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Coxon, Howard. "On-Line Information Services in Australia." Reference Librarian 7, no. 17 (October 1987): 143–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j120v07n17_14.
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Ward, Patricia Layzell. "Library and Information Services in Australia." IFLA Journal 14, no. 2 (June 1988): 115–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/034003528801400203.
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Johnson, Lester W. "Multi‐attribute Services Using Hierarchical Information: Australia." International Journal of Bank Marketing 7, no. 4 (April 1989): 25–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02652328910132015.
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Lokan, Jan, Marianne Fleming, and Bryan Tuck. "Career-Related Information." Australian Journal of Career Development 2, no. 1 (March 1993): 14–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/103841629300200106.
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The provision of comprehensive, well-organised information on educational courses, jobs and career opportunities has been recognised as a key component of careers services in schools since the inception of such services. Recent position papers on desirable career education programs and training programs for careers teachers/coordinators in Australia have reinforced the important role of adequate information resources. Some of the recommendations of these papers are summarised and recent Australian research on adolescents' life concerns and the perceived value of a range of potential sources of career-related information is reviewed. Findings related to information seeking by over 5000 high school students in some new research are described and discussed.
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Crowe, B. L., and I. G. Mcdonald. "Telemedicine in Australia. Recent developments." Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 3, no. 4 (December 1, 1997): 188–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/1357633971931147.
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There have been a number of important developments in Australia in the area of telemedicine. At the national level, the House of Representatives' Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs has been conducting the Inquiry into Health Information Management and Telemedicine. The Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council has supported the establishment of a working party convened by the South Australian Health Commission to prepare a detailed report on issues relating to telemedicine. State governments have begun a number of telemedicine projects, including major initiatives in New South Wales and Victoria and the extensive development of telepsychiatry services in Queensland. Research activities in high-speed image transmission have been undertaken by the Australian Computing and Communications Institute and Telstra, and by the Australian Navy. The matter of the funding of both capital and recurrent costs of telemedicine services has not been resolved, and issues of security and privacy of medical information are subject to discussion. The use of the Internet as a universal communications medium may provide opportunities for the expansion of telemedicine services, particularly in the area of continuing medical education. A need has been recognized for the coordinated evaluation of telemedicine services as cost-benefit considerations are seen to be very important.
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Moreno, Margarita, and Anne Xu. "The National Library of Australia's document supply service: a brief overview." Interlending & Document Supply 38, no. 1 (February 23, 2010): 4–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02641611011025299.
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PurposeThis paper aims to describe the role of the National Library of Australia in the Australian interlibrary loan environment, not just in terms of providing access to National Library collections through the document supply service, but also in providing infrastructure to support interlibrary loans across Australia.Design/methodology/approachThe paper describes the various roles the National Library plays in the interlibrary loan/document delivery environment in Australia. It covers the document supply service and the Libraries Australia service, which provides the infrastructure that supports interlibrary loans/document delivery in Australia, and briefly reports on the evaluation of services currently being undertaken.FindingsProviding access to library collections is complex and constantly changing. Client expectations are increasing, and libraries need to change traditional practices to meet user needs.Originality/valueThe paper covers the services offered by the National Library of Australia in supporting interlibrary loans/document delivery. Very few papers cover this topic.
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Handgraff, Melissa. "Health Information Services in the West Pilbara Health Service, North-Western Australia." Health Information Management 31, no. 2 (June 2003): 17–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/183335830303100211.
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Inglis, Alistair. "Developing Careers and Course Information Services." Australian Journal of Career Development 2, no. 2 (June 1993): 28–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/103841629300200209.
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Recent attempts to develop general careers and course information directories in Australia are reviewed. A comparison is made of these services in terms of (a) range of functions supported, (b) geographic coverage, (c) sectoral coverage, (d) modes of access and (e) ability to support direct contact with the course providers. Several limitations of these services and the likely directions of future development are discussed.
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Mitchell, Andrew D., and Theodore Samlidis. "Cloud services and government digital sovereignty in Australia and beyond." International Journal of Law and Information Technology 29, no. 4 (December 1, 2021): 364–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijlit/eaac003.
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Abstract The Australian government has expressed concerns about various ‘data challenges’ confronting the public sector. Similar concerns are reverberating throughout the globe. Other governments continue to voice and act upon their own apprehensions about the threats posed to public and private society by attenuations to their nations’ ‘digital sovereignty’. This article critically examines the Australian government’s potential justifications, particularly under international trade law, for introducing digital sovereignty policies explicitly targeted at protecting government cyber systems and government data. We explore the risks and vulnerabilities of hosting government data offshore or with foreign cloud providers onshore. We find that Australia has sufficient latitude under its existing trade commitments, and within its current procurement framework, to introduce legitimate and proportionate digital sovereignty measures for the public sector.
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Longman, Jo, Jennifer M. Pilcher, Deborah A. Donoghue, Margaret Rolfe, Sue V. Kildea, Sue Kruske, Jeremy J. N. Oats, Geoffrey G. Morgan, and Lesley M. Barclay. "Identifying maternity services in public hospitals in rural and remote Australia." Australian Health Review 38, no. 3 (2014): 337. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah13188.
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Objective This paper articulates the importance of accurately identifying maternity services. It describes the process and challenges of identifying the number, level and networks of rural and remote maternity services in public hospitals serving communities of between 1000 and 25 000 people across Australia, and presents the findings of this process. Methods Health departments and the national government’s websites, along with lists of public hospitals, were used to identify all rural and remote Australian public hospitals offering maternity services in small towns. State perinatal reports were reviewed to establish numbers of births by hospital. The level of maternity services and networks of hospitals within which services functioned were determined via discussion with senior jurisdictional representatives. Results In all, 198 rural and remote public hospitals offering maternity services were identified. There were challenges in sourcing information on maternity services to generate an accurate national picture. The nature of information about maternity services held centrally by jurisdictions varied, and different frameworks were used to describe minimum requirements for service levels. Service networks appeared to be based on a combination of individual links, geography and transport infrastructure. Conclusions The lack of readily available centralised and comparable information on rural and remote maternity services has implications for policy review and development, equity, safety and quality, network development and planning. Accountability for services and capacity to identify problems is also compromised. What is known about the topic? Australian birthing services have previously been identified for hospitals with 50 or more births a year. Less is known about public hospitals with fewer than 50 births a year or those with only antenatal and postnatal services, particularly in rural and remote locations, or how maternity services information may be identified from publicly available sources. What does this paper add? This paper describes the process and challenges of identifying maternity services in rural and remote public hospitals serving towns of between 1000 and 25 000, and presents the findings of this process. What are the implications for practitioners? Nationally accessible, reliable and comparable information is important for health planners, policy makers and health practitioners. This paper provides useful information on the variations in the capability and location of maternity services across Australia. Opportunities exist for consistent collection, collation and reporting of maternity services across rural and remote Australia. This will ensure quality and safety of services, contribute to policy review, support the development and maintenance of service networks, and assist in planning services and expenditure, as well as in the identification of problems. It is therefore key to providing equitable services across the country.
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Stankewytsch-Janusch, Bohdan. "The ABS and Health Information." Australian Medical Record Journal 22, no. 2 (June 1992): 61–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/183335839202200206.
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is the central statistical authority in Australia. This paper firstly presents a general overview of the ABS's responsibilities, structure, and activities. It then discusses the role of the ABS in the health arena in which there are several other agencies with statistical responsibilities; it describes the collections which the ABS currently undertakes to provide statistics on health status, risk factors, and health services; and, finally, outlines a range of new initiatives in health statistics which the ABS plans to implement over the next few years.
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Glockner, Brigitte. "Hospital patient libraries andinformation services in Australia." Australian Health Review 24, no. 4 (2001): 156. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah010156.
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In order to find out how many and what kind of Hospital Patient Libraries exist in Australia I placed a "Request for Information" on our national electronic discussion list entitled 'aliaHealth'. This discussion list has presently nearly 300 subscribers. Most of them are located in Australia, but they also come from Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and New Zealand. The e-mail address for 'aliaHealth' is: aliaHealth@alianet.alia.org.au. The result of my enquiry was rather poor: there are three Hospital Patient Libraries in Western Australia, one in Queensland and two in Victoria. The criterion was that the Library or Patient information Service had to be located within the Hospital grounds. The six Libraries or Information Services are described in detail.
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Caffery, Liam J., Monica Taylor, John B. North, and Anthony C. Smith. "Tele-orthopaedics: A snapshot of services in Australia." Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 23, no. 10 (September 26, 2017): 835–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1357633x17732800.
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Health services in the United States and Europe have reported that tele-orthopaedics saves significant patient travel time, reduces time off work, increases satisfaction with care and in some scenarios reduces the cost of care. Less is known about the role of tele-orthopaedics in Australia. The aim of this study was to explore Australian-based tele-orthopaedic services, and to identify the barriers and enablers associated with these services. We used a qualitative case study methodology where specific services were identified from multiple sources and invited to participate in a structured interview. Nine tele-orthopaedic services contributed to the study. Telehealth activity in each service ranged from one to 75 patients per week, and service maturity ranged from three months to 10 years. Services were used predominantly for fracture clinics and peri-operative consultations. The majority (78%) of services used videoconferencing. Two services used asynchronous methods to review radiographs without direct patient involvement. Tele-orthopaedics was found to be disruptive as it required the redesign of many care processes. However, all services found the redesign feasible. Staff resistance was a commonly cited barrier. Further, imaging repositories from multiple imaging providers complicated access to information. Key enablers included clinical champions, picture archiving and communication systems, and the perceived benefit to patients who would avoid the need for travel. Whilst it appears that tele-orthopaedics is not widely utilised in Australia, recognition of the barriers and enablers is important for the development of similar services.
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Middleton, Michael. "Scientific and Technological Information Services in Australia: II. Discipline Formation in Information Management." Australian Academic & Research Libraries 37, no. 3 (January 2006): 179–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00048623.2006.10755336.
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Proctor, R., K. Roberts, and B. J. Ward. "A data delivery system for IMOS, the Australian Integrated Marine Observing System." Advances in Geosciences 28 (September 27, 2010): 11–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-28-11-2010.
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Abstract. The Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS, www.imos.org.au), an AUD $150 m 7-year project (2007–2013), is a distributed set of equipment and data-information services which, among many applications, collectively contribute to meeting the needs of marine climate research in Australia. The observing system provides data in the open oceans around Australia out to a few thousand kilometres as well as the coastal oceans through 11 facilities which effectively observe and measure the 4-dimensional ocean variability, and the physical and biological response of coastal and shelf seas around Australia. Through a national science rationale IMOS is organized as five regional nodes (Western Australia – WAIMOS, South Australian – SAIMOS, Tasmania – TASIMOS, New SouthWales – NSWIMOS and Queensland – QIMOS) surrounded by an oceanic node (Blue Water and Climate). Operationally IMOS is organized as 11 facilities (Argo Australia, Ships of Opportunity, Southern Ocean Automated Time Series Observations, Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Facility, Australian National Mooring Network, Australian Coastal Ocean Radar Network, Australian Acoustic Tagging and Monitoring System, Facility for Automated Intelligent Monitoring of Marine Systems, eMarine Information Infrastructure and Satellite Remote Sensing) delivering data. IMOS data is freely available to the public. The data, a combination of near real-time and delayed mode, are made available to researchers through the electronic Marine Information Infrastructure (eMII). eMII utilises the Australian Academic Research Network (AARNET) to support a distributed database on OPeNDAP/THREDDS servers hosted by regional computing centres. IMOS instruments are described through the OGC Specification SensorML and where-ever possible data is in CF compliant netCDF format. Metadata, conforming to standard ISO 19115, is automatically harvested from the netCDF files and the metadata records catalogued in the OGC GeoNetwork Metadata Entry and Search Tool (MEST). Data discovery, access and download occur via web services through the IMOS Ocean Portal (http://imos.aodn.org.au) and tools for the display and integration of near real-time data are in development.
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Homer, Caroline S. E., Janice Biggs, Geraldine Vaughan, and Elizabeth A. Sullivan. "Mapping maternity services in Australia: location, classification and services." Australian Health Review 35, no. 2 (2011): 222. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah10908.
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Objective. To describe maternity services available to Australian women and, in particular, the location, classification of services and support services available. Design. A descriptive study was conducted using an online survey that was emailed to eligible hospitals. Inclusion criteria for the study included public and private maternity units with greater than 50 births per year. In total, 278 maternity units were identified. Units were asked to classify their level of acuity (Levels 2–6). Results. A total of 150 (53%) maternity units responded. Those who responded were reasonably similar to those who did not respond, and were representative of Australian maternity units. Almost three-quarters of respondents were from public maternity units and almost 70% defined themselves as being in a rural or remote location. Maternity units with higher birth rates were more likely to classify themselves as providing higher acuity services, that is, Levels 5 and 6. Private maternity units were more likely to have higher acuity classifications. Interventions such as induction of labour, either using an artificial rupture of membranes (ARM) and oxytocin infusion or with prostaglandins, were common across most units. Although electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) was also widely available, access to fetal scalp pH monitoring was low. Conclusion. Maternity service provision varies across the country and is defined predominately by location and annual birth rate. What is known about the topic? In 2007, over 99% of the 289 496 women who gave birth in Australia did so in a hospital. It is estimated that there are more than 300 maternity units in the country, ranging from large tertiary referral centres in major cities to smaller maternity units in rural towns, some of which only provide postnatal care with the woman giving birth at a larger facility. Geographical location, population and ability to attract a maternity workforce determine the number of maternity units within a region, although the means of determining the number of maternity units within a region is often unclear. In recent years, a large number of small maternity units have closed, particularly in rural areas, often due to difficulties securing an adequate workforce, particularly midwives and general practitioner obstetricians. There is a lack of understanding about the nature of maternity service provision in Australia and considerable differences across states and territories. What does this paper add? This paper provides a description of the geographic distribution and level of maternity services, the demand on services, the available obstetric interventions, the level of staffing (paediatric and anaesthetic) and support services available and the private and public mix of maternity units. The paper also provides an exploration of the different interventions and discusses whether these are appropriate, given the level of acuity and access to emergency Caesarean section services. What are the implications for practitioners? This study provides useful information particularly for policy-makers, managers and practitioners. This is at a time when considerable maternity reform is underway and changes at a broader level to the health system are planned. Understanding the nature of maternity services is critical to this debate and ongoing planning decisions.
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Middleton, Michael. "Scientific and Technological Information Services in Australia: I. History and Development." Australian Academic & Research Libraries 37, no. 2 (January 2006): 111–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00048623.2006.10755330.
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Bourke, Lisa, Timothy Lockard, John Reeve, and Catherine Curthoys. "Consumer Concerns in Country Australia: Access to goods, services and information." Rural Society 10, no. 1 (January 2000): 87–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/rsj.10.1.87.
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Jackson, Shane. "New Developments in the Safe and Quality Use of Medicines in Australia: Cycles-of-Care and Telehealth Services." Senior Care Pharmacist 35, no. 7 (July 1, 2020): 292–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.4140/tcp.n.2020.292.
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In early 2019, a report from Australia documented significant data about the harms associated with medication use. This editorial reports on the Australian government's changes to cycles-of-care and telehealth reviews, changes made to improve patient health outcomes, and payment to pharmacists—information that may be useful to other countries.
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Jackson, Shane. "New Developments in the Safe and Quality Use of Medicines in Australia: Cycles-of-Care and Telehealth Services." Senior Care Pharmacist 35, no. 7 (July 1, 2020): 292–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.4140/tcp.n.2020.292.
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In early 2019, a report from Australia documented significant data about the harms associated with medication use. This editorial reports on the Australian government's changes to cycles-of-care and telehealth reviews, changes made to improve patient health outcomes, and payment to pharmacists—information that may be useful to other countries.
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Ainsworth, Frank, and John Berger. "Family Inclusive Child Protection Practice: The History of the Family Inclusion Network and Beyond." Children Australia 39, no. 2 (May 21, 2014): 60–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cha.2014.1.
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This article records briefly the history of the Family Inclusion Network as an organisation that promotes family inclusive child protection practice. Since its inception in Queensland in 2006, Family Inclusion Network organisations have been formed elsewhere and now exist in Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales. In 2010, developments at a national level saw the formation of the Family Inclusion Network Australia. Most organisations are incorporated and some have achieved charitable status. Each organisation endorses a common set of aims and objectives. There are, however, differences in terms of whether state or territory organisations accept government funding or not, are staffed by professionals or rely entirely on volunteer personnel, and have a capacity or otherwise to provide direct casework services to parents. Some state organisations focus on information and advice services, and legislative and policy reform efforts. All have telephone advice lines and a webpage presence. This article also focuses on a code of ethics for child protection practice and on the contribution parents can make to child protection services, and their rights to do so.
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Lessing, Kate, and Ilse Blignault. "Mental health telemedicine programmes in Australia." Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 7, no. 6 (December 1, 2001): 317–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/1357633011936949.
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A national survey of mental health telemedicine programmes was conducted and data collected on their catchment areas, organizational structure, equipment, clinical and non-clinical activity, and use by populations who traditionally have been poorly served by mental health services in Australia. Of 25 programmes surveyed, information was obtained for 23. Sixteen programmes had dealt with a total of 526 clients during the preceding three months. Of these, 397 (75%) were resident in rural or remote locations at the time of consultation. Thirty-seven (7%) were Aboriginals or Torres Strait Islanders. Only 19 (4%) were migrants from non-English-speaking backgrounds. The programmes provided both direct clinical and secondary support services. Overall, the number of videoconferencing sessions devoted to clinical activity was low, the average being 123 sessions of direct clinical care per programme per year. Videoconferencing was also used for professional education, peer support, professional supervision, administration and linking families. The results of the study suggest that telehealth can increase access to mental health services for people in rural and remote areas, particularly those who have hitherto been poorly served by mental health services in Australia.
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Walker, Jennifer, Kathleen McNamee, John K. Kaldor, Basil Donovan, Christopher K. Fairley, Marie Pirotta, Catriona S. Bradshaw, Marcus Y. Chen, Suzanne Garland, and Jane S. Hocking. "The incidence of induced abortion in a prospective cohort study of 16- to 25-year-old Australian women." Sexual Health 8, no. 3 (2011): 439. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sh11053.
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In Australia, data for induced abortions (IA) is unreliable, although accurate information is essential for the development of policy and funding for services relating to IA. The rate of induced abortion was an incidental finding from questionnaire data collected for a longitudinal study of chlamydia in young women in Australia. We found a pregnancy rate of 7.2/100 woman years (95% confidence interval (CI): 5.7–9.0) (n = 76) and IA rate of 2.1/100 women years (95% CI: 1.4–3.2) (n = 22). Differences were found between States and Territories, information which might influence the development of services in regions of Australia.
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Lacey, Stephen, and Jasmine Cameron. "Consolidation Services - A View From the National Library of Australia." Serials: The Journal for the Serials Community 10, no. 1 (March 1, 1997): 49–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1629/1049.
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Edwards, Averill M. B. "Direct Services to Users in the National Library of Australia." Australian Academic & Research Libraries 22, no. 4 (January 1991): 111–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00048623.1991.10754744.
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Gosling, Andrew. "Asian Collections and Services at the National Library of Australia." Australian Academic & Research Libraries 22, no. 4 (January 1991): 118–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00048623.1991.10754745.
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Glasheen, Kevin, and Marilyn Campbell. "The use of online counselling within an Australian secondary school setting: A practitioner’s viewpoint." Counselling Psychology Review 24, no. 2 (March 2009): 42–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.53841/bpscpr.2009.24.2.42.
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This paper proposes that the provision of online counselling services for young people accessed through their local school website has the potential to assist students with mental health issues as well as increasing their help seeking behaviours. It stems from the work of the authors who trialled an online counselling service within one Australian secondary school. In Australia, online counselling with the adult population is now an accepted part of the provision of mental health services. Online provision of mental health information for young people is also well accepted. However, online counselling for young people is provided by only a few community organisations such as Kids Help Line within Australia. School-based counselling services which are integral to most secondary schools in Australia, seem slow to provide this service in spite of initial interest and enthusiasm by individual school counsellors. This discussion is the product of reflection on the potential benefits of this trial with a consideration of relevant research of the issues raised. It highlights the need for further research into the use of computer-mediated communication in the provision of counselling within a school setting.
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Islam, Md Irteja, Claire O’Neill, Hibah Kolur, Sharif Bagnulo, Richard Colbran, and Alexandra Martiniuk. "Patient-Reported Experiences and Satisfaction with Rural Outreach Clinics in New South Wales, Australia: A Cross-Sectional Study." Healthcare 10, no. 8 (July 26, 2022): 1391. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10081391.
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Introduction: Many studies have been conducted on how physicians view outreach health services, yet few have explored how rural patients view these services. This study aimed to examine the patient experience and satisfaction with outreach health services in rural NSW, Australia and the factors associated with satisfaction. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among patients who visited outreach health services between December 2020 and February 2021 across rural and remote New South Wales, Australia. Data on patient satisfaction were collected using a validated questionnaire. Both bivariate (chi-squared test) and multivariate analyses (logistic regression) were performed to identify the factors associated with the outcome variable (patient satisfaction). Results: A total of 207 participants were included in the study. The mean age of respondents was 58.6 years, and 50.2% were men. Ninety-three percent of all participants were satisfied with the outreach health services. Respectful behaviours of the outreach healthcare practitioners were significantly associated with the higher patient satisfaction attending outreach clinics. Conclusions: The current study demonstrated a high level of patient satisfaction regarding outreach health services in rural and remote NSW, Australia. Further, our study findings showed the importance of collecting data about patient satisfaction to strengthen outreach service quality.
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Scrine, Clair, Brad Farrant, Carol Michie, Carrington Shepherd, and Michael Wright. "Raising strong, solid Koolunga: values and beliefs about early child development among Perth’s Aboriginal community." Children Australia 45, no. 1 (March 2020): 40–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cha.2020.7.
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AbstractThere is a paucity of published information about conceptions of Aboriginal child rearing and development among urban dwelling Nyoongar/Aboriginal people in Australia. We detail the unique findings from an Aboriginal early child development research project with a specific focus on the Nyoongar/Aboriginal community of Perth, Western Australia. This research significantly expands the understanding of a shared system of beliefs and values among Nyoongar people that differ in important ways from those of the broader Australian (Western) society. Consistent with the findings of research with other Aboriginal groups in Australia, and internationally, our work challenges assumptions underpinning a range of early childhood development policies and highlights the implications of cultural biases and misunderstandings among non-Aboriginal professionals in child and family services, education and other settings.
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Karim, Shakir, and Ergun Gide. "The Use of Interactive Mobile Technology to Improve the Quality of Health Care Services in Private and Public Hospitals in Australia." International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM) 12, no. 6 (October 29, 2018): 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v12i6.9204.
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<p>The research questions, "As an Australian, can we expect fully Mobile Technology integrated health care services in Australia? Is it possible everywhere in Australia?" A healthcare system whether private or public should provide comprehensive health care services all over in Australia including countryside and CBD. In addition, the term ‘Mobile Technology integrated health care’ refers to a healthcare system designed for electronic and smart devices which can be used anytime and anywhere in the world. This research paper examines ‘how patients can access GPs, specialists, private and public hospitals in Australia’, which provide interactive Mobile Technology based health services. The research has mainly used secondary research data analysis and methods to provide a broad investigation of the issues relevant to interactive Mobile Technology and health care system in Australia, the problems, problem factors, benefits and opportunities in the health care industry. The research is subject to academic journal articles, conference proceedings, academic text books, project reports, online media articles, corporation-based documents and other appropriate information, including a technology adoption or acceptance research model for Mobile Technology integrated health care system. The preliminary stage of the research findings show that the proposed integrated Mobile Technology model can be applied to the current health care system in Australia, particularly improving patients’ smooth access to GPs, specialists, public and private hospitals. Finally, the Mobile Technology integrated health care system will ensure that the framework is user and environmentally friendly including positive and active interactions with all system functions.</p>
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Abood, Julianne, Julie Green, Michael J. Polonsky, Kerry Woodward, Zulfan Tadjoeddin, and Andre M. N. Renzaho. "The importance of information acquisition to settlement services literacy for humanitarian migrants in Australia." PLOS ONE 18, no. 1 (January 6, 2023): e0280041. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280041.
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Background Due to the diversity and range of services provided to humanitarian migrants during the settlement phase of migration, acquiring information across multiple service domains is intrinsic to the effective utilisation of settlement services. There are research gaps investigating how humanitarian migrants experience and navigate unfamiliar, multiple, and often complex information and service systems of host countries. This study seeks to understand the impediments to humanitarian migrants’ effective utilisation of information about settlement services and to identify strategies that can be implemented to overcome these barriers. Methods Service providers were purposively recruited from organisations funded by the Australian Government to deliver settlement programs. The study applied an inductive thematic analysis approach to identify key themes that emerged from the data. Results From the perspective of service providers, the themed findings identified how humanitarian migrants gain knowledge about services, their information needs, information seeking practices and skills, and information specific to service domains. The findings illustrate the importance of acquiring information, knowledge, and skills across multiple information platforms and service domains as being integral to the effective utilisation of settlement services for humanitarian migrants. The study identifies systemic barriers to information and service access and suggests different strategies and approaches to improve access to context specific key information. The study identifies factors that inhibit the effectiveness of the Australian settlement service provision model and emphasises the need for targeted training of mainstream referral services. The study highlights the important role that settlement service providers play as mediators of information, adept at tailoring information to humanitarian migrants’ individual and community information needs. Conclusion The findings provide important insights that highlight the different roles that policymakers, researchers, and service providers can play to inform new approaches that improve the effectiveness of information and settlement service provision, as part of contributing to optimum settlement outcomes for humanitarian migrants.
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Wilkins, Julia. "The Royal Flying Doctor Service Flies to New Heights: The Journey of Health Information Management." Health Information Management Journal 38, no. 3 (October 2009): 51–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/183335830903800308.
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The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) of Australia was founded in 1928 by the Reverend John Flynn to deliver health services to the people of the Australian Outback. In this unique environment the RFDS Queensland Section provides both Primary Health Care and Aeromedical services to rural and remote communities throughout Queensland. It provides health services from a hub and spoke model and its clinicians work very closely with other health service providers, such as Queensland Heath, within the communities it visits. Currently, the RFDS' health records are both paper and electronic and clinicians duplicate much of patient information and data between RFDS and non-RFDS health records. Introduction of an off-the-shelf electronic medical record (EMR) would not meet the RFDS' clinical and organisational needs because of complexity, the multidisciplinary nature of the teams and the lack of communication technology in the communities the RFDS visits. This article defines the vision for a health information system designed to meet the requirements of the RFDS, and describes its implementation throughout RFDS Queensland using the PRINCE2 project management methodology.
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Philip, Jennifer, Rachel Wiseman, Peter Eastman, Chi Li, and Natasha Smallwood. "Mapping non-malignant respiratory palliative care services in Australia and New Zealand." Australian Health Review 44, no. 5 (2020): 778. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah19206.
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ObjectiveDespite needs, people with advanced non-malignant respiratory disease are infrequently referred to palliative care services. Integrated models of palliative care and respiratory service delivery have been advocated to address this inequity of access. This study mapped current ambulatory palliative care service provision for patients with advanced non-malignant respiratory disease in Australia and New Zealand. MethodsAn online survey was distributed to the palliative care physician membership of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine. Information was sought regarding access to specific breathlessness and integrated respiratory and palliative care services, and their operation. Data were described using descriptive statistics. ResultsIn all, 133 respondents (93 from Australia, 40 from New Zealand; representing 55 Australian and 26 New Zealand discrete sites) with complete data were available for analysis. More than half the respondents reported seeing patients with advanced non-malignant respiratory disease frequently (56/97; 58%), and 18 of 81 services (22%) reported having breathlessness or integrated respiratory and palliative care services caring for this patient group. Such services were mostly staffed by respiratory and palliative care doctors and nurses and based in the clinic environment, with limited support available outside this setting. Of the 63 respondents without existing breathlessness or integrated services, 49 (78%) expressed interest in their establishment, with limited resources cited as the most common barrier. ConclusionsThere is limited availability of integrated respiratory and palliative care or specialised breathlessness services in Australia and New Zealand despite widespread support by palliative care physicians. This study provides a snapshot to inform strategic service development. What is known about the topic?People with advanced respiratory disease have very significant morbidity with complex needs equivalent to, and in many cases more intense than, people with end-stage lung cancer; they also have significant mortality. Yet, these people frequently do not access palliative care services. The establishment of integrated respiratory and palliative care services has been advocated as an effective means to overcome the barriers to palliative care access. Such services have demonstrated improved patient and family-reported outcomes, as well as service-level improvements. What does this paper add?This paper maps the availability of integrated respiratory palliative care services in Australia and New Zealand. We reveal that although most palliative care physicians report seeing patients with advanced respiratory disease in practice, just one-fifth of services report having an integrated service approach. There was high interest and enthusiasm for such services (78%), but resources limited their establishment. What are the implications for practitioners?Palliative care services recognise the needs of patients with advanced respiratory disease and the benefits of integrated respiratory and palliative care services to address these needs, but scarcity of resources limits the ability to respond accordingly. This study provides a snapshot of current service level to inform strategic development.
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Buttery, Alan, and Rick Tamaschke. "Marketing Decision Support Systems and Australian Businesses: A Queensland Case Study and Implications Towards 2000." Journal of Management & Organization 3, no. 1 (January 1997): 51–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s183336720000599x.
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AbstractLittle is known about the extent to which the Marketing Decision Support System (MDSS) technology is currently used in Australia, or about the scope for the technology in Australia towards the year 2000. This paper reports the results of recent survey research into MDSS in Queensland by industry sector (agriculture and mining, manufacturing, construction, and services). The results suggest that there is an urgent need to boost the pace of MDSS development in all industry sectors, and that this should be given a high priority in government policy initiatives to enhance Australia's competitive advantage. It is possible, otherwise, that the present gap in information usage between Australia and its competitors will widen, with consequent negative implications for the nation's current account deficit, foreign debt and unemployment.
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Buttery, Alan, and Rick Tamaschke. "Marketing Decision Support Systems and Australian Businesses: A Queensland Case Study and Implications Towards 2000." Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management 3, no. 1 (January 1997): 51–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/jmo.1997.3.1.51.
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AbstractLittle is known about the extent to which the Marketing Decision Support System (MDSS) technology is currently used in Australia, or about the scope for the technology in Australia towards the year 2000. This paper reports the results of recent survey research into MDSS in Queensland by industry sector (agriculture and mining, manufacturing, construction, and services). The results suggest that there is an urgent need to boost the pace of MDSS development in all industry sectors, and that this should be given a high priority in government policy initiatives to enhance Australia's competitive advantage. It is possible, otherwise, that the present gap in information usage between Australia and its competitors will widen, with consequent negative implications for the nation's current account deficit, foreign debt and unemployment.
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Usher, Wayne, and Lay San Too. "E-Health Knowledge Management by Australian University Students." International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare 1, no. 3 (July 2012): 43–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijrqeh.2012070105.
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This study is the first research project to investigate Australian university students’ e-health knowledge management trends. An online survey was developed (http://www.limesurvey.org) to collect both quantitative and qualitative empirical data. The survey was promoted via Facebook and 2 broadcast emails to students’ email accounts who were attending Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia (Arts, Education & Law). Two hundred and seventy-five (275) responses were included for analysis. A profile which emerged identifies that the majority of participants used the Internet to search for personal health information, used a random search engine, accessed online health information every few months, would mostly spend more than 1-15 minutes in reading it, with the majority accessing health topics concerning, 1) specific diseases, 2) medical treatment, and 3) health services. Australian university health services could benefit from understandings pertaining to students’ e-health knowledge management usage trends to meet their personal health concerns. It seems plausible to claim that reliable websites, designed and managed by university health services, should have a predominant position among interventions which are specifically aimed to address students’ health concerns.
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McRae, Ian, and Mai Pham. "When is a GP home-visit program financially viable?" Australian Journal of Primary Health 22, no. 6 (2016): 554. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py15074.
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Despite a decline in GP home visits in Australia, these services remain an important aspect of healthcare access and delivery for the aged population. Home visits can both provide better care and decrease use of ambulance and emergency department (ED) services. The net costs of providing GP visits are complex, depending on the relative costs of home visits and ED attendances, the number of ED attendances saved by GP visits, and the number of services provided per day by a visiting GP. The Australian Capital Territory government created the General Practice Aged Day Service (GPADS) program in March 2011. Using data and information from this program as a basis, we examine the financial aspects of a daytime home-visit program in the Australian context. Whether or not a program is financially viable depends on a range of parameters; if all factors are aligned a program can generate net savings. While there is no information available on the net health benefits of home visits relative to ED attendance, these differences need not be large for the program to be cost-effective.
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Bruhn, Susanne. "A Fair Chance: Disability Services at the National Library of Australia." Australian Academic & Research Libraries 22, no. 4 (January 1991): 127–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00048623.1991.10754746.
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Haddad, Peter. "The Music Collection and Services at the National Library of Australia." Australian Academic & Research Libraries 27, no. 3 (January 1996): 213–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00048623.1996.10754978.
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Talbot, Michael. "Multicultural library services in South Australia prior to World War One." Australian Library Journal 44, no. 4 (January 1995): 195–211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049670.1995.10755723.
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International Labour Law Reports On, Editors. "AUSTRALIA: Federal Court of Australia Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia v. Aurizon Operations Ltd." International Labour Law Reports Online 35, no. 1 (November 21, 2017): 353–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22116028-90000138.
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Hugo, Anne, and Hobart Tasmania. "National Clearinghouse for Youth Studies." Australian Journal of Career Development 6, no. 3 (October 1997): 5–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/103841629700600303.
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Given the plethora of organisations, agencies, peak bodies, publications, newsletters and services that focus on youth, the task of finding particular information on youth in Australia can be daunting and time consuming. The National Clearinghouse for Youth Studies (NCYS) is a non-profit project that has a brief to collect, publish and disseminate information relating to youth in Australia. It is a major publisher in the youth field in Australia, with clients and a readership including professionals working in the youth field, such as educators, practitioners, researchers, youth workers, program planners, policy makers and, increasingly, students. Its growing publications list is complemented by a large on-line resource containing information about the youth field gathered from a variety of sources and presented on the World Wide Web. This case study describes the origins of the NCYS, the development of its services, the range and scope of its print publications, and a description of its on-line information service.
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Wilson, Rob, Susan Baines, and Ian McLoughlin. "Introduction: Hiding in plain sight or Disappearing in the rear view mirror?: Whatever happened to the revolution in information for Health and Social Care – Learning from England and Australia." Social Policy and Society 13, no. 4 (August 26, 2014): 563–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1474746414000293.
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This themed section has at its heart reflections on the development of policy of, and for, information in health and social care over the last ten years in both the UK and Australia. It addresses a set of concerns often overlooked within social policy, namely the use of information and information systems as tools by organisations, policy makers and practitioners in the modernisation or transformation of public services, including in this case health and social care. Not long ago, in both countries, information was perceived as a panacea for the problems of integrating care services between health and social care organisations and these organisations and the patient, client or user of services. The authors focus upon England and Australia and contrast them briefly with other countries in Europe where the state plays a range of roles in the provision of health and social care.
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Lacey, Karen, Penelope Schofield, Meinir Krishnasamy, Carrie Lethborg, Elizabeth Cashill, Eileen Thompson, Jill Butty, et al. "Universal truths: Learning from the experience of cancer patients in Australia and England." Journal of Clinical Oncology 32, no. 30_suppl (October 20, 2014): 255. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2014.32.30_suppl.255.
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255 Background: Self-reported patient experience data is vital to the design of responsive and relevant health services. Annual Cancer Patient Experience Surveys in England (NHS-CPES) have been used to effectively guide and monitor improvements in patient experience. This study measured baseline cancer patient experience in member hospitals of the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre in Australia, and benchmarked this with cancer patients in England. Methods: The NHS-CPES instrument and methodology was used. A paper-based questionnaire was mailed to 5,722 admitted patients aged >18 years with an eligible ICD-10 code. Australian results were compared to 71,793 patients in England from the 2011/12 NHS-CPES. Results: 37% (2,101) patients responded. Most patients rated their overall care as very good or excellent (91% Australia, 88% England). Having a named nurse specialist was a key predictor of experience. Patients with a specialist nurse were significantly more positive in 50 questions in Australia (77%) and 64 questions in England (98%) compared to patients without one. In both countries, patients with rarer cancers tended to be less positive than those with other cancer types. Australian patients with brain/central nervous system cancers and sarcomas gave the lowest score in 46 questions (71%). Patients with a disability or a long-term condition, and those from minority ethnic groups were also less positive. Relevant patient information was lacking; only 65% of patients in Australia and 77% in England were given understandable written information specific to their care, and a little over half received information about financial entitlements (58% Australia, 52% England). Conclusions: Cancer patient experience using the NHS-CPES has been successfully measured and compared across two different health systems. Findings in Australia are similar to those in England suggesting the same key issues affect all cancer patients. Important areas for quality improvement include the provision of tailored written patient information and the provision of named nurse specialists as part of the model of care. Acknowledgement: The authors thank Quality Health Limited for data analysis and the NHS for permitting use of the NHS-CPES.
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Gharib, Padid Akbarzadeh. "The Determination of User Satisfaction with Personal Internet Banking Services in the Context of Australia." Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations 14, no. 3 (July 2016): 57–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jeco.2016070104.
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Based on previous studies a theoretical framework of the determinants of an individual's satisfaction using Personal Internet Banking services is formulated incorporating information system success factors complemented by elements of behavioral and environmental uncertainties (multidimensional trust and perceived risk). Data was collected using an online self-administered questionnaire from a sample of 370 users in Australia and analyzed in order to determine the relationships among factors that have significant causal effects on customer satisfaction. The results confirm the importance of some of the factors reported in previous studies but also reveal unreported significant direct and indirect causal effects on customer satisfaction. Practical conclusions provide new perspectives for Australian banks on keeping customers highly satisfied with online banking services, as the main objective of this study.
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Caddy, Cassandra, Marc Cheong, Megan S. C. Lim, Robert Power, Joshua P. Vogel, Zoe Bradfield, Benjamin Coghlan, Caroline S. E. Homer, and Alyce N. Wilson. "“Tell us what’s going on”: Exploring the information needs of pregnant and post-partum women in Australia during the pandemic with ‘Tweets’, ‘Threads’, and women’s views." PLOS ONE 18, no. 1 (January 13, 2023): e0279990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279990.
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Introduction The provision of maternity services in Australia has been significantly disrupted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many changes were initiated quickly, often with rapid dissemination of information to women. The aim of this study was to better understand what information and messages were circulating regarding COVID-19 and pregnancy in Australia and potential information gaps. Methods This study adopted a qualitative approach using social media and interviews. A data analytics tool (TIGER-C19) was used to extract data from social media platforms Reddit and Twitter from June to July 2021 (in the middle of the third COVID-19 wave in Australia). A total of 21 individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with those who were, or had been, pregnant in Australia since March 2020. Social media data were analysis via inductive content analysis and interview data were thematically analysed. Results Social media provided a critical platform for sharing and seeking information, as well as highlighting attitudes of the community towards COVID-19 vaccines in pregnancy. Women interviewed described wanting further information on the risks COVID-19 posed to themselves and their babies, and greater familiarity with the health service during pregnancy, in which they would labour and give birth. Health providers were a trusted source of information. Communication strategies that allowed participants to engage in real-time interactive discussions were preferred. A real or perceived lack of information led participants to turn to informal sources, increasing the potential for exposure to misinformation. Conclusion It is vital that health services communicate effectively with pregnant women, early and often throughout public health crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. This was particularly important during periods of increased restrictions on accessing hospital services. Information and communication strategies need to be clear, consistent, timely and accessible to reduce reliance on informal and potentially inaccurate sources.
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Spigelman, Allan D., and Shane Rendalls. "Clinical governance in Australia." Clinical Governance: An International Journal 20, no. 2 (April 7, 2015): 56–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cgij-03-2015-0008.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to overview, background and context to clinical governance in Australia, areas for further development and potential learnings for other jurisdictions. Design/methodology/approach – Commentary; non-systematic review of clinical governance literature; review of web sites for national, state and territory health departments, quality and safety organisations, and clinical colleges in Australia. Findings – Clinical governance in Australia shows variation across jurisdictions, reflective of a fragmented health system with responsibility for funding, policy and service provision being divided between levels of government and across service streams. The mechanisms in place to protect and engage with consumers thus varies according to where one lives. Information on quality and safety outcomes also varies; is difficult to find and often does not drill down to a service level useful for informing consumer treatment decisions. Organisational stability was identified as a key success factor in realising and maintaining the cultural shift to deliver ongoing quality. Research limitations/implications – Comparison of quality indicators with clinical governance systems and processes at a hospital level will provide a more detailed understanding of components most influencing quality outcomes. Practical implications – The information reported will assist health service providers to improve information and processes to engage with consumers and build further transparency and accountability. Originality/value – In this paper the authors have included an in depth profile of the background and context for the current state of clinical governance in Australia. The authors expect the detail provided will be of use to the international reader unfamiliar with the nuances of the Australian Healthcare System. Other studies (e.g. Russell and Dawda, 2013; Phillips et al., n.d.) have been based on deep professional understanding of clinical governance in appraising and reporting on initaitives and structures. This review has utilised resources available to an informed consumer seeking to understand the quality and safety of health services.
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Frascara, Jorge, and Stan Ruecker. "Medical communications and information design." Information Design Journal 15, no. 1 (April 25, 2007): 44–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/idj.15.1.07fra.
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An organization of pharmacists requested our services to improve the design of their printed communications to medical doctors, concerning the use of pharmaceutical drugs. Departing from a design process model developed by the Communication Research Institute of Australia, we selected an existing document, interviewed users, defined the objectives of the document, established performance benchmarks, produced a new prototype, and tested it. Results indicated that memory of the contents had improved in accuracy, and that the time required for search-and-find tasks had been substantially cut. The article describes the process followed and outlines future research to be undertaken.
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Chitty, Kate M., Jennifer L. Schumann, Andrea Schaffer, Rose Cairns, Nicole J. Gonzaga, Jacques E. Raubenheimer, Gregory Carter, Andrew Page, Sallie-Anne Pearson, and Nicholas A. Buckley. "Australian Suicide Prevention using Health-Linked Data (ASHLi): Protocol for a population-based case series study." BMJ Open 10, no. 5 (May 2020): e038181. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038181.
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IntroductionIn Australia, suicide is the leading cause of death for people aged 15–44 years. Health professionals deliver most of our key suicide prevention strategies via health services, but other efficacious population-level strategies include means restriction and public awareness campaigns. Currently, we have no population-level data allowing us to determine which individuals, in what parts of Australia, are likely to use our most promising interventions delivered by health services. The aims of this study are to describe: (1) health service utilisation rates in the year prior to death by suicide, and how this varies by individual case characteristics; (2) prescribed medicines use in the year prior to death by suicide, medicines used in suicide by poisoning and how this varies by individual case characteristics.Methods and analysisThis is a population-based case series study of all suicide cases in Australia identified through the National Coronial Information System (NCIS) from 2013 to 2019. Cases will be linked to administrative claims data detailing health service use and medicines dispensed in the year before death. We will also obtain findings from the coronial enquiry, including toxicology. Descriptive statistics will be produced to characterise health service and prescribed medicine use and how utilisation varies by age, sex, method of death and socioeconomic status. We will explore the geographical variability of health service and medicine use, highlighting regions in Australia associated with more limited access.Ethics and disseminationThis project involves the use of sensitive and confidential data. Data will be linked using a third-party privacy-preserving protocol meaning that investigators will not have access to identifiable information once the data have been linked. Statistical analyses will be carried out in a secure environment. This study has been approved by the following ethics committees: (1) the Justice Department Human Research Ethics Committee (REF: CF/17/23250), (2) the Western Australian Coroners Court (REF: EC 14/18 M0400), (3) the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (REF: EO2017/4/366) and (4) NSW Population & Health Services Research Ethics Committee (REF: 2017/HRE1204). Findings will be published in peer-reviewed journals, presented at conferences and communicated to regulatory authorities, clinicians and policy-makers.
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Robinson, Suzanne, Richard Varhol, Colin Bell, Frances Quirk, and Learne Durrington. "HealthPathways: creating a pathway for health systems reform." Australian Health Review 39, no. 1 (2015): 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah14155.
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Inefficiencies in the co-ordination and integration of primary and secondary care services in Australia, have led to increases in waiting times, unnecessary presentations to emergency departments and issues around poor discharge of patients. HealthPathways is a program developed in Canterbury, New Zealand, that builds relationships between General Practitioners and Specialists and uses information technology so that efficiency is maximised and the right patient is given the right care at the right time. Healthpathways is being implemented by a number of Medicare Locals across Australia however, little is known about the impact HealthPathways may have in Australia. This article provides a short description of HealthPathways and considers what it may offer in the Australian context and some of the barriers and facilitators to implementation. What is known about the topic? Early evidence on HealthPathways suggests that the program does seem to be strengthening relationships between GPs and secondary care specialists. In New Zealand advances in efficiency and system integration have been noted. However, there is limited evidence on the effectiveness of HealthPathways in Australia. What does this paper add? It is one of the first published papers to provide a perspective around HealthPathways and draws existing evidence and research to explore some of the barriers and facilitators to the development and implementation of HealthPathways in Australia. What are the implications for practitioners’? Early evidence suggests HealthPathways could help GPs and other practitioners’ in the delivery of health services, it could also help to strengthen practitioner relationships.