Sentences with phrase «indigenous health care quality»

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The authors argue not only for more resources, but for an integrated national health care system, built around a strong public primary care system with a clearly defined supportive role for the private and indigenous sectors, that (i) addresses acute as well as chronic health care needs; (ii) offers choice of care that is rational, accessible, and of good quality, (iii) is cashless at the point of service delivery, and (iv) is governed by a robust regulatory framework to ensure accountability.

The tool will be released in the coming months and available for testing in more than 200 Aboriginal community controlled health services (ACCHOs) through the National Centre for Quality Improvement in Indigenous Primary Health Care (One21sevhealth services (ACCHOs) through the National Centre for Quality Improvement in Indigenous Primary Health Care (One21sevHealth Care (One21seventy).

Cultural safety was developed and led by Indigenous nurses in New Zealand to mitigate the harms of colonisation and improve health care quality and outcomes for Māori, and this has been extended by nurses in Australia, Canada and the US.

Palmer said the department was currently «looking to find ways to expand» one of the first quality improvement initiatives it had funded: the Healthy for Life program that collects data from about 100 Indigenous primary health care sites across Australia on essential health indicators and others relating to organisational structure and care provision.

Continuous quality improvement (CQI) is emerging as a major success factor in improving Indigenous primary health and health care in Australia — but sector leaders say there must be consistent national support as the benefits are not being spread evenly.

[14] And one of the reasons they've been so well received in the Territory is that many are delivered by Aboriginal - controlled health care professionals, demonstrating that quality medical care can be delivered in a way that accommodates and respects Indigenous protocols and notions of well - being.

In 2004, the report Costings Models for Indigenous Health, estimated the cost of extending Indigenous specific universal primary health care to be between $ 409 million and $ 570 million depending on the quality of service offered.291 The consultants based their lower estimate on a needed health spending ratio of 2.21:1 (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander to non-Indigenous) based only on extra Health, estimated the cost of extending Indigenous specific universal primary health care to be between $ 409 million and $ 570 million depending on the quality of service offered.291 The consultants based their lower estimate on a needed health spending ratio of 2.21:1 (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander to non-Indigenous) based only on extra health care to be between $ 409 million and $ 570 million depending on the quality of service offered.291 The consultants based their lower estimate on a needed health spending ratio of 2.21:1 (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander to non-Indigenous) based only on extra health spending ratio of 2.21:1 (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander to non-Indigenous) based only on extra needs.

Detailing further research into health - related quality of life among Indigenous Australians diagnosed with cancer, Associate Professor Gail Garvey of the Menzies said clinicians have increasingly recognised that while morbidity and mortality are important, more attention needs to be paid to the quality of life in a patient's care, given the very significant impact on peoples» lives, families, and work.

In addition, 10 Aboriginal Patient Liaisons work at Northern Health facilities across northern BC to facilitate access to quality, culturally safe care for Indigenous people.

Assisting Indigenous people and their families to access high quality, culturally safe health care services