Prof Jeffrey Braithwaite
| Event Name | Prof Jeffrey Braithwaite |
|---|---|
| Start Date | Jun 22, 2020 11:44 am |
| End Date | Jun 22, 2020 11:44 am |
| Description | The long arc to safer, better care. What do we need to do to improve the health system? Improvement is a journey, not a destination. The Caretrack studies showed that 60% of care is in line with level I evidence and guidelines, and we know from many studies that 10% of patients will suffer an adverse event while in hospital, with similar rates of harm elsewhere in care settings. Safety II says we need to look not just at what goes wrong, but what goes right. If we can take a more thoroughgoing approach and focus on how things go right in healthcare, appreciating how to do so given the complexities of the system, we might be able to make more progress. In this talk we discuss a range of aspects of this – e.g., how those on the front lines of care flex and adjust to circumstances as required. They are responsible for work-as-done (WAD) and deliver care despite the policy makers, administrators, managers in the upper echelons of health systems who imagine how clinical work gets done, which is work-as-imagined (WAI). We need to do both WAI and WAD as we travel along the journey of a safer and higher quality learning health system. Speaker profile Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite, BA, MIR (Hons), MBA, DipLR, PhD, FIML, FCHSM, FFPHRCP (UK), FAcSS (UK), Hon FRACMA, FAHMS is Founding Director of the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Director of the Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science, and Professor of Health Systems Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He has appointments at six other universities internationally, and he is a board member and President Elect of the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) and consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO). His research examines the changing nature of health systems, which has attracted funding of more than AUD $145 million. He is particularly interested in health care as a complex adaptive system and applying complexity science to health care problems. Professor Braithwaite has contributed over 600 refereed publications and has presented at international and national conferences on more than 1,150 occasions, including over 100 keynote addresses. His research appears in journals such as The BMJ, JAMA, The Lancet, Social Science & Medicine, BMJ Quality & Safety,andtheInternational Journal for Quality in Health Care. He has received over 50 different national and international awards for his teaching and research. Need more information? Contact AIHI on 02 9850 2400 or email aihi@mq.edu.au |