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Over twenty years, Australia's Health P/L has
conducted both small and large consultancy and research projects for a broad
range of clients. Here are a few recent examples:
2005-9
The Building
Healthy Communities Initiative of the Commonwealth Department of
Health & Ageing developed
community strategies to improve healthy lifestyles
and address chronic disease risk factors
through 31 projects in remote and very remote
Australian communities.
With Morgan Disney and Associates, Tracey Whetnell and Wis-Wei
Consulting, we provided support, training and evaluation services to the
Initiative.
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2007
Environmental scan
and stocktake of non-government organisations (NGOs) working in
Commonwealth funded mental health programs. This
project was designed to assist in identifying current capacity
and gaps in the sector, and potential resources and tools that might assist future sector development.
Conducted with Nova Consulting, the project involved
extensive document research, resource analysis and consultations with stakeholders and organisations.
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2005-8
Royal Australian and New Zealand
College of Radiologists Quality Use of Diagnostic Imaging
(QUDI) Initiative: Projects
CS1 and CS4. These projects involved
extensive stakeholder consultation and
literature review to
develop recommendations to
the College
about roles for consumers in
College accreditation processes (CS1); and strategies to improve consumer
information about diagnostic imaging (CS4). |
2008
Review of the Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce Framework
(2002). With Nova Consulting and Wis-Wei Consulting, we
conducted national consultations with key stakeholder
organisations, reviewed the current policy and
program environment, and developed
recommendations to the Commonwealth Department of
Health & Ageing for the
future development of the
Framework.
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2008
Royal Australian and
New Zealand College of Radiologists Quality Use of Diagnostic
Imaging (QUDI) Initiative: Project CSO6.
This project examined the role
of the radiologist in Multidisciplinary Care Teams (MDTs),
using breast cancer treatment as the context.
We conducted extensive literature review, visited and consulted with
stakeholders, clinicians and teams, to review key factors and develop
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2007-8
Quality Use of Medicines
(QUM) for Arthritis and Osteoporosis (with
the Sansom Institute, University of South
Australia). A systematic review of
QUM for arthritis, and for osteoporosis,
followed by a national
stakeholders workshop. The project led
to the development of education modules and guidelines for QUM in these conditions.
Funded by the Australian Government under the Better
Arthritis and Osteoporosis Care Initiative
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2004-5
Evaluation of the After
Hours Primary Medical Care Trials (with the University of South
Australia). Evaluation of four major trials of GP after hours strategies
including provider and consumer impacts and implications
for the Commonwealth
Department of Health and Aging, Canberra |
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2006
Consumer
Experiences, Needs and Expectations of Community Pharmacy (with
University of South Australia and Harrison Health Research). Extensive
national study of community pharmacy outputs and outcomes, including
workforce related factors for the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Canberra |
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