Health policy management and systems reform articles by Professor Braithwaite

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Ansmann, L., Nöst, S., Körner, M., Auschra, C., Bal, R., Böddeker, M., Bode, I., Braithwaite, J., Breidenbach, C., Coors, M., Demirer, I., Exworthy, M., Harst, L., Heuser, C., Hoffmann, J., Köberlein-Neu, J., Krajic, K., Maniatopoulos, G., Mannion, R., Möhler, R., Pfaff, H., Rieger, M., Rind, E., Schnack, H., Wagner, A., Weigl, M., Wensing, M., Wiig, S., Wild, E.-M., Wilhelm, H., Wirtz, M.A. and Götz, K. (Accepted 17 April 2024). Navigating the Future of Organisational Health Services Research in Germany and beyond: a position paper. Das Gesundheitswesen.

Braithwaite, J., Churruca, K., Clay-Williams, R., Cutler, H., Ellis, L.A., Long, J.C., Mitchell, R., Mumford, V., Rapport, F., Simons, M. and Zurynski, Y. (2024) Health policy in Australia. In: Powell, M., Agartan, T.I. and Béland, D. (eds) Research Handbook on Health Care Policy. Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. [347-373]. doi: 10.4337/9781800887565.00024zz

Braithwaite, J. (2024) The Healthcare Regulatory Ecosystem. In: Le Coze, J. and Journé, B. (eds) The Regulator–Regulatee Relationship in High-Hazard Industry Sectors: New Actors and New Viewpoints in a Conservative Landscape. Cham, Switzerland, Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-49570-0_4 [https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49570-0_4]

Francis-Auton, E., Long, J.C., Sarkies, M., Roberts, N., Westbrook, J., Levesque, J-F., Watson, D.E., Hardwick, R., Hibbert, P.D., Pomare, C. and Braithwaite, J. (2023). Four System Enablers of Large System Transformation in Health Care: a Mixed Methods Realist Evaluation. The Milbank Quarterly, 102(1), 183-211. doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12684 [https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0009.12684]

McDonald, P.L., Foley, T.J., Verheij, R., Braithwaite, J., Rubin, J., Harwood, K., Phillips, J., Gilman, S. and van der Wees, P.J. (2024). Data to knowledge to improvement: creating the learning health system. The British Medical Journal, 384: e076175. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2023-076175 [http://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-076175]

Braithwaite, J. and Fisher, G. (2023). Beyond the aspirational: Creating the future of health care in Australia. Internal Medicine Journal, 54: 342-347. doi: 10.1111/imj.16286 [https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.16286]

Osman, S., Churruca, K., Ellis, L.A. and Braithwaite, J. (2023). Systems Archetypes to Investigate the Unintended Consequences of Telehealth in Rural Australia: A Systems Thinking Approach to Telehealth Evaluation and Policymaking. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 1-16. doi: 10.1002/hpm.3741 [https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3741]

Braithwaite, J., Pichumani, A. and Crowley, P. (2023). Tackling climate change: the pivotal role of clinicians. The British Medical Journal, 382, e076963. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2023-076963 [https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-076963]

Churruca, K., Falkland, E., Saba, M., Ellis, L.A. and Braithwaite, J. (2023). An integrative review of research evaluating organisational culture in residential aged care facilities. BMC Health Services Research, 23, 857. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09857-y [https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09857-y]

Clay-Williams, R., Zurynski, Y., Long, J.C., Meulenbroeks, I., Austin, E.E., Mahmoud, Z., Ellis, L.A., Knaggs, G., Fajardo Pulido, D., Ahlenstiel, G., Reece, G. and Braithwaite, J. (2023). What factors are considered in hospital funding models? A review of the literature on health services funding for economic co-operation and development countries. International Journal of Health Planning and Management: 1-22. doi: 10.1002/hpm.3688 [https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3688]

Churruca, K., Long, J.C., Ellis, L.A., Saba, M. and Braithwaite, J. (2023). Cultures of aged care delivery: Qualitative content analysis of Australia’s Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 00: 1-6. doi: 10.1111/ajag.13175 [https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13175]

Ellis, L.A., Tran, Y., Pomare, C., Long, J.C., Churruca, K., Saba, M. and Braithwaite, J. (2023). Hospital organizational change: The importance of teamwork culture, communication, and change readiness. Frontiers in Public Health, 11:1089252. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1089252 [https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1089252]

Pomare, C., Churruca, K., Long, J.C., Ellis, L.A. and Braithwaite, J. (2021) Work-as-Imagined Versus Work-as-Done: The Disconnect Between Policy Expectations and Staff Experiences in Hospital Redevelopment. In Managing Healthcare Organisations in Challenging Policy Contexts (pp. 133-149). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

Austin, E.E., Blakely, B., Salmon, P., Braithwaite, J. and Clay-Williams, R. (2022) Technology in the emergency department: Using cognitive work analysis to model and design sustainable systems. Safety Science, 147, 105613. doi: 10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105613. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105613]

Siette, J., Taylor, N., Deckers, K., Köhler, S., Braithwaite, J., Valenzuela, M. and Armitage, C.J. (2022) Advancing Australian Public Health Initiatives Targeting Dementia Risk Reduction. Australasian Journal on Ageing. 00:1-6. doi: 10.1111/ajag.13049. [https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13049]

Smith, K., Zurynski, Y. and Braithwaite, J. (2022) We can’t mitigate what we don’t monitor – Using informatics to measure and improve healthcare systems’ climate impact and environmental footprint. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, ocac113. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocac113. [https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocac113]

Zurynski, Y., Smith, C. L., Knaggs, G., Meulenbroeks, I. and Braithwaite, J. (2021), Funding research translation: how we got here and what to do next. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13131 [https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13131]

Mahmoud, Z., Angelé-Halgand, N., Churruca, K., Ellis, L. A., & Braithwaite, J. (2021). The impact of Lean Management on frontline healthcare professionals: a scoping review of the literature. BMC Health Services Research, 21:383. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-06344-0 [https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06344-0]

Mahmoud, Z., Angelé-Halgand, N., Churruca, K., Ellis, L. A., & Braithwaite, J. (2021). Access to surgical care as an efficiency issue: using lean management in French and Australian operating theatres. Journal of Health Organization and Management. doi: 10.1108/JHOM-08-2020-0347 [https://doi.org/10.1108/JHOM-08-2020-0347]

Testa, L., Ryder, T., Braithwaite, J., & Mitchell, R. J. (2021). Factors impacting hospital avoidance program utilisation in the care of acutely unwell residential aged care facility residents. BMC Health Services Research, 21, 599. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-06575 [https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06575-1]

Clay-Williams, R., Rapport, F. and Braithwaite J. (2020). The Australian health system response to COVID-19 from a Resilient Health Care perspective: what have we learned? Public Health Research & Practice, 30(4), 1-6. doi: 10.17061/phrp3042025.

Pomare, C., Churruca, K., Long, J. C., Ellis, L. A., and Braithwaite, J. (2021). Misalignment between policy and staff experience: the case of an Australian hospital redevelopment. Journal of Health Organization and Management. [https://doi.org/10.1108/JHOM-06-2020-0256]

Sarkies, M., Francis-Auton, E., Long, J.C., Partington, A., Pomare, C., Nguyen, H.M., Wu, W., Westbrook, J., Day, R., Levesque, J-F., Mitchell, R., Rapport, F., Cutler, H., Tran, Y., Clay-Williams, R., Watson, D.E., Arnolda, G., Hibbert, P., Lystad, R., Mumford, V., Leipnik, G., Sutherland, K., Hardwick, R. and Braithwaite, J. (2020). Implementing large-system value-based healthcare initiatives: A realist study protocol for seven natural experiments. BMJ Open, 2020;10:e044049. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044049].

Tartaglia, R., La Regina, M., Tanzini, M., Pomare, C., Urwin, R., Ellis, L.A.,Fineschi, V., Venneri, F., Seghieri, C., Lachman, P., Westbrook, J. and Braithwaite, J. (2020). The COVID-19 pandemic: international survey ofmanagement strategies. International Journal for Quality in HealthCare, mzaa139. doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzaa139.[https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzaa139].

Braithwaite, J., Vincent, C., Garcia-Elorrio, E., Imanaka, Y., Nicklin, W., Sodzi-Tettey, S. and Bates, D.W. (2020). Transformational improvement in quality care and health systems: the next decade. BMC Medicine, 18:340. doi: 10.1186/s12916-020-01739-y. [https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-020-01739-y]

Braithwaite, J., Tran, Y., Ellis, L. A. and Westbrook, J. (2020). Inside the black box of comparative national healthcare performance in 35 OECD countries: issues of culture, systems performance and sustainability. PLoS One, 15(9): e0239776. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239776. [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239776]

Braithwaite, J., Tran, Y., Ellis, L.A. and Westbrook, J. (2020). The 40 health systems, COVID-19 (40HS, C-19) study. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, mzaa113. doi: doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzaa113. [https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzaa113]

Mitchell, R. and Braithwaite, J. (2020). Evidence-informed health care policy and practice: using record linkage to uncover new knowledge. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. Available online: 23 April. doi: 10.1177%2F1355819620919793. [https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1355819620919793]

Braithwaite, J., Glasziou, P. and Westbrook, J. (2020). The three numbers you need to know about healthcare: the 60-30-10 challenge. BMC Medicine. 18(1);102. doi: 10.1186/s12916-020-01563-4. [https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-020-01563-4]

Churruca, K., Ellis, L.A., Long, J.C. and Braithwaite, J. (2020). What can health services researchers offer health systems? Developing meaningful partnerships between academics and health system workers. Comment on “Experience of Health Leadership in Partnering with University-Based Researchers in Canada-A call to ‘Reimagine’ Research”. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. Available online: 22 January. doi 10.15171/ijhpm.2020.07. [http://www.ijhpm.com/article_3745.html].

Easpaig, B.N.G., Tran, Y., Bierbaum, M., Arnolda, G., Delaney, G.P., Liauw, W., Olver, I., Currow, D. and Braithwaite, J. (2019) What is Multidisciplinary Cancer Care Like in Practice? A protocol for a mixed-method study to characterise ambulatory oncology services in the Australian public sector. BMJ Open, 9:e031179. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031179. [https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/10/e031179]

Mitchell, R., Draper, B., Close, J., Harvey, L., Brodaty, H., Do, V., Driscoll, T.R. and Braithwaite, J. (2019) Future hospital service utilisation in older adults living in long-term residential aged care or the community hospitalised with a fall related injury. Osteoporosis International. doi:  10.1007/s00198-019-05096-2. [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00198-019-05096-2#citeas]

Cunningham, F., Ranmuthugala, G., Westbrook, J. and Braithwaite, J. (2019) Tackling the wicked problem of health networks: the design of an evaluation framework. BMJ Open, 9(5):e024231. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024231. [https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/5/e024231.full]

Hibbert, P.D., Wiles, L.K., Cameron, I.D., Kitson, A., Reed, R.L., Georgiou, A., Gray, L., Westbrook, J., Augustsson, H., Molloy, C.J., Arnolda, G., Ting, H.P., Mitchell, R., Rapport, F., Gordon, S.J., Runciman, W.B. and Braithwaite, J. (2019) CareTrack Aged: the appropriateness of care delivered to Australians living in residential aged care facilities: a study protocol. BMJ Open, 9:e2030988. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030988.http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030988

Ludlow, K. and Braithwaite, J. (2019) Reflections from health systems researchers on nursing practices in dementia care. International Journal of Nursing Studies, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2019.05.002

Lamprell, K., Arnolda, G., Delaney, G., Liauw, W. and Braithwaite, J. (2019) The challenge of putting principles into practice: resource tensions and real-world constraints in multidisciplinary oncology team meetings. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, doi: 10.1111/ajco.13166. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajco.13166

Braithwaite, J., Herkes, J., Churruca, K., Long, J.C., Pomare, C., Boyling, C., Bierbaum, M., Clay-Williams, R., Rapport, F., Shih, P., Hogden, A., Ellis, L.A., Ludlow, K., Austin, E., Seah, R., McPherson, E., Hibbert, P. and Westbrook, J.I. (2019)  The Comprehensive Researcher Achievement Model (CRAM): a framework for measuring researcher achievement, impact and influence derived from a systematic literature review of metrics and models. BMJ Open, 9:e025320. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025320.

Philippon, D., Marchildon, G., Ludlow, K., Boyling, C. and Braithwaite, J. (2018) The comparative performance of the Canadian and Australian health systems. Healthcare Management Forum. doi: 10.1177/0840470418788378. [http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0840470418788378]

Nugus, P., Ranmuthugala, G., Lamonthe, J., Greenfield, D., Travaglia, J., Kolne, K., Kryluk, J. and Braithwaite, J. (2018) New ways to get policy into practice: a mixed-method participatory study of care coordination and street-level bureaucrats. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 32(6):809-824, doi: 10.1108/JHOM-09-2017-0239. [https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/JHOM-09-2017-0239]

Braithwaite, J., Mannion, R., Matsuyama, Y., Shekelle, P.G., Whittaker, S., Al-Adawi, S., Ludlow, K., James, W., Ting, H.P., Herkes, J., McPherson, E., Churruca, K., Lamprell, G., Ellis, L.A., Boyling, C., Warwick, M., Pomare, C., Nicklin, W. and Hughes, C.F. (2018) The future of health systems to 2030: a roadmap for global progress and sustainability. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzy242. [https://academic.oup.com/intqhc/article/30/10/823/5253761]

Braithwaite, J., Zurynski, Y., Ludlow, K., Holt, J., Augustsson, H. and Campbell, M. (2019) Towards sustainable healthcare system performance in the 21^st century in high-income countries: a protocol for a systematic review of the grey literature. BMJ Open, 9:e025892.doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025892. [https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/1/bmjopen-2018-025892]

Clay-Williams, R., Taylor, N. and Braithwaite, J. (2018)Potential solutions to the improve the governance of multicentre health services research. The Medical Journal of Australia, 208(4): 152-154. doi: 10.5694/mja16.01268. [https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2018/208/04]

Braithwaite, J., Testa, L., Lamprell, G., Herkes, J., Ludlow, K., McPherson, E., Campbell, M. and Holt, J. (2017) Built to last? The sustainability of health system improvements, interventions and change strategies: a study protocol for a systematic review. BMJ Open, 7(11): e018568. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018568. [http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/11/e018568]

Braithwaite, J., Mannion, R., Matsuyama, Y., Shekelle, P., Whittaker, S., Al-Adawi, S., Ludlow, K., James, W., Ting, H.P., Herkes, J., Ellis, L., Churruca, K., Nicklin, W. and Hughes, C. (2017) Accomplishing reform: successful case studies drawn from the health systems of 60 countries. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 29(6):880-886. doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzx122. [https://academic.oup.com/intqhc/article/29/6/880/4201418]

Lamprell, G. and Braithwaite, J. (2017) Mainstreaming gender and promoting intersectionality in Papua New Guinea’s health policy: a triangulated analysis applying data-mining and content analytic techniques. International Journal for Equity in Health, 16: 65. doi: 10.1186/s12939-017-0555-5. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5397822/]

Braithwaite, J., Westbrook, J., Coiera, E., Runciman, W.B., Day, R., Hillman, K. and Herkes, J. (2017) A systems science perspective on the capacity for change in public hospitals. Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 6: 16. doi: 10.1186/s13584-017-0143-6. [https://ijhpr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13584-017-0143-6]

Braithwaite, J., Matsuyama, Y., Mannion, R., Johnson, J., Bates, D.W., and Hughes, C. (2016) How to do better health reform: a snapshot of change and improvement initiatives in the health systems of 30 countries. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 28(6): 843-846. doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzw113. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzw113]

Braithwaite, J., Clay-Williams, R., Vecellio, E., Marks, D., Hooper, T., Westbrook, M., Westbrook, J., Blakely, B. and Ludlow, K. (2016) The basis of clinical tribalism, hierarchy and stereotyping: a laboratory-controlled teamwork experiment. BMJ Open, 6 (7): e012467. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012467. [http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/7/e012467.full]

Amalberti, R., Nicklin, W., and Braithwaite, J. (2016) Preparing national health systems to cope with the impending tsunami of ageing and its associated complexities: towards more sustainable health care. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 28(3): 412-414. doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzw021. [http://intqhc.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/03/10/intqhc.mzw021]

Hillman, K.M., Rubenfeld, G.D. and Braithwaite, J. (2015) Time to shut down the acute care conveyor belt? Medical Journal of Australia. 203(11): 429-430. doi:10.5694/mja14.01432. [https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2015/203/11/time-shut-down-acute-care-conveyor-belt]

Waring, J., Allen, D., Braithwaite, J. and Sandall, J. (2016) Healthcare quality and safety: a review of policy, practice and research. Sociology of Health & Illness, 38(2): 198-215. doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.12391. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9566.12391/abstract]

Greenfield, D., Debono, D., Hogden, A., Hinchcliff, R., Mumford, V., Pawsey, M., Westbrook, J. and Braithwaite, J. (2015) Examining challenges to reliability of health service accreditation during a period of healthcare reform in Australia. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 29(7): 912-924. doi: 10.1108/JHOM-02-2015-0034. [http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/JHOM-02-2015-0034]

Taylor, N., Clay-Williams, R., Hogden, E., Pye, V., Li, Z., Groene, O., Suñol, R. and Braithwaite, J. (2015) Deepening our Understanding of Quality in Australia (DUQuA): A study protocol for a nationwide, multilevel analysis of relationships between hospital quality management systems and patient factors. BMJ Open, 5(12):e010349. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010349. [http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/12/e010349.long]

Braithwaite, J.(2015) Bridging gaps to promote networked care between teams and groups in health delivery systems: a systematic review of non-health literature. BMJ Open, 5(9): e006567. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006567. [http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/9/e006567.full.pdf+html]

Lamprell, G., Greenfield, D. and Braithwaite, J. (2015) The paradoxes of gender mainstreaming in developing countries: the case of health care in Papua New Guinea. Global Public Health, 10(1): 41-54. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2014.959541. [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17441692.2014.959541]

Greenfield, D., Hinchcliff, R., Banks, M., Mumford, V., Hogden, A., Debono, D., Pawsey, M., Westbrook, J. and Braithwaite, J. (2015) Analysing ‘big picture’ policy reform mechanisms: the Australian health service safety and quality accreditation scheme. Health Expectations, 18(6): 3110-3122. doi: 10.1111/hex.12300. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hex.12300/full]

Clay-Williams, R., Nosrati, H., Cunningham, F., Hillman, K. and Braithwaite, J. (2014) Do large-scale hospital- and system-wide interventions improve patient outcomes: a systematic review. BMC Health Services Research, 14: 369-381. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-369. [http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/14/369]

Carswell, P., Manning, B., Long, J. and Braithwaite, J. (2014) Building clinical networks: A developmental evaluation framework. BMJ Quality & Safety, 23(5): 422-427. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2013-002405. [http://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/early/2014/01/30/bmjqs-2013-002405]

Nathan, S., Stephenson, N. and Braithwaite, J. (2014) Sidestepping questions of legitimacy: how community representatives manoeuvre to effect change in a health service. Health, 18(1): 23-40. doi: 10.1177/1363459312473617. [http://hea.sagepub.com/content/18/1/23.long]

Braithwaite, J., Westbrook, M., Nugus, P., Greenfield, D., Travaglia, J., Runciman, W., Foxwell, AR., Boyce, RA., Devinney, T. and Westbrook, J. (2013) Continuing differences between health professions’ attitudes: the saga of accomplishing systems-wide interprofessionalism. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 25(1): 8-15. doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzs071. [http://intqhc.oxfordjournals.org/content/25/1/8.long]

Nathan, S.A., Braithwaite, J. and Stephenson, N. (2013) Facilitating the action of community representatives in a health service: the role of a community participation coordinator. BMC Health Services Research, 13(1): 154. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-154. [http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/13/154]

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