Health Innovation Series
The Australian Institute of Health Innovation conducts world-class research to catalyse health service and systems improvements in Australia and internationally. Our research generates highly practical evidence based recommendations and information that health services can implement or use now. The Health Innovation Series supports clinicians, hospitals, policy makers and developers to apply this evidence to enhance the health system and services.
The Health Innovation Series communicates research evidence in an easy-to-read, short format with clear recommendations, covering a wide range of topics. New Issues will be released regularly.
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How to use the Health Innovation Series
Share with teams in your organisation to assess the applicability of each recommendation to your organisation: - health service managers and leaders | |
Identify strategies to address recommendations to improve your service. | |
Prior to implementation, consider the following: These recommendations are based on issues identified during various programs of research undertaken by Macquarie University. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list and should be considered by individual care settings for appropriateness prior to implementation. A more detailed review of the issue and impact may also be warranted. The content of each issue is intended for information purposes only. | |
When action is required, set a reasonable time for completion. | |
Evaluate the results of the implementation. | |
Reconvene to review success of implementation and modify as needed. | |
The recommendations are based on research evidence derived from empirical studies, such as those assessing medication and technology-related errors, direct observational studies of clinical work, usability assessments, trials of digital interventions, conducted in a variety of care settings including paediatric and adult hospitals, and residential aged care. |
Feedback from health system users has been extremely positive including the following quotes.
Neville Board, Chief Digital Health Officer, Department of Health Victoria:
The Department of Health Victoria is committed to the optimisation of electronic medication system design to support patient safety. The issues highlighted by the Health Innovation Series are therefore highly relevant.
The Society for Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA):
The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia is involved in advocating for optimisation of electronic medication system design to support patient safety. The issues highlighted by the Health Innovation Series are therefore highly relevant.
Senior NSW Health department officer:
The e-medication safety bulletins released by Macquarie University are highly valued.
Senior health system officer:
We could use the bulletins to create in-depth discussions with key system stakeholders to prompt actions on the topics presented.
Contact usIf you would like further information about our research, please contact us. Email: chssr@mq.edu.au | Subscribe to receive the latest issues |
Associated projects and research streams
Projects
- Delivering safe and effective care for children in hospital with eHealth systems
- A National Aged Care Medication Roundtable - Translating aged care data into action to improve quality of care through collaboration and co-design
- A dashboard of predictive analytics and decision support to drive care quality and person-centred outcomes in aged care
Research streams
Related research centres
Content owner: Australian Institute of Health Innovation Last updated: 01 May 2024 2:43pm