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Advisory Board Centre Reports on new insights & ideas in health care. Requires personal registration for full access. Click "Register" then choose Western Australia Department of Health
Health Systems Evidence Repository of syntheses of research evidence about governance, financial & delivery arrangements within health systems
Agency for Clinical Innovation Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI) provides an online place to share & promote local innovation & improvement projects
Media Clippings (onsite access only) Media on Health Department & health-related issues. View the media precis for media clippings
PDQ - Evidence Pretty Darn Quick - for Informed Health Policymaking

Australian Websites

Outcome Based Management WA Health ABF & ABM information
Australian Department of Health - Health Workforce
Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association Independent peak membership body and advocate for the Australian healthcare system and a national voice for universally accessible, high quality healthcare in Australia
Australian Health Policy Collaboration - Publications The Australian Health Policy Collaboration (AHPC) publishes reports and commissions research focussed on Australia's most critical health policy issues and challenges.
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australia’s Health Tracker by Area Australia’s Health Tracker by Area is an interactive website that provides the most up to date Australian data on chronic diseases, conditions and their risk factors. Data in the website are presented in maps and reported on by Population Health Area, Local Government Area, Primary Health Network, and at the State and Territory level.
Health Networks (WA)
Health System Management & Funding (Grattan Institute) [Aust]
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA)
National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA)
National Health Performance Authority (NPA)
Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (RACMA)
WA State Law Publisher WA Acts, Legislation and Parliamentary Bills
Worksafe (WA)

Health Services Research (HSR) PubMed Queries

Health Services Research (HSR) PubMed Queries

PubMed - saved searches

Last 2 years of indexed references on clinical governance.
Last 6 months of indexed references on patient safety pediatric.
Last 2 years of indexed references on Root cause analysis.
Last 6 months of indexed references on medico-legal issues
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Safety & Quality Websites - Australia

Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has released the first Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation, illuminating variation in health care provision across Australia. The atlas presents a clear picture of substantial variation in healthcare use across Australia, across areas such as antibiotic prescribing , surgical, mental health and diagnostic services. Six clinical areas are examined in the atlas, covering prescribing, diagnostic, medical and surgical...
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
International Society for Quality in Health Care
One21seventy (National Centre for Quality Improvement in Indigenous Primary Health Care)
On the Radar A summary of some of the recent publications, produced by Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Safety and Quality in Healthcare ( DoH WA)

Safety and Quality websites - International

Advisory Board Clinical Quality Topic
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) [US]
Building on value-based health care: towards a health system perspective - European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies - 2020
Canadian Patient Safety Institute
Care Quality Commission (UK)
The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute (THIS) At THIS Institute we aim to create a world-leading scientific asset for the NHS by strengthening the evidence-base for improving the quality and safety of healthcare. Co-created by two exceptional organisations - the University of Cambridge and Health Foundation - THIS Institute is founded on the guiding principle that efforts to improve care should be based on the highest quality evidence.
Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (UK) Our purpose is to improve patient safety through effective and independent investigations that don;t apportion blame or liability.
Health Excellence Canada Healthcare Excellence Canada is a new organization with a relentless focus on improving healthcare, with - and for - everyone in Canada. Launched in spring 2021, Healthcare Excellence Canada brings together the Canadian Patient Safety Institute and Canadian Foundation for Healthcare improvement.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
Joint Commission
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
NHS Benchmarking Network
NHS Improvement
NHS Right Care

Guidelines

Australasian Health Facility Guidelines (AusHFG)
Health Systems Evidence (HSE)
National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards
Public Administration and Governance Collection The collection is supported by the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) (link is external) as part of the APO ARC Linked Data II Project. This collection features resources about public administration and management, public sector leadership, public value, policy and program evaluation, cross-jurisdictional and cross-sector collaboration, evidence-based policy and more.
Service Delivery, Organisation and Staffing - collection of pathways, guidelines, quality standards and other resources [NICE]

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Value Based Models

A variety of approaches seek to improve the quality, safety and sustainability of health care.
Following models generally fit within the description of providing value based health care:

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