Health System Sustainability
The Health System Sustainability research stream is part of the Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation.
Globally, healthcare systems face numerous challenges that test their ability to provide safe, high quality care. These challenges encompass ageing populations, rising prevalence of chronic and complex diseases, escalating cost pressures due to advancements in medical technologies and medications, spending on low-value care, inefficiencies resulting from system fragmentation, and limited utilisation of data and evidence to drive reform. The Health System Sustainability research stream endeavours to investigate these and other challenges to ensure the sustainability of health systems. We provide research evidence and strive to formulate and assess a range of practical interventions that align with clinical, patient, and economic perspectives.
Lead | ||
Professor Yvonne Zurynski | ||
Team | ||
| Dr K-lynn Smith Research Officer | Christina Rojas Project Officer |
Selected stream projects
Observatory on the Future of Healthcare
Rare Disease Awareness, Education, Support and Training (RArEST) Project
Selected publications
Zurynski Y, Fisher G, Wijekulasuriya S, Leask E, Dharmayani PNA, Ellis L, Smith CL & Braithwaite J 2024, 'Bolstering health systems to cope with the impacts of climate change events: a review of the evidence on workforce planning, upskilling, and capacity building', International Journal of Health Policy and Management. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3769
Zurynski, Y, Ludlow, K, Testa, L, Augustsson, H, Herkes-Deane, J, Hutchinson, K, Lamprell, G, McPherson, E, Carrigan, A, Ellis, LA, Dharmayani, PNA, Smith, C, Richardson, L, Dammery, G, Singh, N & Braithwaite, J 2023, 'Built to last? Barriers and facilitators of healthcare program sustainability: a systematic integrative review', Implementation Science, vol. 18, 62, pp. 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-023-01315-x
Lingam, R, Smithers-Sheedy, H, Hodgson, S, Hutchinson, K, Meyers Morris, T, Hu, N, Nassar, N, Schroeder, E-A, Rana, R, Dickins, E, Bula, K & Zurynski, Y 2023, 'Evaluation of RuralKidsGPS; a novel integrated paediatric care coordination model of care in rural Australia: a mixed-methods study protocol', International Journal of Integrated Care, vol. 23, no. 4, 10, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.7008
Zurynski, Y, Munns, C & Georgiou, A 2023, 'GPs urged to avoid overtesting for vitamin D' MJA Insight+, no. 29. <https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2023/29/gps-urged-not-to-routinely-test-children-for-vitamin-d/>
Roberts, N, Carrigan, A, Clay-Williams, R, Hibbert, PD, Mahmoud, Z, Pomare, C, Fajardo Pulido, D, Meulenbroeks, I, Knaggs, GT, Austin, EE, Churruca, K, Ellis, LA, Long, JC, Hutchinson, K, Best, S, Nic Giolla Easpaig, B, Sarkies, MN, Francis Auton, E, Hatem, S, Dammery, G, Nguyen, M-T, Nguyen, HM, Arnolda, G, Rapport, F, Zurynski, Y, Maka, K & Braithwaite, J 2023, 'Innovative models of healthcare delivery: an umbrella review of reviews', BMJ Open, vol. 13, no. 2, e066270, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066270
Spanos, S, Hutchinson, K, Zurynski, Y, Rapport, F & Goodwin, N 2023, 'Integrated care in epilepsy: a scoping review of the components of health and social care delivery', International Journal of Integrated Care, vol. 23, no. S1, 142, pp. 387. https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.ICIC23142
Braithwaite, J, Dammery, G, Spanos, S, Smith, CL, Ellis, LA, Churruca, K, Fisher, G & Zurynski, Y 2023, Learning health systems 2.0: future-proofing healthcare against pandemics and climate change. Macquarie University. <https://www.mq.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/1254147/Learning-health-systems-2.0-AIHI-2023.pdf>
Zurynski Y, Smith C, Vedovi A, Ellis LA, Gul H, Braithwaite J. Diversity of scale and context of implemented learning healthcare systems: a narrative literature review Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2020;9:1.
Zurynski Y, Smith C, Vedovi A, Ellis LA, Gul H, Braithwaite J. The role of health consumers in learning health systems: scoping the literature Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2020;9:1.
Zurynski Y, Smith C, Vedovi A, Ellis LA, Knaggs G, Meulenbroeks I, Warwick M, Gul H, Pomare C, Braithwaite J. Mapping the learning health system: a scoping review of current evidence. A white paper. Partnership Centre for Health System Sustainability; 2020 2020/11/10.
Other resources
Implementation Science Interest Group
Centres related to this research
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