Joachim Sturmberg

The aged care royal commission has looked at regulation in aged care. From shutterstock.com

August 12, 2019

Red tape in aged care shouldn’t force staff to prioritise ticking boxes over residents’ outcomes

Joachim Sturmberg, University of Newcastle

Bureaucratic ‘red tape’ has contributed to the current crisis in our aged care system. We need a system of accountability that focuses more on residents’ outcomes, and less on processes.

The health sector can learn from other industries that turn to operations research to fix everyday challenges. Anna Jurkovska/Shutterstock

March 22, 2016

Hospitals don’t need increased funding, they need to make better use of what they’ve got

Mark Mackay, Flinders University; Campbell Thompson, University of Adelaide; Don Campbell, Monash University; Geoff McDonnell, UNSW ; Joachim Sturmberg, University of Newcastle; Leonid Churilov, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health; Malgorzata O'Reilly, University of Tasmania; Mark Fackrell, The University of Melbourne; Nigel Bean, University of Adelaide; Paul Harper, Cardiff University; Peter Taylor, The University of Melbourne; Robert Adams, University of Adelaide; Terry Young, Brunel University of London; David Green, University of Adelaide; Jennifer Morgan, Cardiff University; Sally McClean, Ulster University, and Thierry Chaussalet, University of Westminster

Fixing the hospital system is not just a matter of more funding. Hospitals need to work smarter, not harder.

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Red tape in aged care shouldn’t force staff to prioritise ticking boxes over residents’ outcomes

Hospitals don’t need increased funding, they need to make better use of what they’ve got

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