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Data-Driven Healthcare Improvement – a snapshot 15 September 2023 Health data plays a pivotal role in delivering effective healthcare, advancing medical research, and improving health outcomes. Monash Partners Senior Fellow, Ms Alison Johnson, profiles the Monash Partners Data Platform.… Read more...

From the Director: Building national infrastructure to support the sharing and reuse of health research data 31 August 2023 Monash Partners' data platform sits across our partnership supporting systems, strategies and processes to optimise the use of health data for healthcare improvement and research. Activities include data sharing agreements and principles, agreed… Read more...

From the Director: Advancing child health and women in healthcare leadership 4 July 2023 It has been estimated that ~60% of care is in line with evidence-based guidelines, ~30% is wasteful or of low value to the patient, and up to 10% may be… Read more...

From the Director: Advancing clinical trial engagement, involvement and participation of people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds 22 May 2023 People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds are significantly under-represented in Australian clinical trials. Language and translation difficulties, cultural beliefs about health, medicine and research, and a lack of… Read more...

New Clinician Fellow program to support clinical academic careers 22 May 2023 In response to a lack of clinical academic pathways across all health disciplines in Australia, Monash Partners has launched a program to support promising clinical academics embedded in healthcare, and… Read more...

From the Director: Monash Partners reaccredited by the NHMRC 19 April 2023 Monash Partners has been reaccredited by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) as a Research Translation Centre for a further five years. Reaccreditation recognises our leadership and collaboration… Read more...

Preventing recurrent blackouts with upfront pacemaker implantation 13 April 2023 Seven research projects were recently awarded funding thanks to our partnership with Equity Trustees. This collaboration recognises high impact research projects that directly benefit children and those suffering with cancer,… Read more...

From the Executive Director: The importance of plain language in health 15 March 2023 With Australia entering a new phase of the COVID pandemic, one where mandatory isolation has come to an end, many of us have reflected on what COVID has taught us.… Read more...

‘Game-changing’ wound care directories launched 21 February 2023 Two open-access online resources launched today that will fill significant gaps in wound-related education and research in Australia. The Wounds Research Directory is a database of Australian wound researchers and… Read more...

From the Executive Director: A time to reflect and enjoy new freedoms 16 December 2022 As 2022 comes to an end, it is timely to reflect on the year that has been. A year that began with government restrictions and is ending with the ability… Read more...

There has never been a more important time for the Australian research community to pool its resources in order to tackle a global health crisis not seen in more than a century. These collaborative initiatives are already progressing to patient trials aiming to have impact on improving the health of COVID-19 patients, and keeping those clinicians on the frontline safer as they continue to deal with this pandemic on a daily basis.