Value based health care model and leadership (By Tinto Cherian) Rising healthcare costs is driving Australia to contain costs while improving the quality of care. Value-based health care (VBHC) model is one such approach that is explored around the world that focus on the ‘value of care provided’ rather than the ‘volume of services’ and prioritise patient outcomes while reducing costs. May 22, 2023 By Sharnee Trehan challenges, health outcomes, internship, public health 0 0 Comment Read More »
Walking (more like crawling) among giants (Harrison Thorn) Working with the CEO and the Board of Alfred Health July 29, 2022 By ACHSM Admin career, Clinical governance, health outcomes, health service delivery, internship, public health, Victoria 0 0 Comment Read More »
How not to waste a good healthcare crisis (Tinto Cherian) COVID, in all its might, crippled the day-to-day functioning of people, organisations, governments, and social structures. It will be constructive to appraise the lessons this crisis invoked on our accustomed conventional systems and the visions that the resilience and experience instilled. June 3, 2022 By ACHSM Admin challenges, Clinical governance, COVID-19, government, health outcomes, health service delivery, patients, public health, public service, regional, remote, rural, Victoria 0 0 Comment Read More »
Being a Human Firewall: Cybersecurity in Health (Michelle Middleton) Michelle Middleton discusses the challenges of cybersecurity in health March 24, 2022 By Oscar Chaffey challenges, Change, health outcomes, patients, safety, technology 0 0 Comment Read More »
Change (People) Management: Managing the Change Before it Manages You (Annie Makar) Change management is as much about the systematic approach as the people. The definition of change management is well-researched and documented. However, most fail to address one critical aspect: the employees affected by the change. December 31, 2021 By User challenges, Change, COVID-19, government, health outcomes, health service delivery, internship, Victoria 0 0 Comment Read More »
Risky Business: Learning about Risk Management in Healthcare (Lucy Bertino) Lucy Bertino discusses risk management in healthcare May 24, 2021 By Oscar Chaffey Clinical governance, cost efficiency, health outcomes, value 0 0 Comment Read More »
A Call To Arms (Kelvin Yap) Kelvin Yap reflects on his learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. January 24, 2021 By Oscar Chaffey career, challenges, COVID-19, health outcomes, internship, public health, regional, rural, Victoria 0 0 Comment Read More »
Transitioning - A move from the world of supply chain management to health policy administration The intricacies in governance and change management that precedes implementation of new policies or organisational change was quite fascinating. This has been quite helpful in bridging the gap between my experiences as a healthcare staff working at the coalface and policy administration. August 14, 2020 By ACHSM Admin Change, Clinical governance, health outcomes, health service delivery, internship, public health, technology 0 0 Comment Read More »
What is value-based healthcare? Have you ever heard of value-based healthcare? When I was first introduced to the term during my initial days at Dental Health Services Victoria (DHSV) in January 2019 on my very first placement, I thought it was another one of those ‘word salads’ - I understood each of the individual words, but the whole term made no sense! July 4, 2019 By ACHSM Admin cost efficiency, dental, health outcomes, public health, value 0 0 Comment Read More »