Applying a Health Network approach to translate evidence-informed policy into practice: A review and case study on musculoskeletal health.
While translation of evidence into health policy and practice is recognised as critical to optimising health system performance and health-related outcomes for consumers, mechanisms to effectively achieve these goals are neither well understood, nor widely communicated. Health Networks represent a f...
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2012
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| author | Briggs, Andrew Bragge, P. Slater, Helen Chan, M. Towler, S. |
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| description | While translation of evidence into health policy and practice is recognised as critical to optimising health system performance and health-related outcomes for consumers, mechanisms to effectively achieve these goals are neither well understood, nor widely communicated. Health Networks represent a framework which offers a possible solution to this dilemma, particularly in light of emerging evidence regarding the importance of establishing relationships between stakeholders and identifying clinical leaders to drive evidence integration and translation into policy. This is particularly important for service delivery related to chronic diseases. In Western Australia (WA), disease and population-specific Health Networks are comprised of cross-discipline stakeholders who work collaboratively to develop evidence-informed policies and drive their implementation. Since establishment of the Health Networks in WA, over 50 evidence-informed Models of Care (MOCs) have been produced across 18 condition or population-focused Networks. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the Health Network framework in facilitating the translation of evidence into policy and practice with a particular focus on musculoskeletal health |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-375732017-01-30T14:04:29Z Applying a Health Network approach to translate evidence-informed policy into practice: A review and case study on musculoskeletal health. Briggs, Andrew Bragge, P. Slater, Helen Chan, M. Towler, S. While translation of evidence into health policy and practice is recognised as critical to optimising health system performance and health-related outcomes for consumers, mechanisms to effectively achieve these goals are neither well understood, nor widely communicated. Health Networks represent a framework which offers a possible solution to this dilemma, particularly in light of emerging evidence regarding the importance of establishing relationships between stakeholders and identifying clinical leaders to drive evidence integration and translation into policy. This is particularly important for service delivery related to chronic diseases. In Western Australia (WA), disease and population-specific Health Networks are comprised of cross-discipline stakeholders who work collaboratively to develop evidence-informed policies and drive their implementation. Since establishment of the Health Networks in WA, over 50 evidence-informed Models of Care (MOCs) have been produced across 18 condition or population-focused Networks. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the Health Network framework in facilitating the translation of evidence into policy and practice with a particular focus on musculoskeletal health 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37573 BioMed Central fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Briggs, Andrew Bragge, P. Slater, Helen Chan, M. Towler, S. Applying a Health Network approach to translate evidence-informed policy into practice: A review and case study on musculoskeletal health. |
| title | Applying a Health Network approach to translate evidence-informed policy into practice: A review and case study on musculoskeletal health. |
| title_full | Applying a Health Network approach to translate evidence-informed policy into practice: A review and case study on musculoskeletal health. |
| title_fullStr | Applying a Health Network approach to translate evidence-informed policy into practice: A review and case study on musculoskeletal health. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Applying a Health Network approach to translate evidence-informed policy into practice: A review and case study on musculoskeletal health. |
| title_short | Applying a Health Network approach to translate evidence-informed policy into practice: A review and case study on musculoskeletal health. |
| title_sort | applying a health network approach to translate evidence-informed policy into practice: a review and case study on musculoskeletal health. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37573 |