Appropriate Value-Based Healthcare in Integrated Discharge Program
Authors: Amelia Sentosa, Chun En Chua, Deborah Chia, Shikha Kumari, Htet Htet Aung Providing optimal healthcare from admission to discharge has been increasingly complex as patient care has changed from individual consultation to multidisciplinary teamwork which requires collaboration between healthcare providers across healthcare settings. Without proper oversight, fragmented information, and communication lead to inappropriate care such as ordering of unnecessary investigations, and treatments with […]
Your Smile Lab: Transforming Public Oral Health Through Digital Innovation
Authors: Emily Grace, Catherine Grindlay Your Smile Lab is a groundbreaking initiative that has transformed denture production in Victoria’s public dental system. As the first public sector digital denture laboratory, it removes long-standing barriers to access, ensuring that public patients receive high-quality, well-fitting dentures faster than ever before. Previously, public dental patients faced wait times of 22 months […]
Advanced Kidney Care Clinic and Person-Centred Values-Based Health Care
Authors: Adam Steinberg, Jennifer Beavis, Thomas Kelley, Karen Dwyer There are burgeoning demands of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and kidney failure including impacts on quality of life, morbidity and mortality, healthcare costs and utilisation. Together, with an ageing population, and growing burden of diabetes and hypertension, the focus on values-based healthcare has become increasingly important. Dialysis is a significant undertaking for patients […]
Transforming New Zealand’s Healthcare System: A Patient-Centred Approach
Authors: Craig Green Transforming New Zealand’s Healthcare System: A Patient-Centred Approach New Zealand’s public healthcare system faces significant challenges, including fragmented care pathways, inequitable access, and resource constraints. This project explores how a transformative healthcare model could improve patient outcomes, enhance system efficiency, and ensure sustainable, high-quality care for all. Project Objectives This research sought to move beyond traditional […]
Social Worker in General Practice Pilot
Authors: Sheila Brito Capital Health Network’s (CHN) annual Needs Assessment found that around 52.3% of adults in the ACT have a chronic health condition and that social determinants greatly impact health and social service accessibility in the region. As a first in Australia to address some of these challenges, Capital Health Network, ACT’s Primary Health Network […]
ACT Breathlessness Intervention Service
Authors: Ros Kirk, Mirei Dangaard People with common life-limiting illnesses, including lung, heart and kidney disease, and cancer, live with breathlessness every day and experience anxiety, depression and social isolation. Chronic breathlessness is a frequent reason for Emergency Department presentations leading to hospital admissions. Growing research internationally supports the use of symptom-based care to lessen the effects […]
Value-Based Healthcare in Breast Cancer Surgery
Authors: Magdalena Sejka The ICHOM Breast Cancer Learning Collaborative is a global, two-year initiative aimed at improving breast cancer care by focusing on patient-centered outcomes and value-based healthcare. Among breast cancer patients, standardized outcomes such as complication rates, recurrence, and mortality have long been reported. While still relevant, these measures fail to capture the full patient […]
Oncological Safety of Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy: Risk reducing mastectomy in high-penetrance germline variants
Authors: Magdalena Sejka Patient-reported outcome measures have become a pivotal aspect of value-based care. As this is increasingly considered in the implementation of value-based healthcare, there are several practice-changing studies targeted at demonstrating the safety of these changes. In patients with high-risk gene positive variants for breast cancer, there has long been a clinician preference for […]
Co-design an evidence-based health system for people experiencing Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
Authors: Tania Dufty, Mary Ann Kulh, Shelley Thomson, Dana Ronan, Kasia Bail, Stephen Isbel, Shivana Chandra, Casey Wotton, Reynold Leung, Mahendra Sharan, Mariam Anees ACTs Dementia Health Experts Network was established early 2024 with the purpose of co-designing an evidence-based health system for people experiencing Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD). ACT’s population is ageing and growing with dementia being the leading cause of death (ABS). Almost 6,100 people are living with dementia with forecasts […]
Victorian Virtual Specialist Consults
Authors: Joanna Lawrence, Morgan Raynor, Cassandra Bramston The Victorian Virtual Specialist Consults (VVSC) is a first of its kind service in Australia utilising video co-consultation with community providers to provide timely and equitable access to specialist expertise across the state. In short, VVSC provides specialist care differently. In collaboration with community-based clinicians, specialist expertise is provided when and where […]