My PhD project explores ways to measure the cost and burden of bronchiectasis. Bronchiectasis is a rare, chronic respiratory condition that affects adults and children. Based on my previous experience, it is a neglected condition to which I’m hoping to give a bit more attention!
My mixed methods research seeks to highlight liveability factors relevant to people with disabilities living in regional areas of Australia, who are experiencing socioeconomic exclusion and place-based inequalities.
Unfortunately, in Australia, integrated care is not routinely offered to patients. Adverse outcomes among individuals with atrial fibrillation can potentially be prevented by improving access to integrated care, leading to reduced disease burden and lower costs incurred by the health system.
My PhD looks at overall access to care for our paediatric cardiac patients across the state and empowering primary care providers to help address the problem of patients' distance to the cardiac care unit in Brisbane. This also lines up with a new initiative in the cardiac unit at the Queensland Children's Hospital to establish a clinical care network for our cardiac patients across the state.
My research will consider a comparative analysis of existing international Atrial Fibrillation screening strategies, their relatability to the Australian health system, and assess the cost-effectiveness of different AF screening strategies in Australia.
My research investigates parent and clinician preferences for a neurodevelopmental model of care to improve outcomes for children with congenital heart disease (CHD) in order to improve how models of care are designed and delivered.
Implementation activities are not often costed and there aren’t many approaches to cost implementation. This can lead to inefficient use of scarce healthcare resources. My PhD aims to address this need by developing an implementation costing tool to help with estimating the true cost of implementing digital health solutions in hospitals.
My research looks at ways in which digital health systems can assist in the reduction of non-attendance at scheduled outpatient healthcare appointments. The project aims to provide insights into the impact of non-attendance, and consumer preferences and cost-effectiveness for interventions that may be used to reduce non-attendance.
My research investigates how we can take advantage of implementation science approaches to adopt computerised Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) within hospital settings. The aim of my project is to increase awareness around what changes may be needed to improve the process.
My PhD research is focused on understanding what makes clinical decision support models useful for addressing clinical deterioration. My project will consist of a series of related studies.
