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Modular structures and the delivery of inpatient care in hospitals: a Network Science perspective on healthcare function and dysfunction by Ben-Tovim, David I, Bajger, Mariusz, Bui, Viet Duong, Qin, Shaowen, Thompson, Campbell H

“…Reinforced by the COVID-19 pandemic, the capacity of health systems to cope with increasing healthcare demands has been an abiding concern of both governments…”
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Improving access to community care for people with intellectual disability is needed to avert unnecessary hospitalisations by Ben‐Tovim, David I, Vien, Kim

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Redesigning emergency department patient flows: Application of Lean Thinking to health care by King, Diane L, Ben-Tovim, David I, Bassham, Jane

“…Objective:  To describe in some detail the methods used and outcome of an application of concepts from Lean Thinking in establishing streams for patient flows…”
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Patient journeys: the process of clinical redesign by Ben‐Tovim, David I, Dougherty, Melissa L, O’Connell, Tony J, McGrath, Katherine M

“…*Clinical process redesign is a successful improvement method that has been used to increase access to health services in 60 public hospitals across New South…”
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Prevalence of resuscitation orders among residents from aged care facilities admitted to general medical units by Li, Jordan YZ, Yong, Tuck Y, McNeill, Diana, Spriggs, David, Fazal, Muhmmad, Hakendorf, Paul, Ben-Tovim, David I, Thompson, Campbell H

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Predicting admission of patients by their presentation to the emergency department by Kim, Susan W, Li, Jordan Y, Hakendorf, Paul, Teubner, David JO, Ben-Tovim, David I, Thompson, Campbell H

“…Objective The present study aims to determine the importance of certain factors in predicting the need of hospital admission for a patient in the ED. Methods…”
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Redesigning care at the Flinders Medical Centre: clinical process redesign using “lean thinking” by Ben‐Tovim, David I, Bassham, Jane E, Bennett, Denise M, Dougherty, Melissa L, Martin, Margaret A, O’Neill, Susan J, Sincock, Jackie L, Szwarcbord, Michael G

“…*The Flinders Medical Centre (FMC) Redesigning Care program began in November 2003; it is a hospital-wide process improvement program applying an approach…”
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Asking the hard questions about safety and quality indicators by Ben‐Tovim, David I

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Routine use of administrative data for safety and quality purposes — hospital mortality by Ben‐Tovim, David I, Pointer, Sophie C, Woodman, Richard, Hakendorf, Paul H, Harrison, James E

“…Worldwide, current practice is to report hospital mortality using the hospital standardised mortality ratio (HSMR). An HSMR is generated by comparing an…”
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Outcomes of establishing an acute assessment unit in the general medical service of a tertiary teaching hospital by Li, Jordan YZ, Yong, Tuck Y, Bennett, Denise M, O'Brien, Lauri T, Roberts, Susan, Hakendorf, Paul, Ben‐Tovim, David I, Phillips, Paddy A, Thompson, Campbell H

“…Objective: To evaluate the impact of an acute assessment unit (AAU) on length of hospital stay (LOS), emergency department (ED) waiting times, direct discharge…”
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Health services under siege: the case for clinical process redesign by O’Connell, Tony J, Ben‐Tovim, David I, McCaughan, Brian C, Szwarcbord, Michael G, McGrath, Katherine M

“…*Public health services are struggling to cope with rising demand. *Strain on health services manifests as longer waiting lists for surgery, queuing in the…”
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Implementing and sustaining transformational change in health care: lessons learnt about clinical process redesign by McGrath, Katherine M, Bennett, Denise M, Ben‐Tovim, David I, Boyages, Steven C, Lyons, Nigel J, O’Connell, Tony J

“…*Clinical process redesign has enabled significant improvements in the delivery of health care services in emergency departments and elective surgery programs…”
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Making cars and making health care: a critical review by Ben‐Tovim, David I, Stuart, Duncan, Kamp, Maarten, Cullen, Paul

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Clinical process redesign for unplanned arrivals in hospitals by O’Connell, Tony J, Bassham, Jane E, Bishop, Rod O, Clarke, Christopher W, Hullick, Carolyn J, King, Diane L, Peek, Carmel L, Verma, Raj, Ben‐Tovim, David I, McGrath, Katherine M

“…*Emergency department performance had been deteriorating in NSW Health facilities and at Flinders Medical Centre before a fundamentally new approach involving…”
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Measurement for improvement: a survey of current practice in Australian public hospitals by Brand, Caroline A, Tropea, Joanne, Ibrahim, Joseph E, Elkadi, Shaymaa O, Bain, Christopher A, Ben‐Tovim, David I, Bucknall, Tracey K, Greenberg, Peter B, Spigelman, Allan D

“…Objective: To identify patient safety measurement tools in use in Australian public hospitals and to determine barriers to their use. Design: Structured…”
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A Study of Factors Affecting Suicide in Aboriginal and ‘Other’ Populations in the Top End of the Northern Territory through an Audit of Coronial Records by Parker, Robert, Ben-Tovim, David I.

“…Objective: A recent increase in suicide among the Tiwi people of Bathurst and Melville Islands in the Northern Territory led to a review of recent suicides in…”
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Aviation and patient safety. Send in the marines? by Ben-Tovim, David I

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Hospital mortality ratios. Death is final: getting the balance right by Ben-Tovim, David I

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Low levels of interrater reliability in a standard measure of outcome in eating disorders (the modified Morgan-Russell assessment schedule) by Freeman, Robyn K., Walker, M. Kay, Ben-Tovim, David I.

“…Objective The interrater reliability of the modified version of the widely used Morgan‐Russell Assessment Schedule was assessed. Method: Sixty‐six female…”
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Outcome in patients with eating disorders: a 5-year study by Ben-Tovim, David I, Walker, Kay, Gilchrist, Peter, Freeman, Robyn, Kalucy, Ross, Esterman, Adrian

“…Eating disorders are disabling, unpredictable, and difficult to treat. We did a prospective 5-year investigation of a representative sample of patients with…”
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