Abstract
INTRODUCTION
New health technologies, diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities are continually being developed and implemented, along with constant reform of the supporting health services and systems. It is critical that health services understand how health care users perceive services and if services are fit for purpose. All Australians can contribute to health care design and support change to improve health service delivery. Changes in health care delivery or health care reforms should at the outset document the rationale for change, how and in what way services will change, the measurements that will be used to determine that change has occurred, how a successful outcome will be defined, and which parties were included and excluded from the consultation and change process...
New health technologies, diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities are continually being developed and implemented, along with constant reform of the supporting health services and systems. It is critical that health services understand how health care users perceive services and if services are fit for purpose. All Australians can contribute to health care design and support change to improve health service delivery. Changes in health care delivery or health care reforms should at the outset document the rationale for change, how and in what way services will change, the measurements that will be used to determine that change has occurred, how a successful outcome will be defined, and which parties were included and excluded from the consultation and change process...
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 5-13 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Nephrology |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | S1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 2018 |
Keywords
- health care delivery
- kidney disease
- First Nations peoples
- advocacy
