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Medical care

Working paper

Relational ethics in health care automation


Despite the transformative potential of automation and clinical decision support technology in health care, there is growing urgency for more nuanced approaches to ethics. The purpose of this review is to ask health care practitioners, managers and policy makers to consider the use of automated tools in practice settings and examine how these tools might...
Strategy

Statement on sex, gender, variations of sex characteristics and sexual orientation in health and medical research


This joint statement with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the Department of Health and Aged Care has been prepared to help make health and medical research more inclusive. The purpose of the statement is to improve health outcomes by improving knowledge of research gaps related to historical underrepresentation of sex, gender...
Journal article

Knowledge translation in Indigenous health research: voices from the field

Simon Brascoupé, Janet Smylie, Tom Calma, Janine Mohamed, Paul J. Stewart, Raglan Maddox
The objective of this study was to better understand what knowledge translation activities are effective and meaningful to Indigenous communities, and what is required to advance knowledge translation in health research with, for, and by Indigenous communities.
Working paper

Vaccine development as a public service: public service logic in the development of the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19


This paper examines the development of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic as an ideal example of an effective public-private partnership, and groundbreaking innovation in drug development.
Briefing paper

Harnessing data to improve patient care and prevent hospital-acquired complications


The authors of this paper assert that the publication of hospital-acquired complications (HAC) data for consumers provides valuable information to inform patient choice, particularly around the selection of care providers and potential treatment options. To improve patient access to and understanding of HAC information, the authors argue that consumers must be involved in the co-design...