Healthcare Improvement and Implementation

Healthcare Improvement and Implementation science is a growing and vitally important field of applied healthcare delivery research. It has developed in response to the recognised need that systems established for the delivery of front-line clinical care need to be continually strengthened and adapted to clinical needs. This has arisen in the light of the remarkable success of clinical medicine, nursing, midwifery, and allied health that has in turn spawned issues such as safety, ethics, cost and policy pressures to achieve greater system efficiency and effectiveness globally, combined with rising public expectation of high quality, safe and patient-centered service delivery.

Implementation and Healthcare Improvement

The Healthcare Improvement and Implementation topics undertaken in this theme include:

  1. Implementation and Healthcare Improvement
  2. Healthcare Systems of the Future
  3. Evaluation Methods in Implementation Research

Major Collaboration

The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre (Health in Preconception, Pregnancy and Postpartum – HiPPP)

Major Current Project

Health in Preconception, Pregnancy and Postpartum (HiPPP)
This program of research is funded by the Medical Research Future Fund’s Boosting Prevention program, through The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre. The research is led by the HIPPP Collaborative, a multi-disciplinary national/international network led from the Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation. Its primary aim is to improve lifestyle, improve health and prevent maternal obesity. This work is underpinned by partnership, research, capacity building and knowledge translation.

Evaluation Methods in Implementation Research

MCHRI is an internationally recognised leader in evaluation methods and implementation research. Guided by the MCHRI Knowledge to Action Framework we work on solution-focused research with industry partners to develop the evidence base needed to inform implementation, translation, and scale up of programs designed to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians.