Allied health leadership in the transition to value-based health care
Belinda Gavaghan1, Kylie Woolcock2, Emma Hoban2, Katelyn Clarke11Office Of The Chief Allied Health Officer, Clinical Excellence Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia2Australian Healthcare and Hospital Association, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Abstract
Background
Over the past 10 years, Queensland Health system-level interest and sustained commitment and investment by the Queensland Office of the Chief Allied Health Officer (OCAHO) to support models that optimise the contribution of the allied health workforce to client care, have created an opportunity for allied health to embrace a shift from volume-based to value-based health care (VBHC).
However, the implementation and delivery of purposefully co-designed services to achieve the outcomes that matter to people and communities requires a change in the way clinicians and leaders design services and measure their impact and outcomes.
Methods
The Allied Health Framework for Value-Based Health Care (the Framework) was developed through a partnership between OCAHO and the Australian Healthcare and Hospital Association. It was iteratively and collaboratively designed to provide a non-discipline specific structure and scaffold to transform health care delivery within a clinician or leader’s sphere of influence.
Results
Evaluation of the utility of the Framework through a pilot phase is underway. Several unique allied health-led services are being supported to implement self-initiated VBHC redesign projects, focusing on Framework domains of:
- Where do I start?
- Understanding care pathways and shared needs
- Supporting a person-centred outcome driven workforce culture
- Measuring what matters
- Designing for outcomes.
Discussion
This session will explore the development and early implementation of the Framework. It will discuss the challenges and enablers of the development and implementation of VBHC using the Framework and aim to inspire other allied health services to transition to VBHC.
Biography
Katelyn Clarke is a graduate of the University of Queensland and University of New South Wales with graduate and post-graduate qualifications and experience in business management, oral health, public health and health management. She has a particular interest in healthcare economic evaluation, health equity and the social determinants of health, and value-based health care. Katelyn is currently providing support to Queensland Health allied health clinicians and services to transition to value-based health care and implement innovative, patient-centred models of care as part of her role in the Office of the Chief Allied Health Officer in Queensland.
Dr Belinda Gavaghan is a speech pathologist by background with a diverse range of clinical, research and health management experiences in Queensland and New South Wales. She has extensive experience in health equity, public health, service development, innovation and reform.
Currently, Belinda is Director of Allied Health within Clinical Excellence Queensland and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Queensland University of Technology. Belinda is a graduate of the NSW Public Health Training Program.