in New South Wales children during 2021: severity and clinical spectrum
Phoebe Williams, Archana Koirala, Gemma L Saravanos, Laura K et al
Med J Aust || doi: 10.5694/mja2.51661 Published online: 8 Aug 2022
Association between COVID-19 restrictions and emergency department presentations for paediatric mental health in Victoria, Australia.
Hiscock H, Chu W, O'Reilly G, Freed GL, White M, Danchin M, Craig S.
Aust Health Rev. 2022 Jul 5. doi: 10.1071/AH22015.
Rapid deployment of support for a mental health crisis: 10 priorities framing Australia’s COVID-19 pandemic response
Jane Desborough, Grant Blashki, Sally Hall Dykgraaf, Ruth Vine, Mark Roddam, Ashvini Munindradasa and Michael Kidd
Australian Journal of Primary Health 28(4) 271-282
Beyond the COVID‐19 pandemic: increasing the uptake of influenza vaccination by health and aged care workers
Lyn‐li Lim, Noleen J Bennett, Sheena G Sullivan, Ann L Bull and Leon J Worth
Med J Aust 2022; 217 (3): 157-158
The short term safety of COVID‐19 vaccines in Australia: AusVaxSafety active surveillance, February – August 2021
Lucy Deng, Catherine Glover, Michael Dymock, Alexis Pillsbury, Julie A Marsh, Helen E Quinn, Alan Leeb, Patrick Cashman, Thomas L Snelling, Nicholas Wood and Kristine Macartney
Med J Aust 2022; 217 (4): 195-202
Risk of preterm birth, small for gestational age at birth, and stillbirth after covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy: population based retrospective cohort study
BMJ 2022; 378 (Published 17 August 2022)
Payers and Public Health: A Novel Collaboration to Support Covid-19 Vaccination Uptake
A.I. Gallego and Others
NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery 2022; 08
Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for patient safety: a rapid review
World Health Organization
Geneva: World Health Organization; 2022. p. 64.
The impact of the pandemic on population health and health inequalities
British Medical Association (BMA) 28 July 2022
Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for patient safety: a rapid review
WHO 5 August 202
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05 HEALTH FACILITIES PLANNING & DESIGN
Lean Design of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Patient Room for Efficient and Safe Care Delivery.
Lu Y, Bishop NB, Zadeh R.
HERD. 2022 Aug 4:19375867221113066.
Analysis of Factors Historically Affecting Innovation in Hospital Building Design.
Moslehian AS, Tucker R, Kocaturk T, Andrews F.
HERD. 2022 Aug 3:19375867221113874. doi: 10.1177/19375867221113874.
Influence of Evidence-Based Design Strategies on Nurse Wellness.
Raj M, Jimenez FE, Rich RK, Okland K, Roy L, Opollo J, Rogers J, Brittin J.
HERD. 2022 Aug 3:19375867221110915. doi: 10.1177/19375867221110915.
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06 HEALTHCARE - AUS
Australian maternity service provision: a comparative analysis of state and territory maternity care frameworks.
Brundell K, Vasilevski V, Farrell T, Sweet L.
Aust Health Rev. 2022 Aug 4. doi: 10.1071/AH22059.
Australian health policies related to diagnostic imaging: too much of a good thing?
Docking S, Haddock R, Buchbinder R.
Aust Health Rev. 2022 Jul 28. doi: 10.1071/AH22064.
Why Community Health Systems Have Not Flourished in High Income Countries: What the Australian ExperienceTells Us
Fran Baum*, Toby Freeman
Int J Health Policy Manag 2022, 11(1), 49–58
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07 HEALTHCARE - OS
From Health Care to Whole Health
N.S. Mohta and Others
NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery 2022; 08
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08 HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION
Defining adequacy of staffing in general hospital wards: a Delphi study.
van der Mark CJEM, Kraan J, Hendriks PHJ, Vermeulen H, Oostveen CJV.
BMJ Open. 2022 Aug 2;12(8):e058403. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058403.
Emergency department adverse events detected using the emergency department trigger tool
Griffey RT, Schneider RM, Todorov AA.
Ann Emerg Med. Epub 2022
Tipping the balance: a systematic review and meta-ethnography to unfold the complexity of surgical antimicrobial prescribing behavior in hospital settings
Parker H, Frost J, Day J, et al.
PLoS ONE. Epub 2022
Hospital-treated self-harm: Improving care through improved data Deeble Institute for Health Policy Research Issues Brief No. 47
McGill K, Haddock R
Canberra: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association; 2022. p. 39.
Clinical incidents in the emergency department: is there an association with emergency nursing shift patterns? A retrospective observational study
Roberts K, Thom O, Hocking J, Bernard A, Doyle T
BMJ Open Quality. 2022;11(3):e001785.
Disease and economic burden of infections in hospitalised children in New South Wales
McMullan BJ, Valentine JC, Hall L, Thursky K
Australian Health Review. 2022;46(4):471-477.
A retrospective cohort study of factors associated with severity of falls in hospital patients
Ghosh M, O’Connell B, Afrifa-Yamoah E, Kitchen S, Coventry L
Scientific Reports. 2022;12(1):12266.
Waiting for NHS hospital care: the role of the independent sector
The Health Foundation 28 July 2022
Enhancing Hospital Accreditation Practices
Nicole A. Thomson, Kimberly Hunter, Rani H. Srivastava, Masooma Hassan, Leila Anderson and Lydia Sequeira
Healthcare Quarterly 25(2) July 2022 : 34-40.10.12927/hcq.2022.26891
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09 HOSPITAL FUNDING AND FINANCE
Primary Care and Financial Risk — Navigating the Crossroads
Z. Song and Others
N Engl J Med 387:292, July 28, 2022
Payment reform, purchaser and provider decisions and the performance of emergency healthcare systems: the case of blended payment in the English NHS
Centre for Health Economics 22 August 2022
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10 INNOVATION
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11 COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT
Identifying management practices for promoting infection prevention: Perspectives on strategic communication
Ann Scheck McAlearney, Sarah R. MacEwan, Megan E. Gregory, Lindsey N. Sova, Courtney Hebert, Alice A. Gaughan
American Journal of Infection Control 50(6): 593-597, 2022
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12 MANAGEMENT
The Whole PERSON Health Score: A Patient-Focused Tool to Measure Nonmedical Determinants of Health
D. Khurana, G. Leung, and B. Sasaninia, D. Tran, M. Khan, and A. Firek
NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery 2022; 08
Building Workforce Resilience at the Individual and Organizational Levels
S.C. Jones Wood and R.A. Phillips
NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery 2022; 08
Health Care Is Confronting the Social Determinants of Health
D. Francis
NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery 2022; 08
Impact of unacceptable behaviour between healthcare workers on clinical performance and patient outcomes: a systematic review
Guo L, Ryan B, Leditschke IA, Haines KJ, Cook K, Eriksson L, et al
BMJ Quality & Safety. 2022;31(9):679-687.
"I was reaching out for help and they did not help me": Mental healthcare in the carceral state.
Preston AG, Rosenberg A, Schlesinger P, Blankenship KM.
Health Justice. 2022 Jul 25;10(1):23. doi: 10.1186/s40352-022-00183-9.
Patients Receive Flexible And Accessible Care When State Workforce Barriers Are Removed
Bianca K. Frogner
Health Affairs 2022, 41(8): 1139-1141
Community-based pain programs commissioned by primary health networks: key findings from an online survey and consultation with program managers
Simone De Morgan, Pippy Walker, Fiona M. Blyth, Michael Nicholas and Andrew Wilson
Australian Journal of Primary Health 28(4) 303-314
‘What is this about? Let’s play this out’: the experience of integrating primary health care registered nurses with school learning and support teams
Catherine Sanford, Emily Saurman, Sarah Dennis and David Lyle
Australian Journal of Primary Health 28(4) 321-329
3 Types of Burnout, and How to Overcome Them
Melody Wilding
Harvard Business Review August 22, 2022
Why Does Your “New” Strategy Look Just Like Your Old One?
Graham Kenny
Harvard Business Review August 19, 2022
Why Executives Should Start Acting Like Activist Investors
Emily Riley and Randeep Rathindran
Harvard Business Review August 17, 2022
Role of the regulator in enabling a just culture: a qualitative study in mental health and hospital care
Weenink JW, Wallenburg I, Hartman L, et al.
BMJ Open 2022;12:e061321. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061321
Developing Methods to Support Collaborative Learning and Co-creation of Resilient Healthcare—Tips for Success and Lessons Learned From a Norwegian Hospital Cancer Care Study
Bergerød IJ, Clay-Williams R, Wiig S
Journal of Patient Safety. 2022;18(5):396-403.
Machine Learning–Based Mortality Prediction of Patients at Risk During Hospital Admission
Trentino KM, Schwarzbauer K, Mitterecker A, Hofmann A, Lloyd A, Leahy MF, et al.
Journal of Patient Safety. 2022;18(5):494-498.
Women's Health Strategy for England
Department of Health and Social Care
London: Department of Health and Social Care; 2022. p. 128.
Leading virtual meetings – top tips
The King's Fund 19 July 2022
Strategic Clinical Network Teams Improve Effectiveness, Team and Leadership Processes and Inputs
Deborah E. White, Jill M. Norris, Danielle A. Southern, Tracy Wasylak and William A. Ghali
Healthcare Quarterly 25(2) July 2022 : 54-62.10.12927/hcq.2022.26888
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13 PATIENT CENTRED CARE
Managing patients with comorbidities: future models of care
Gerry Rayman, Asangaedem Akpan, Martin Cowie, Rachael Evans, Martyn Patel, Sotiris Posporelis and Kieran Walsh
Future Hosp J 2022 9:101-105; doi:10.7861/fhj.2022-0029
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14 POPULATION HEALTH
Integrating care for people with diabetes: A Statewide Initiative for Diabetes Management
NSW Ministry of Health 2022
Improving population health outcomes with integrated data sets
NHS Confederation 23 June 2022
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15 RURAL HEALTH
Approaches Used to Describe, Measure, and Analyze Place of Practice in Dentistry, Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health Rural Graduate Workforce Research in Australia: A Systematic Scoping Review
Hannah Beks, et al
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(3), 1438;
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16 SAFETY
Unsafe by design: Infusion task reallocation and safety perceptions in U.S. hospitals
Pratt, Benjamin R.; Dunford, Benjamin B.; Vogus, Timothy J.; Ashkanani, Ahmad M.; Morgeson, Frederick P.; Alexander, Mary
Health Care Management Review: August 11, 2022
Quality measures for patients at risk of adverse outcomes in the Veterans Health Administration: expert panel recommendations
Chang ET, Newberry S, Rubenstein LV, et al.
JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(8):e2224938. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.24938
Health care quality and safety in a correctional system: creating goals and performance measures for improvement
Neely J, Sampath R, Kirkbride G, et al.
J Correct Health Care. Epub 2022
Patient Safety Incident Response Framework
NHS England
London: NHS England; 2022. p. 13.
Engaging and involving patients, families and staff following a patient safety incident
NHS England
London: NHS England; 2022. p. 49.
Distributed Cognition and the Role of Nurses in Diagnostic Safety in the Emergency Department
Manojlovich M, Krein SL, Kronick SL, Mahajan P, Graber Mark L
Rockville MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2022. p.18.
Spinal Cord Stimulators: An Analysis of the Adverse Events Reported to the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration
Jones CMP, Shaheed CA, Ferreira G, Mannix L, Harris IA, Buchbinder R, et al
Journal of Patient Safety. 2022;18(5):507-511.
National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards user guide for acute and community mental health services
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Sydney: ACSQHC; 2022. p. 140.
Influence of a general practice pharmacist on medication management for patients at risk of medicine-related harm: A qualitative evaluation
Jordan M, Young-Whitford M, Mullan J, Stewart A, Chen TF
Australian Journal for General Practitioners. 2022;51(7):521-528.
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17 WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY
Addressing Well-being Throughout the Health Care Workforce: The Next Imperative
Rotenstein LS, Berwick DM, Cassel CK
JAMA. 2022 [epub].
Fronting up to the problems: what can be done to improve the wellbeing of NHS staff?
Edwards N, Cowper A
London: Nuffield Trust; 2022.
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18 WORKFORCE PLANNING
Enhancing the capacity of the health workforce to deliver best practice diabetes care.
Murfet G, Ng AH, Hagger V, Davidson S, Ward G, Fenton B, Rasmussen B.
Aust Health Rev. 2022 Aug;46(4):496-500. doi: 10.1071/AH22040.
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19 REPORTS OF INTEREST
Disease and economic burden of infections in hospitalised children in New South Wales, Australia
Brendan J. McMullan, Jake C. Valentine, Lisa Hall and Karin Thursky
Australian Health Review 46(4) 471-477
Mental health services in Australia
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | 26 Aug 2022
Alcohol, tobacco & other drugs in Australia
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | 24 Aug 2022
The relationship between health risk factors and the neighbourhood environment
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | 09 Aug 2022
Reporting on the health of culturally and linguistically diverse populations in Australia: An exploratory paper
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare| 04 Aug 2022
Varied Health Spending Growth Across US States Was Associated With Incomes, Price Levels, And Medicaid Expansion, 2000–19
Emily K. Johnson, et al
Health Affairs 2022, 41(8): 1088-1097
Building capacity and capability for improvement in adult social care
The King's Fund 25 August 2022
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20 ABS REPORT
2021.10.0.002 Census Community Profiles, 2021 (Additional Information)
https://www.abs.gov.au/census/guide-census-data/about-census-tools/community-profiles
2021.10.0.007 Profile of people with a core need for assistance in Australia, 2021 (Additional Information)
https://www.abs.gov.au/articles/profile-people-core-need-assistance-australia
2021.10.0.022 Delivering the 2021 Census, 2021 (First Issue)
https://www.abs.gov.au/census/about-census/delivering-2021-census
‘Delivering the 2021 Census’ report tells stories of innovation (Media Release)
https://www.abs.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/delivering-2021-census-report-tells-stories-innovation
2021.10.0.023 Census GeoPackages, 2021
https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/geopackages?release=2021&geography=AUST&table=G01&gda=GDA2020
2021.10.0.026 Census DataPacks, 2021 (Additional Information)
https://www.abs.gov.au/census/guide-census-data/about-census-tools/datapacks
3218.0 Regional population , 2021 (Additional Information)
https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/regional-population/latest-release
4906.0.55.005 3.6 million Australians experienced coercive control (Media Release), August 2022
https://www.abs.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/36-million-australians-experienced-coercive-control
6202.0 Unemployment rate falls to 3.4% (Media Release), Jul 2022
https://www.abs.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/unemployment-rate-falls-34
6302.0 Average Weekly Earnings, Australia, May 2022
https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/earnings-and-working-conditions/average-weekly-earnings-australia/latest-release
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BOOK RECOMMENDATION
Building Data Capacity for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research: Priorities for the Next Decade
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2022
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), in partnership with other agencies and divisions of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, coordinates a portfolio of projects that build data capacity for conducting patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR). PCOR focuses on producing scientific evidence on the effectiveness of prevention and treatment options to inform the health care decisions of patients, families, and health care providers, taking into consideration the preferences, values, and questions patients face when making health care choices.
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