12th Health Services Research Conference (HSRAANZ)
The AusHSI Research Team had a strong presence at the 12th Health Services Research Conference. Delegates explored themes of resilience, innovation and value, and the role of HSR in embedding these principles into our health systems.
Researcher Spotlight: Wendell Cockshaw
Dr Wendell Cockshaw, AusHSI Senior Research Fellow - Statistics, explores how the digital transformation of healthcare is helping to find solutions to major public health challenges.
Researcher Spotlight: David Borg
AusHSI Research Fellow David Borg has expertise in exercise physiology, statistics, and meta-science. In this blog, David shares his perspectives on the importance of health services innovation.
The role of Health Information Managers in trauma research
Brett Droder, Genevieve Westacott and Jesani Catchpoole have rare research-centric positions as Health Information Managers at JTI, using their health information knowledge and diverse expertise to work with trauma data.
AusHSI-JTI Trauma Week
The impact of sustaining an injury on an individual can be life altering. Learn how AusHSI and JTI are working to transform trauma care in Queensland and beyond.
Trauma PhD Student Perspectives: How linking health data collections can enhance our understanding of injury outcomes
AusHSI-JTI PhD students Jacelle Warren, Adam Rolley and Sam Borg are researching how to better use commonly collected health data to enhance the outcomes of injury.
Machine-learning delivers timely outcomes for injury surveillance
The Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit (QISU) has developed an automated means of classifying injury data via machine learning to assist human coders in their manual coding and validation activities.
The burden and pattern of injuries related to consumer products in Australia
JTI are well known for our work in injuries related to consumer products like e-scooters, but what you may not know is that our team have been working the broad product safety space for over 10 years!
The AusHSI-JTI partnership
The AusHSI-JTI partnership harnesses the expertise of one of Australia’s leading health services research centres with Australia’s newest clinical-academic trauma institute to improve trauma service delivery.
Measuring the burden of bronchiectasis in Australia
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!
Social sciences and health services: An interdisciplinary research journey
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.
Chest Pain – Ten Years of Research Progress and Impact
In 2012 we demonstrated that a two hour accelerated diagnostic protocol could safely rule out heart attack in 1 in 5 patients presenting to hospital with warning signs. This work is now widely cited in clinical practice guidelines in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North America, Asia. However, there are always further research questions remaining.
