AIHI Seminar: How implementation science helped to improve care for children with complex and chronic conditions

TheAustralian Institute of Health Innovation(AIHI) is a leading research institute investigating many aspects of healthcare. AIHI is comprised of four Centres: the Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science, the Centre for Health Informatics, the Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research and the Centre for the Health Economy. We’re a major national resource for many people whose work is intrinsic to strengthening health systems, organisations and services.

Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI)

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<H2><SPAN>How implementation science helped to improve care for children with complex and chronic conditions</SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></H2>
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<H3 CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>Associate Professor Yvonne Zurynski - Health Systems Sustainability, AIHI</SPAN></H3>
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<H3><SPAN>Abstract:</SPAN></H3>
<P><SPAN>Over a third of Australian children have long-term health conditions, often involving multiple organ systems and resulting in complex healthcare needs. Children with complex and chronic conditions often require care from large teams of health professionals who work in different healthcare settings.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN>Our healthcare system struggles to meet the needs of people living with medical complexity because of sectoral fragmentation and the traditional episodic models of care. Children living with medical complexity currently mostly rely on major tertiary paediatric hospitals for most of their healthcare – this is not sustainable.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN>Models of care that include integrated patient-centred approaches and integration across disciplines and sectors result in substantial cost savings and more efficient and effective care valued by patients, healthcare providers and by health facilities.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN>The evaluation of an integrated model of care implemented at the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network that included care coordination, use of e-health, quality improvement projects, active linkage with primary care and emergency department avoidance plans, will be highlighted as a successful case study that resulted in an estimated ~$4.5million in savings over 2 years. Adoption of the guiding principles of implementation science from the very outset has been an important factor for increasing the chances of success and sustainable adoption of the new model of care. </SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>Yvonne Zurynski is Associate Professor, Health Systems Sustainability, leading the activities of the central coordinating unit of the NHMRC Partnership Centre in Health Systems Sustainability. Yvonne has broad experience and expertise in research and education across health sectors and disciplines having conducted research in settings ranging from primary care to intensive care.</SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>She has a strong interest in patient-centred, integrated models of care and implementation science. She is a member of the International Foundation of Integrated Care, and recently she led the evaluation of integrated care initiatives across the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network (SCHN) and maintains research collaborations with the Integrated Care team at SCHN.</SPAN></P>
<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>For the last 12 years she was the Director of Research, Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit, the University of Sydney, and from 2011-2015 she was the Chair of the International Network of Paediatric Surveillance Units.</SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></P>
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