Australia and New Zealand Health Policy - Latest articlesThe latest articles from Australia and New Zealand Health Policy (ISSN 1743-8462) published by BioMed CentralNational quality and performance system for Divisions of General Practice: early reflections on a system under development- May 30, 2008 Background: Governments are increasingly introducing performance management systems to improve the quality and outcomes of health care. Two types of approaches have been described: assurance systems that use summative information for external accountability and internally driven systems that use formative information for continuous quality improvement. Australia recently introduced a National Quality and Performance System (NQPS) for Divisions of General Practice that has the dual purposes of...http://www.anzhealthpolicy.com/content/5/1/8 Australia's insurance 'crisis' and the inequitable treatment of self-employed midwives- May 29, 2008 Based upon a review of articles published in Australia's major newspapers over the period January 2001 to December 2005, a case study approach has been used to investigate why, when compared with other small business operators, including medical specialists, Australian governments have appeared reluctant to protect the economic viability of the businesses of self-employed midwives. Theories of agenda setting and structuralism have been used to explore that inequity. What has emerged is a...http://www.anzhealthpolicy.com/content/5/1/6 The global workforce shortages and the migration of medical professions: the Australian policy response- May 29, 2008 Medical migration sees the providers of medical services (in particular medical practitioners) moving from one region or country to another. This creates problems for the provision of public health and medical services and poses challenges for laws in the nation state and for laws in the global community.There exists a global shortage of healthcare professionals. Nation states and health rights movements have been both responsible for, and responsive to, this global community shortage through a.http://www.anzhealthpolicy.com/content/5/1/7 Meeting the demographic challenges ahead: Toward culture change in an ageing New Zealand- May 22, 2008 There are several innovative service delivery models in the United States (US) relevant to long-term care policy development and implementation in New Zealand. An especially fruitful source of innovation has been the culture change movement, which originated in the US but has begun to spread to New Zealand and other OECD countries. The culture change philosophy requires that providers respond to the values, preferences, and needs of care recipients. It also requires devolving authority to...http://www.anzhealthpolicy.com/content/5/1/5 |