A framework for applying a health outcomes approach

Williamson, Margaret; Lonie, Cait; Colagiuri, Ruth; Kelleher, Dianne; Terracini, Elizabeth; Scanlon, Kym; Cardona, Magnolia; Noworytko, Hanna; Brown, Jared A; Wilson, Andrew; Close, Glen S.; Moore, Helen

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“…The Ryde Health Outcomes Initiative modifies the NSW Framework for Applying a Health Outcomes Approach (Williamson et al 1995). This involves: • identification of priority health issues • establishment of a high-level steering committee and other working groups The Ryde priorities, coronary heart disease, falls and suicide, were chosen because of local significance, the opportunity for health gain and, most importantly, because the health service and the community had the potential to support the implementation of initiatives in each of these areas.…”

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“…The Ryde Health Outcomes Initiative stems from the Commonwealth and New South Wales Goals and Targets Programs (Department of Human Services and Health 1994;NSW Coronary Heart Disease Goals and Targets Working Group 1995). It utilises the health outcomes framework developed by the Public Health Division of the NSW Health Department (Williamson et al 1995). Like the Goals and Targets Programs, the Ryde Health Outcomes Initiative has identified a number of health issue priorities.…”

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Health outcomes as an organisation-wide quality initiative

Healy¹,

Kelleher²,

Bennie³

1998

Aust. Health Review

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Since the burgeoning of the 'health outcomes' movement there has been an ever-increasing body of literature on health outcomes policy debates, directions, frameworks and tools for implementing health outcome-directed initiatives. There is a significant gap in the literature, however, in regard to translating a comprehensive health outcomes policy into practice at a local level. This paper addresses that gap. It describes the local implementation of a comprehensive health outcomes approach which works across the continuum of care. It identifies those organisation-wide structures and processes that support successful progress, thereby providing a useful guide to other organisations wishing to institutionalise the health outcomes approach.

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Health outcomes as an organisation-wide quality initiative

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Kelleher²,

Bennie³

1998

Aust. Health Review

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“…• a regular program of surveys of cancer care 'consumers' • a planned approach to analysis of linked cancer registry and inpatient statistics data sets outcomes approach was applied to melanoma to identify areas for intervention across the continuum of care from prevention through to treatment and palliation or rehabilitation. 4…”

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Working out what to measure: Melanoma services

Moore¹,

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Noworytko³

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NSW Public Health Bull.

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This article reports on a process to identify a priority set of indicators to measure the performance of services for melanoma, outlined in the Australian Cancer Network's Guidelines for the Management of Cutaneous Melanoma published in June 1997. 1 Melanoma is a major cause of morbidity in NSW. In 1998, the year for which there is the most recently available data, it was the fourth most common cancer diagnosed in NSW residents, with 1,565 cases diagnosed in males and 1,119 in females; 2 accounting for 362 deaths, three per cent of all deaths caused by cancer. Melanoma was the most common cancer in males and females aged 15-39 years in 1998.The importance of reducing this morbidity and associated mortality was recognised in 1994 by the Cancer Expert Working Group when they set goals and targets for NSW to reduce the incidence of, and mortality due to, melanoma. 3 To assist in achieving these goals, a health WORKING OUT WHAT TO MEASURE: MELANOMA SERVICES * Currently psychiatric registrar, Chatswood Community Mental Health Centre.

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An Integrated Model of Practice: Organisational Change to Achieve Population Health Outcomes

White¹,

Ashton²

1999

Aust. J. Prim. Health

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The move towards health outcomes internationally and in Australia has produced an agenda for meeting population health goals and targets which in the primary health care sector falls mainly on community health services. The workforce within these services is trained to deliver mainly secondary and tertiary care with a smattering of primary prevention. However, achieving population health outcomes will require health workers to become not only familiar with the language of Alma Ata and the Ottawa Charter, but also proficient in practice. The challenge for Wagga Wagga Community Health Services was to bring about this change by turning theory into practice in such a way as to make the change meaningful to the various disciplines working in it. An Integrated Model of Practice (IMP) was developed after examination of current practice revealed that deficits in skills and knowledge at health worker level and deficits in understanding about population health and health promotion at health service executive level specifically, would prevent the organisation achieving population health outcomes. The answer was the establishment of a task force response to identified health issues which addressed health problems systematically at the population level while retaining relevance to individual disciplines within the community health centre. The paper describes briefly the authors' experience with the process involved in organisational change towards achieving population health outcomes within a community health centre. It is the first of two papers, the second of which describes the gains made in the introduction of the Task Force Program within the Centre.

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A framework for applying a health outcomes approach

Abstract: Health outcomes initiatives in NSW have concentrated on the development of indicators to monitor services and their effect on health, and on the use of indicator data to improve the quality and outcomes of health services.

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