The Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN‐ACC): a new casemix classification for residential aged care
Kathy Eagar, Rob Gordon, Milena F Snoek, Carol Loggie, Anita Westera, Peter David Samsa and Conrad Kobel
Med J Aust || doi: 10.5694/mja2.50703 Published online: 10 August 2020
Assessing the support of health leadership for increased Indigenous participation in the health workforce
Christopher Bourke, Julie Lahn, Colleen Gibbs and Natasha Lennard
Australian Health Review 44(4) 505-511
Cardiovascular disease risk assessment in an Aboriginal community-controlled health service: comparing algorithms
Xavier Fitzgerald, Ana Herceg, Kirsty Douglas and Nadeem Siddiqui
Australian Journal of Primary Health 26(4) 281-286
PY19119Visual impairment among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients attending an Australian Indigenous primary health service: a cross-sectional study
Prabha Lakhan, Uchechukwu L. Osuagwu, Deborah Askew, Noel Hayman and Geoffrey Spurling
Australian Journal of Primary Health 26(4) 287-292
Improving communication with Aboriginal hospital inpatients: a quasi‐experimental interventional study
The Communicate Study group*
Med J Aust || doi: 10.5694/mja2.50700 Published online: 3 Aug 202
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02 AGED CARE
Long-term follow up of older people on diabetes medications: observational study using linked health databases
Katharine A. Wallis 0000-0002-2580-9362, Susan Wells, Vanessa Selak and Katrina Poppe
Australian Journal of Primary Health 26(4) 306-312
Young people in Australian residential aged care: evaluating trends from 2008 to 2018.
Brown MG, Bishop GM, Winkler D, Douglas JM.
Aust Health Rev. 2020 Jul 29. doi: 10.1071/AH19172.
Predictors of ED attendance in older patients with chronic disease: a data linkage study.
Xia T, Enticott J, Pearce C, Mazza D, Turner LR.
Aust Health Rev. 2020 Jul 17. doi: 10.1071/AH19169.
Informal And Formal Home Care For Older Adults With Disabilities Increased, 2004–16
Courtney H. Van Houtven, R. Tamara Konetzka, Elizabeth Taggert, and Norma B. Coe
Health Affairs 2020, 39(8): 1297-1301
Receipt Of Home-Based Medical Care Among Older Beneficiaries Enrolled In Fee-For-Service Medicare
Jennifer M. Reckrey, Mia Yang, Bruce Kinosian, Evan Bollens-Lund, Bruce Leff, Christine Ritchie, and Katherine Ornstein
Health Affairs 2020, 39(8): 1289-1296
Aged Care in Australia Beyond 2020 (eBook)
Royal Freemansons’ Benevolent Institution (RFBI) August 2020
Is there an alternative future for aged care?
Michael Fine
Aged Care Insite 13 August 2020
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03 AI & eHEALTH
Application of Artificial Intelligence in the Health Care Safety Context: Opportunities and Challenges
Samer Ellahham, MD, Nour Ellahham, Mecit Can Emre Simsekler, PhD
American Journal of Medical Quality 2020, Volume: 35 issue: 4, page(s): 341-348
RACGP Telehealth video consultations survey –Summary of results
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) July 2020
Personal digital health hubs for multiple conditions
Mellick J Chehade, Lalit Yadav, Asangi Jayatilaka, Tiffany K Gill & Edward Palmer
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2020;98:569-575
Value-sensitive design and global digital health
Karin R Jongsma & Fleur Jongepier
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2020;98:579-580
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04 COVID-19
Please click to read the COVID-19 Special Issue 9
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05 HEALTH FACILITIES PLANNING & DESIGN
Visitor's Experiences of an Evidence-Based Designed Healthcare Environment in an Intensive Care Unit.
Sundberg F, Fridh I, Lindahl B, Kåreholt I.
HERD. 2020 Jul 31:1937586720943471. doi: 10.1177/1937586720943471.
Collaborative Care in Primary Care: The Influence of Practice Interior Architecture on Informal Face-to-Face Communication-An Observational Study.
Morgan S, Pullon S, McKinlay E, Garrett S, Kennedy J, Watson B.
HERD. 2020 Jul 24:1937586720939665. doi: 10.1177/1937586720939665.
Design Models for Single Patient Rooms Tested for Patient Preferences.
van Oel CJ, Mlihi M, Freeke A.
HERD. 2020 Jul 14:1937586720937995. doi: 10.1177/1937586720937995.
Implications Of COVID-19 On Healthcare Design
Aran McCarthy |
Healthcare Design July 21, 2020
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06 HEALTHCARE - AUS
A Review of Models Used for Investigating Barriers to Healthcare Access in Australia
Shukla N, Pradhan B, Dikshit A, Chakraborty S, Alamri AM
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020;17(11):4087.
Scoping review of Australian evaluations of healthcare delivery models: are we making the most of the evidence?
Jacqueline Roseleur, Andrew Partington and Jonathan Karnon
Australian Health Review 44(4) 557-562
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07 HEALTHCARE - OS
Global health activists' lessons on building social movements for Health for All.
Musolino C, Baum F, Freeman T, Labonté R, Bodini C, Sanders D.
Int J Equity Health. 2020 Jul 6;19(1):116. doi: 10.1186/s12939-020-01232-1.
Access and quality of health care in Canada: Insights from 1998 to the present
Claire Samuelson-Kiraly, Terrence Montague, Joanna Nemis-White, Nicole MacPherson, Lesli Martin,et al
Healthcare Management Forum Aug 6, 2020 | OnlineFirst
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08 HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION
Promoting hospital and primary care collaboration for timely and effective care for chronic hepatitis B in western Melbourne.
Sievert K, Liddle R, Tan A, Arachchi N, Valaydon Z, Allard N.
Aust Health Rev. 2020 Jul 28. doi: 10.1071/AH19135
Adoption of Lean management and hospital performance: Results from a national survey.
Rundall TG, Shortell SM, Blodgett JC, Henke RM, Foster D.
Health Care Manage Rev. 2020 Jul 1. doi: 10.1097/HMR.0000000000000287
Covid-19 Created an Elective Surgery Backlog. How Can Hospitals Get Back on Track?
Amit Jain , Tinglong Dai , Kristin Bibee and Christopher G. Myers
Harvard Business Review August 10, 2020
What Do Patients Want? A Qualitative Analysis of Patient, Provider, and Administrative Perceptions and Expectations About Patients’ Hospital Stays
Nepal S, Keniston A, Indovina KA, Frank MG, Stella SA, Quinzanos-Alonso I, et al
Journal of Patient Experience. 2020:2374373520942403.
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09 HOSPITAL FUNDING AND FINANCE
Financial Integration’s Impact On Care Delivery And Payment Reforms: A Survey Of Hospitals And Physician Practices
Elliott S. Fisher, Stephen M. Shortell, A. James O’Malley, Taressa K. Fraze, Andrew Wood, et al
Health Affairs 2020, 39*8): 1302-1311
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10 INNOVATION
Commissioning for health and community sector reform: perspectives on change from Victoria
Kate Silburn and Virginia Lewis
Australian Journal of Primary Health 26(4) 332-337
Location and primary health care reform
Gemma C Ma and Jeanette E Ward
Med J Aust 2020; 213 (3): 111-113.e1
Technology, innovation and long-term conditions: four case studies of digital transformation
The King's Fund 03 August 2020
Building and Sustaining a Culture of Innovation in an Academic Health Centre
Rukhsana (Roxy) Merkand, Doug Miron, Sean Peacocke and Kathryn Parker
Healthcare Quarterly 23(2) July 2020 : 24-29.doi:10.12927/hcq.2020.26278
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11 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Why Your Mentorship Program Isn’t Working
W. Brad Johnson , David G. Smith and Jennifer Haythornthwaite
Harvard Business Review July 17, 2020
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12 MANAGEMENT
Evaluation of HealthPathways: an appraisal of usage, experiences and opinions of healthcare professionals in Australia and New Zealand.
Goddard-Nash A, Makate M, Varhol R, Quirk F, Larsen R, McGeoch G, Shand B, Robinson S.
Aust Health Rev. 2020 Jul 22. doi: 10.1071/AH19214.
Emotional exhaustion among regional doctors in training and the application of international guidelines on sustainable employability management for organisations
Madeleine Fitzpatrick, Kathryn Garsia, Kezia Eyre, Courtney-Anne Blackhall and Sabrina Pit
Australian Health Review 44(4) 609-617
What do consumers with chronic conditions expect from their interactions with general practitioners? A qualitative study of Australian consumer and provider perspectives
Song HJ, Dennis S, Levesque J-F, Harris MF
Health Expectations. 2020 Jun;23(3):707-716.
Exploring the promise of intersectionality for promoting justice-involved women's health research and policy.
Gueta K.
Health Justice. 2020 Jul 25;8(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s40352-020-00120-8.
How HR Leaders Can Adapt to Uncertain Times
Sue Bingham
Harvard Business Review August 04, 2020
How to Break Up with Your Commitments
Elizabeth Grace Saunders
Harvard Business Review August 03, 2020
How to (Actually) Change Someone’s Mind
Laura Huang and Ryan Yu
Harvard Business Review July 31, 2020
Leading into the Post-Covid Recovery
Merete Wedell-Wedellsborg
Harvard Business Review August 11, 2020
Capacity development in patient-oriented research: programme evaluation and impact analysis
Melanie King Rosario, Marilynne A. Hebert, Balreen Kaur Sahota and Dean Eurich
Health Research Policy and Systems 2020, 18:89 | Published on: 10 August 2020
The importance of a positive moral culture within healthcare organizations
Nikolija Lukich
Healthcare Management Forum Jul 28, 2020 | OnlineFirst
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13 PATIENT CENTRED CARE
Patient-centred method to evaluate the spatial accessibility of primary health care in a case study in Shanghai
Xuechen Xiong and Li Luo
Australian Journal of Primary Health 26(4) 344-350
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14 POPULATION HEALTH
Risk factors for non-participation in a universal developmental surveillance program in a population in Australia.
Ayer C, Eapen V, Overs B, Descallar J, Jalaludin B, Eastwood JG, Dissanayake C, Williams K, Murphy E, Woolfenden S.
Aust Health Rev. 2020 Jul 31. doi: 10.1071/AH18236.
Middle-aged Australians’ perceptions of support to reduce lifestyle risk factors: a qualitative study
Christine Ashley 0000-0003-0559-9553, Elizabeth Halcomb 0000-0001-8099-986X, Susan McInnes 0000-0003-3113-2930, Karin Robinson, Elizabeth Lucas, Susan Harvey and Sarah
Australian Journal of Primary Health 26(4) 313-318
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15 RURAL HEALTH
From Rural Germany, Integrated Care Grows Into A Global Model
Michele Cohen Marill
Health Affairs 2020, 39(8): 1282-1288
Responsibility for evidence-based policy in cardiovascular disease in rural communities: implications for persistent rural health inequalities
Laura Alston, Lisa Bourke, Melanie Nichols and Steven Allender
Australian Health Review 44(4) 527-534
Recruiting and retaining general practitioners in rural practice: systematic review and meta‐analysis of rural pipeline effects
Jessica Ogden, Scott Preston, Riitta L Partanen, Remo Ostini and Peter Coxeter
Med J Aust || doi: 10.5694/mja2.50697 Published online: 3 Aug 2020
Hyperendemic rheumatic heart disease in a remote Australian town identified by echocardiographic screening
Joshua R Francis, Helen Fairhurst, Hilary Hardefeldt, Shannon Brown, Chelsea Ryan, Kurt Brown, et al
Med J Aust 2020; 213 (3): 118-123
Can neonatal pneumothorax be successfully managed in regional Australia? .
Shen A, Yang J, Chapman G, Pam S.
Rural and Remote Health 2020; 20: 5615.
Exploring how to sustain ‘place-based’ rural health academic research for informing rural health systems: a qualitative investigation
Belinda O’Sullivan, Alice Cairns and Tiana Gurney
Health Research Policy and Systems 2020, 18:90 | Published on: 12 August 2020
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16 SAFETY
Adaptive design: adaptation and adoption of patient safety practices in daily routines, a multi-site study.
Dekker - van Doorn C, Wauben LSGL, van Wijngaarden JDH, et al.
BMC Health Serv Res. 2020;20(1):426.
Communication with patients and families regarding health care-associated exposure to coronavirus 2019: a checklist to facilitate disclosure.
Sivashanker K, Mendu ML, Wickner PG, et al.
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2020;46(8):483-488.
Patient feedback for safety improvement in primary care: results from a feasibility study
Hernan AL, Giles SJ, Beks H, McNamara K, Kloot K, Binder MJ, et al
BMJ Open. 2020;10(6):e037887.
The safety of health care for ethnic minority patients: a systematic review
Chauhan A, Walton M, Manias E, Walpola RL, Seale H, Latanik M, et al
International Journal for Equity in Health. 2020;19(1):118.
Prevalence and Nature of Medication Errors and Medication-Related Harm Following Discharge from Hospital to Community Settings: A Systematic Review
Alqenae FA, Steinke D, Keers RN
Drug Safety. 2020;43(6):517-537.
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17 WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY
Anxious About What’s Next? Here’s How to Cope.
Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter
Harvard Business Review August 05, 2020
8 Ways Managers Can Support Employees’ Mental Health
Kelly Greenwood and Natasha Krol
Harvard Business Review August 07, 2020
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18 WORKFORCE PLANNING
Cheaper childcare: A practical plan to boost female workforce participation
Danielle Wood, Kate Griffiths and Owain Emslie
Grattan Institute 09 August 2020
A Scoping Review of the Nursing Workforce's Changing Demography: Supporting Baby-Boomer Nurses.
Gan I.
J Nurs Manag. 2020 Aug 12. doi: 10.1111/jonm.13132. Online ahead of print.
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19 REPORTS OF INTEREST
Health capital works
The Auditor General for New South Wales 12 August 2020
Evidence-Based Interventions - Engagement document
Expert Advisory Committee to the Evidence-Based Interventions programme
London: Academy of Medical Royal Colleges; 2020. p. 222.
Comparisons of all-cause mortality between European countries and regions: January to June 2020
Office for National Statistics 30 July 2020
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20 ABS REPORT
1297.0 Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020 (Replacement Content)
https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/1297.0?OpenDocument
4940.0 Household Impacts of COVID-19 Survey, Detailed Release, May 2020
https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/4940.0?OpenDocument
5249.0.55.005 Data shows impact of bushfires and COVID on tourism jobs (Media Release), March 2020 (First Issue)
https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/MediaReleasesByCatalogue/980F9B8D39809902CA2585BB00254CED?OpenDocument
6160.0.55.001 Payroll jobs continue to fall in Victoria (Media Release), Week ending 25 July 2020
https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/MediaReleasesByCatalogue/400084FDCC1353C9CA2585500026370F?OpenDocument
6202.0 Employment and hours worked rose in July (Media Release), Jul 2020
https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/MediaReleasesByCatalogue/F00771E26218DFB1CA258479001AAD2E?OpenDocument
6345.0 Annual wage growth 1.8% in June quarter 2020 (Media Release), Jun 2020
https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/MediaReleasesByCatalogue/71B77142E6FDC370CA2581D700791977?OpenDocument
8501.0 Retail turnover rises 2.7 per cent in June (Media Release), June 2020
https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/MediaReleasesByCatalogue/D101561A26022077CA25857C0018CFDA?OpenDocument
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