Nick Goodwin

Transforming the Australian Healthcare System through Integrated Care: The Need for Translational Research. Please register for this free event held at Macquarie University,  Seminar Room, Level 1, 75 Talavera Road, Macquarie University.

Location

Seminar Room, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Level 1, 75 Talavera Road.

Presentation on YouTube

About the seminar

For many years in Australia there has been a growing realisation that its health and care systems require significant change to promote higher value care. Integrated care - or the better coordination of care and services around people's needs - has subsequently been championed in numerous strategies and frameworks.

Yet, there remains a lack of understanding of what integrated care means and how it should be implemented. The term has also begun to lose its meaning as, more often than not, it has become code to support structural changes or to manage acute sector demands.

This presentation, drawn from a global perspective, will unpick the meaning, logic and importance of integrated care for the Australian context. It will argue that integrated care is primarily an implementation and change strategy and, as such, implies that research and evaluation must adapt to understand how integrated care operates.

The presentation will conclude that a more intimate relationship between research, policy and practice is needed and outlines some of the aspirations for the new Central Coast Research Institute that has been created as a joint venture between the Central Coast Local Health District and the University of Newcastle.

Speaker profile

In July 2019, Professor Nick Goodwin, was appointed as the Director of the Central Coast Research Institute (CCRI) that will be based within the Health and Wellbeing Precinct on the Gosford Hospital campus. Developed in partnership between the University of Newcastle and Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD), Nick’s position as Director of the CCRI will include a seconded role to CCLHD as the inaugural Director of Research.

As a social scientist, Nick has worked for the past 25 years in the field of health services research, management and policy in both the University and Third Sector. Between 2007 and 2013, Nick was Senior Fellow at The King’s Fund in London leading its programs on primary health care policy and management, integrated care and telehealth & telecare. Nick led the Independent Inquiry into the Quality of Care in English General Practice in 2009-2011.

In January 2016, Nick received the Avedis Donabedian International Award for his contribution to Healthcare Excellence.

Chair - Associate Professor Yvonne Zurynski

Need more information?

Contact AIHI on 02 9850 2400 or email aihi@mq.edu.au

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