Protocol for Automated Content Analysis of Corpus to Determine Informatics Competencies amongst Health Service Managers

Brommeyer, Mark; Mackay, M. F.; Liang, Zhanming; Balan, Peter

doi:10.24083/apjhm.v16i3.785

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“…Although various management competency frameworks have been established to guide the development of management competence for health service managers [25,26], whether these frameworks have adequately captured the competency requirements for health service managers in managing the necessary, fast-paced change and digital transformation of health care is not evident. This highlights a need to articulate the competencies that are necessary for health service managers to acquire to effectively work with and manage in the digital health context.…”

Section: Competency Context and Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…This published work explored the competencies health service managers need to acquire to effectively manage in the digital health context as well as describing the key factors that enable and inhibit health service managers in demonstrating digital health competence in the workplace. This scoping review of the literature was conducted in 2022 and built on a rapid review undertaken in 2020 [25]. The review was guided by Arksey and O'Malley's five-step framework [36], using the following steps: (1) defining a research question, (2) identifying relevant studies, (3) selecting and confirming empirical studies, (4) data extraction, and (5) collating, summarizing, and reporting results.…”

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Developing Health Management Competency for Digital Health Transformation: Protocol for a Qualitative Study

Brommeyer,

Liang,

Whittaker

et al. 2023

JMIR Res Protoc

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Background Globally, the health care system is experiencing a period of rapid and radical change. In response, innovative service models have been adopted for the delivery of high-quality care that require a health workforce with skills to support transformation and new ways of working. Objective The aim of this research protocol is to describe research that will contribute to developing the capability of health service managers in the digital health era and enabling digital transformation within the Australian health care environment. It also explains the process of preparing and finalizing the research design and methodologies by seeking answers to the following three research questions: (1) To what extent can the existing health service management and digital health competency frameworks guide the development of competence for health service managers in understanding and managing in the digital health space? (2) What are the competencies that are necessary for health service managers to acquire in order to effectively work with and manage in the digital health context? (3) What are the key factors that enable and inhibit health service managers to develop and demonstrate digital health competence in the workplace? Methods The study has adopted a qualitative approach, guided by the empirically validated management competency identification process, using four steps: (1) health management and digital health competency mapping, (2) scoping review of literature and policy analysis, (3) focus group discussions with health service managers, and (4) semistructured interviews with digital health leaders. The first 2 steps were to confirm the need for updating the current health service management curriculum to address changing competency requirements of health service managers in the digital health context. Results Two initial steps have been completed confirming the significance of the study and study design. Step 1, competency mapping, found that nearly half of the digital competencies were only partially or not addressed at all by the health management competency framework. The scoping review articulated the competencies health service managers need to effectively demonstrate digital health competence in the workplace. The findings effectively support the importance of the current research and also the appropriateness of the proposed steps 3 and 4 in answering the research questions and achieving the research aim. Conclusions This study will provide insights into the health service management workforce performance and development needs for digital health and inform credentialing and professional development requirements. This will guide health service managers in leading and managing the adoption and implementation of digital health as a contemporary tool for health care delivery. The study will develop an in-depth understanding of Australian health service managers’ experiences and views. This research process could be applied in other contexts, noting that the results need contextualization to individual country jurisdictions and environments. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) DERR1-10.2196/51884

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Section: Competency Context and Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

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Developing Health Management Competency for Digital Health Transformation: Protocol for a Qualitative Study

Brommeyer,

Liang,

Whittaker

et al. 2023

JMIR Res Protoc

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“…and health informatics [13] were justified similarly on the basis of a need for sustained adaptation to the changing context. Pre pandemic literature identified knowledge and skill in epidemiology as fundamental to decision making in health services management [14]; a recommendation that has clearly increased in significance since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.…”

Section: Searchmentioning

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Australian Health Services Management Courses: A discussion on syllabus

Yen,

Anderson

2023

APJHM

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Objective: The aim of this research was to understand core knowledge areas offered by Masters courses in health services management in Australian universities. Design: A Google search identified relevant Masters’ degrees in health services management. Course syllabus was then extracted from each university’s website. Common core subjects were then collated and compared. Setting: Data for this study was collected from Australian university websites.Main outcome measures: Findings were compared with those presented in a similar study conducted in 2013. Interpretation was also informed by an appraisal of key issues that characterise the current context of health care in Australia. Results: Masters’ degrees in health services management were offered by 18 universities. Common core subjects included management, evaluation, evidence, health system, governance, law and human resource management. A comparison with an earlier study conducted by Ritchie and Yen [1] found an increase in the following subjects: health system, quality management, health economics, policy and research, and a decrease in health information, epidemiology and resourcing. New knowledge areas included leadership, planning and project management, change management, and strategy. Conclusions: This paper presents a discussion on knowledge areas that comprise syllabus in masters level health services management education nationally. Key findings revealed differences between courses and the responsiveness of core syllabus to the current health care environment. The emergence of leadership, planning and project management was unsurprising while an absence of subjects that gave explicit reference to First Nations peoples was a notable finding.

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