Event wrap: 10 August 2013. Increasing the use of research in policy making and practice involves much more than making evidence available – it must recognise the complexities of devising and rolling out policy, the Sax Institute’s Professor Emily Banks told a research forum in Sydney. In her keynote...
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Latest news: 2 August 2013. Clinical care for men with advanced prostate cancer is in major need of improvement, prompting the rollout of a collaborative research project in NSW, led by the Sax Institute. The most recently available data indicate only 10% of NSW men with high-risk prostate cancer...
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Latest news: 4 July 2013. Our Evidence Check review conducted for the Mental Health Commission of NSW showed that major gaps exist in our knowledge about what types of programs actually work to help people with mental illness, despite the billions of dollars invested in the sector. The review...
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Opinion: 27 June 2013. By Bob Wells, Policy head, Research Assets, Sax Institute and Co-Director, Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute One of the key platforms of the first Rudd government was to reform the health and hospital system. The key message from then-prime minister Kevin Rudd was that...
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The Health Wrap is a regular feature on Croakey from the Sax Institute communications team, which covers some of the interesting and important health news from the previous fortnight, including items covered at Croakey and elsewhere. 2017 15 December: The Health Wrap: Australia bans vaginal mesh implants; Meningococcal vaccine;...
READ MORELatest news: 17 June 2013. The keynote speaker at our 9th HARC Forum – international expert on diagnostic error Dr Mark Graber – spoke to several media outlets during his stay in Australia. Below is a summary of the coverage. Media reports: The hidden problem of medical misdiagnosis The Conversation Diagnostic...
READ MOREMedia release: 13 June 2013. Major gaps exist in our knowledge about what types of programs actually work to help people with mental illness, despite the billions of dollars invested in the sector, a new review released today shows. The Sax Institute’s Evidence Check Review, conducted for the Mental...
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Latest news: 7 June 2013. Three early career researchers will now have the chance to work with leading international experts after winning the most recent round of Hospital Alliance for Research Collaboration (HARC) scholarships. Alison Lee, Bea Brown and Gai Moore are the latest researchers to be awarded under...
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Video: 22 May 2013. International diagnostic error pioneer Dr Mark Graber addressed the 9th HARC Forum on Monday 13 May on the subject of reducing diagnostic error in medicine. In this interview the Sax Institute’s Dr Carmen Huckel Schneider asked Dr Graber why diagnostic error is a problem, and...
READ MOREEvent wrap: 15 May 2013. Not a single healthcare organisation in the world is measuring the scale of diagnostic error in its patients, international expert Dr Mark Graber told a Sydney healthcare audience last week. Addressing the 9th Hospital Alliance for Research Collaboration (HARC) Forum, Dr Graber said research...
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