A National Aged Care Medication Roundtable - Translating Aged Care Data Into Action To Improve Quality Of Care Through Collaboration And Co-design
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,444,499.00
Summary
Older Australians with the most complex health needs live in residential care. Greater than 80% of residents are on five or more medications daily, and 40% are taking 10 or more. Poor medication management is the greatest source of complaint to the Aged Care Quality & Safety Commission. This project will provide timely information to a group of providers and consumers about the medicines residents receive, identify problem areas and trial innovative interventions to address these issues.
Unifying And Quality Assuring Disparate Health Silos With A Common Data Model
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$735,795.00
Summary
Australia has silos of disconnected data holdings across various domains in community, primary and secondary care settings, with disparate terminologies, data models and data quality assurance mechanisms. Mapping MedicineInsight, a national general practice data repository, to a common data model can contribute to unifying Australia's digital data assets. There are cost-efficiencies and benefits from sharing interoperable data and tools for large-scale multicentre and multisystem data analytics.
Establishing A Digital Health Foundation For Outcomes-based Diagnostic Excellence, Safety And Value
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,027,501.00
Summary
Our partnership proposal will lead to the development of a digital infrastructure (involving big data resources and sophisticated decision support systems) as a foundation for outcomes-based research, optimised clinical care processes and translation into policy and practice. The partnership will encompass key research areas involving the quality, safety and value of care in musculoskeletal care, infectious diseases, diabetes care and emergency/intensive care.
A Digital Sexual Health Hub: Co-design, Development And Evaluation Of An Online Sexual Health Clinic
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,424,364.00
Summary
Sexually transmitted infection rates have increased dramatically in recent years in Australia, with major health consequences - congenital syphilis is killing babies, chlamydia in females is causing pelvic inflammatory disease, increasing the risk of infertility, and drug-resistant gonorrhoea is an urgent global threat. Our specialist sexual health services are at capacity. We will develop an innovative online sexual health hub providing online testing and treatment for STIs and HIV.