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View article: Using a Co-Designed Implementation Enhancement Plan to Increase the Adoption of a Digital Fall Prevention Platform: A Non-Randomized Pre-Post Interventional Study
Using a Co-Designed Implementation Enhancement Plan to Increase the Adoption of a Digital Fall Prevention Platform: A Non-Randomized Pre-Post Interventional Study Open
The co-designed implementation enhancement plan improved uptake of the platform and is likely to be effective for other similar interventions. The platform shows the potential to reduce falls among cognitively intact patients, but longer p…
View article: Design and preliminary findings from a mixed-methods and theory-informed implementation study for a digital falls prevention platform in two hospitals
Design and preliminary findings from a mixed-methods and theory-informed implementation study for a digital falls prevention platform in two hospitals Open
Background: Falls are a major cause of Hospital Acquired Complications and inpatient harm. Interventions to prevent falls exist, but it is unclear which are most effective and what implementation strategies support their use. This study us…
View article: Using the CFIR-ERIC approach to enhance the uptake of a digital fall prevention platform: a quasi-experimental pre-post implementation study
Using the CFIR-ERIC approach to enhance the uptake of a digital fall prevention platform: a quasi-experimental pre-post implementation study Open
Background Falls are a major cause of hospital acquired complications and inpatient harm. Interventions (including tools and processes) to prevent falls exist, but it is unclear which are most effective and what implementation strategies b…
View article: An evaluation of healthcare seeking behaviours through a telephone health advice and triage service
An evaluation of healthcare seeking behaviours through a telephone health advice and triage service Open
Globally, healthcare systems face strain from inappropriate consumer care-seeking behaviors, and solutions are needed to direct them to appropriate care avenues, including self-management. The Healthdirect Australia 24/7 National Coronavir…
View article: Leveraging existing data to improve antimicrobial resistance-related mortality estimates for Australia
Leveraging existing data to improve antimicrobial resistance-related mortality estimates for Australia Open
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global pandemic, however, estimating its burden is a complex process. As a result, many countries rely on global estimates to infer burden within their own setting. With a growing number of recent public…
View article: Readmission Risk Based on Debility and Psychosocial Measures: The Western 9 Algorithm
Readmission Risk Based on Debility and Psychosocial Measures: The Western 9 Algorithm Open
Many studies have stressed the importance of psychosocial determinants of health such as food insecurity, housing instability, and education level, as important drivers of health outcomes. Western Health developed a set of nine screening q…
View article: Graphical Association Analysis for Identifying Variation in Provider Claims for Joint Replacement Surgery
Graphical Association Analysis for Identifying Variation in Provider Claims for Joint Replacement Surgery Open
Identifying potentially fraudulent or wasteful medical insurance claims can be difficult due to the large amounts of data and human effort involved. We applied unsupervised machine learning to construct interpretable models which rank vari…
View article: Improving care for chronic conditions may take longer than expected: Evaluation of the Health Links chronic care flexible funding model of care
Improving care for chronic conditions may take longer than expected: Evaluation of the Health Links chronic care flexible funding model of care Open
Introduction: Current models of care and funding systems in Australia for managing chronic disease are largely designed to be responsive to single episodes of acute care. The Victorian Department of Health developed a flexible funding mode…
View article: Influencing healthcare seeking behaviours of consumers through a telephone health advice and triage service: a multi-method evaluation
Influencing healthcare seeking behaviours of consumers through a telephone health advice and triage service: a multi-method evaluation Open
Background: Globally, healthcare systems are under strain due to increased demand from inappropriate care seeking behaviours of consumers. Solutions are needed to redirect consumers to appropriate avenues for accessing health care, includi…
View article: Mortality and readmission differences associated with after‐hours hospital admission: A population‐based cohort study in Queensland Australia
Mortality and readmission differences associated with after‐hours hospital admission: A population‐based cohort study in Queensland Australia Open
Background and Aims Policy makers and health system managers are seeking evidence on the risks involved for patients associated with after‐hours care. This study of approximately 1 million patients who were admitted to the 25 largest publi…
View article: Creating an Implementation Enhancement Plan for a Digital Patient Fall Prevention Platform Using the CFIR-ERIC Approach: A Qualitative Study
Creating an Implementation Enhancement Plan for a Digital Patient Fall Prevention Platform Using the CFIR-ERIC Approach: A Qualitative Study Open
(1) Background: Inpatient falls are a major cause of hospital-acquired complications (HAC) and inpatient harm. Interventions to prevent falls exist, but it is unclear which are most effective and what implementation strategies best support…
View article: Predicting Patient Deterioration: A Review of Tools in the Digital Hospital Setting
Predicting Patient Deterioration: A Review of Tools in the Digital Hospital Setting Open
Background Early warning tools identify patients at risk of deterioration in hospitals. Electronic medical records in hospitals offer real-time data and the opportunity to automate early warning tools and provide real-time, dynamic risk es…
View article: Technology supported, integrated - care models: challenges and drivers for successful implementation
Technology supported, integrated - care models: challenges and drivers for successful implementation Open
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020…
View article: Predicting Patient Deterioration: A Review of Tools in the Digital Hospital Setting (Preprint)
Predicting Patient Deterioration: A Review of Tools in the Digital Hospital Setting (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Early warning tools identify patients at risk of deterioration in hospitals. Electronic medical records in hospitals offer real-time data and the opportunity to automate early warning tools and provide real-time, dynamic risk e…
View article: <scp>After‐hours</scp> emergency department care: Does time or day of arrival affect survival?
<span>After‐hours</span> emergency department care: Does time or day of arrival affect survival? Open
Objective To determine whether after‐hours presentation to EDs is associated with differences in 7‐day and 30‐day mortality. The influence of patient case‐mix and workforce staffing differences are also explored. Methods We conducted a ret…
View article: The Effects of Telemonitoring on Patient Compliance With Self-Management Recommendations and Outcomes of the Innovative Telemonitoring Enhanced Care Program for Chronic Heart Failure: Randomized Controlled Trial
The Effects of Telemonitoring on Patient Compliance With Self-Management Recommendations and Outcomes of the Innovative Telemonitoring Enhanced Care Program for Chronic Heart Failure: Randomized Controlled Trial Open
Background Telemonitoring enables care providers to remotely support outpatients in self-managing chronic heart failure (CHF), but the objective assessment of patient compliance with self-management recommendations has seldom been studied.…
View article: Exploratory multivariate analysis of hospital admissions data in conjunction with workforce data
Exploratory multivariate analysis of hospital admissions data in conjunction with workforce data Open
The prevalence of electronic health data has brought us a step closer to understanding of the dynamics of hospital admissions. However, little research has investigated hospital admission data in conjunction with information about the envi…
View article: Analysing the emergency department patient journey: Discovery of bottlenecks to emergency department patient flow
Analysing the emergency department patient journey: Discovery of bottlenecks to emergency department patient flow Open
Objective Despite significant workflow reform to comply with the federally mandated National Emergency Access Target ( NEAT ), Australian public hospitals continue to face significant barriers in achieving good ED patient flow. This study …
View article: The National Emergency Access Target (NEAT) and the 4‐hour rule: time to review the target
The National Emergency Access Target (NEAT) and the 4‐hour rule: time to review the target Open
As NEAT compliance rates increased, in-hospital mortality of emergency admissions declined, although this direct inverse relationship is lost once total and admitted NEAT compliance rates exceed certain levels. This inverse association bet…
View article: Development of a novel image-based program to teach narrow-band imaging
Development of a novel image-based program to teach narrow-band imaging Open
Objectives: Narrow-band imaging (NBI) is a widely available endoscopic imaging technology; however, uptake of the technique could be improved. Teaching new imaging techniques and assessing trainees’ performance can be a challenging exercis…
View article: In-hospital mortality and the "weekend effect": Can we find the underlying causes?
In-hospital mortality and the "weekend effect": Can we find the underlying causes? Open
There is a considerable amount of evidence pointing to the existence of a weekend effect of increased in-hospital mortality in many countries. The underlying reason for the effect is now the subject of more forensic studies, but considerab…