Rouse Hill Hospital
Rouse Hill Hospital Development Project: Towards an innovative, far-reaching research-based solution for the local community
Project members - Macquarie University
Braithwaite, Jeffrey (Primary Chief Investigator)
Clay-Williams, Robyn (Primary Chief Investigator, Project Lead)
Hibbert, Peter (Primary Chief Investigator, Project Lead)
Arnolda, Gaston (Primary Chief Investigator)
Rapport, Frances (Primary Chief Investigator)
Mitchell, Rebecca (Primary Chief Investigator)
Zurynski, Yvonne (Primary Chief Investigator)
Long, Janet(Primary Chief Investigator)
Project Contact:
Associate Professor Robyn Clay-Williams E: robyn.clay-williams@mq.edu.au
Project sponsors
Western Sydney Local Health District
Project main description
Innovative thinkers are increasingly suggesting that hospitals in Australia and internationally are evolving from a traditional model of an acute care citadel encompassing all services in a large building complex, to a more distributed model that promotes alternative patient care pathways predicated on choice, individualisation, flexibility, and being community-focused. The Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI) was commissioned by Health Infrastructure (HI), in collaboration with the Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD), to research a co-design approach to inform the development of a new healthcare facility in Rouse Hill, a suburb in the north-west of Sydney, New South Wales (NSW).
The research used a triangulated mixed methods study design, to provide converging evidence to arrive at strategies for a healthcare facility of the future. We merged qualitative findings from a grey and academic literature review that identified innovative models of healthcare and the evidence underpinning their efficacy, a demographic analysis of the hospital catchment population including community characteristics and burdens of disease, and community and provider consultations to arrive at a series of overall strategies or principles to guide specific recommendations.
This video describes the research project and was presented to an audience of community members and local healthcare providers in August 2021.
Publications related to this research
Reports:
Austin, E., Carrigan, A., Clay-Williams, R., Hibbert, P., Maka, K., Holden, N., Grigg, S., Loy, G., & Braithwaite, J. (2022). Birang Daruganora: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community cultural and health needs for hospitals of the future. Sydney: Australian Institute of Health Innovation. Prepared for the Western Sydney Local Health District and Health Infrastructure. Access the report here.
Clay-Williams R, Hibbert P, Carrigan A, Roberts N, Braithwaite J. (2021) Innovative models of care for hospitals of the future: findings and recommendations. Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University; Western Sydney Local Health District; Health Infrastructure.
Carrigan A, Roberts N, Clay-Williams R, Hibbert P, Pomare C, Mahmoud Z, Maka K, Mitchell R, Zurynski Y, Long J, Rapport F, Arnolda G, Loy G, Braithwaite J. (2021) Consumer and Provider Consultations on Innovative Models of Care and the Rouse Hill Health Facility - Report. Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University; Western Sydney Local Health District; Health Infrastructure.
Roberts N, Carrigan A, Clay-Williams R, Hibbert P, Mahmoud Z, Pomare C, Fajardo-Pulido D, Meulenbroeks I, Knaggs G, Austin E, Churruca K, Ellis LA, Long JC, Hutchinson K, Best S, Nic Giolla Easpaig B, Sarkies M, Francis-Auton E, Hatem S, Dammery G, Nguyen MT, Nguyen HM, Arnolda G, Rapport F, Mitchell R, Zurynski Y, & Braithwaite J. (2021) Innovative models of care for hospitals of the future: An integrative review of the grey and academic literature. Prepared for the Western Sydney Local Health District and Health Infrastructure.
Funding acknowledgement
Project status
Current
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