Scalpels to Statistics: A Surgical Registrar’s Path to a PhD
Having experienced different trauma systems from the health care provider perspective, Beth has learned to appreciate that every system is unique. This has led to the research idea of comparing the different trauma systems we have across our nation.
Painting a picture of research fraud
Fraud happens in every area of life where there is money and prestige, including scientific research. There are sadly many people who are willing to fake research that fools peer reviewers, but eventually smells fishy when held up to post-publication scrutiny. Research fraud will never be eradicated, but we can reduce its influence with some relatively simple steps.
Turning numbers into impact for patients living with life-changing injuries
Binuri Perera's research focuses on the burden of bloodstream infections among injured patients. Bloodstream infections can increase patients’ risk of death and are costly to treat, but we know little about their impact on patients and health systems. Binuri is addressing this gap by analysing population-level linked data for all of Queensland over a 20-year period.
From teeth to feet – my journey from dentistry to foot disorders
Rangi Weerasuriya's PhD project focuses on identifying the key risk factors for people hospitalised with foot disease in order to improve prevention and early detection, identifying the at-risk population in the community and adapting the targeted preventive strategies and close monitoring.
Joining the club: Jack Roberts on racing to the finish line
Hear about AusHSI PhD candidate Jack Roberts's running journey with the AusHSI running group, what inspired him to complete the QUT Classic, and his PhD research in a recent interview with QUT Graduate Research Education + Development (GRE+D).
13th Health Services Research Conference
AusHSI was a proud sponsor of the 13th Health Services Research Conference. This year’s theme "Health Services Research in the Digital Age" highlighted the complexity of integrating digital innovations within health systems and AusHSI’s digital health research featured strongly throughout the program.
AusHSI at HSR24
In the lead up to this year’s theme Health Services Research in the Digital Age, we have been unpacking the value of digital health research and highlighting AusHSI’s work in this space. Check out the HSR24 program and don't miss the AusHSI Implementation Science and Health Economics teams who will showcase research across several talks over the conference.
Cost-IS: An instrument for costing implementation strategies
Known as the Costing Implementation Strategies instrument, Cost-IS provides practical guidance and tools for collecting data and estimating resource costs associated with implementation strategies in health services research.
Choosing wisely: making informed health technology decisions
With the surge in demand for digital health, health services are struggling to manage the requests which they receive daily for consideration. When resources are scarce and budgets restrictive, responding to these requests requires evidence-based approaches to ensure meaningful selections are made.
Addressing patient non-attendance with digital health solutions
There are many reasons why patients may not be able to attend an appointment, and this complexity means there is no one-size-fits-all solution. Nevertheless, thoughtfully designed digital health solutions can improve healthcare efficiency and accessibility.
What is Digital Health? Unpacking the box
“Digital Health” has become a popular term that can conjure up images of code, touchscreens and futuristic hospitals. While there are certainly truisms to these tropes, it is really a vast umbrella label encompassing almost all aspects of contemporary healthcare, from sophisticated risk modelling to booking systems.
A publication’s “what” should count more than its “where”: why we should waive journal titles
For many researchers, the journal is now the end game, with a focus on “where” to publish rather than “what”. Prof Adrian Barnett reflects on the true impact of research, why he’s taken journal titles off his CV and how one of his papers could have led to his parents getting a new boiler.
