2009-2013

$8,400,000

Funding body:

National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

Subject:

Patient Safety: Enabling and Supporting Change for a Safer and More Effective Health System

Project type:

Program Grant

Chief Investigators:

Braithwaite J, Westbrook JI, Coiera E, Runciman W, Day R

2009-2012              

$2,306,000

Funding body:

Australian Research Council, Industry partner: Sydney South West Area Health Service

Subject:

Use of information and communication technologies to support effective work practice innovation in the health sector: a multi-site study

Project type:

Research linkage grant LP0989144 ($756,000 cash)

Chief Investigators:

Westbrook JI, Braithwaite J, Gibson K, Paoloni R

2009-2013

$1,580,000

Funding body:

Australian Research Council

Subject:

Evaluating communities of practice and social-professional networks: the development, design, testing, refinement, simulation and application of an evaluation framework

Project type:

Discovery grant DP0986493

Chief Investigators:

Braithwaite J, Westbrook JI

2008-2009

$328,000

Funding body:

Australian Department of Health and Ageing

Subject:

Identifying how electronic decision support in computerized pathology order entry systems can improve pathology practice, rational ordering and patient outcomes

Project type:

Quality Use of Pathology Program grant

Chief Investigators:

Westbrook JI, Georgiou A, Callen J

2007-2009

$641,125

Funding body:

National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

Subject:

The impact of electronic medication administration records (e-MAR) on medication administration safety and nurses’ work

Project type:

Project grant 455270

Chief Investigators:

Westbrook JI, Dean-Franklin B, Day R, Duffield C, Coiera E, Williamson M

2007-2010

$665,100

Funding body:

National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

Subject:

Electronic portable health file (PHF) to promote quality of care and workflow through continuity of care

Project type:

Project grant 455467

Chief Investigators:

Lassere M, Westbrook JI, Johnson K, Iedema R, Rubin G, McCauley V

2007-2009

$727,726

Funding body:

Australian Research Council, Industry partner: Prince of Wales Hospital

Subject:

Agent-based methods for communication system design in complex organisations

Project type:

Research linkage grant LP0775532 ($727,726 cash)

Chief Investigators:

Coiera E, Westbrook JI, Wobcke W, Magrabi F

2007-2010

$4,779,012

Funding body:

Australian Research Council, Industry partner: ACT Health

Subject:

An action research project to strengthen inter-professional learning and practice across the ACT health system

Project type:

Research linkage grant LP0775514 ($1.34 M cash)

Chief Investigators:

Braithwaite J, Iedema R, Westbrook JI, Foxwell AR, Boyce R, Budge M

2007-2008

$10,000

Funding body:

Abbott Pharmaceuticals

Subject:

Examination of the impact of an electronic medication management system on the workload and work patterns in clinical practice of clinical pharmacists in hospital practice

Project type:

Abbott Australasia Hospital Pharmacy Research Grant

Chief Investigators:

Burke R, Westbrook JI, Williamson M, Maunsell T

2006-2008

$583,000

Funding body:

National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

Subject:

The safety and effectiveness of hospital e-prescribing systems: a controlled time series study

Project type:

Project grant 400929

Chief Investigators:

Westbrook JI, Runciman W, Day R, Dunsmuir W, Braithwaite J, Williamson M

2006-2008

$336,000

Funding body:

Australian Research Council

Subject:

A knowledge-based approach to multi-document text summarisation for automated meta-analysis of the scientific literature

Project type:

Discovery grant DP0666600

Chief Investigators:

Coiera EW, Westbrook JI

2005-2008

$1,350,000

Funding body:

Australian Research Council, The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards, Ramsay Health Care, Affinity Health Limited

Subject:

Examinations of the relationship between accreditation and clinical and organisational performance

Project type:

Research grant – ARC Linkage grant LP0560737 ($780,000 cash)

Chief Investigators:

Braithwaite J, Iedema R, Westbrook J Runciman W, Redman S, Pawsey M, Jorm C

2004-2008

$435,000

Funding body:

National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

Subject:

Development of techniques and models to evaluate the impact of health information technologies on clinical practice and outcomes

Project type:

Population Health Career Development Grant 300567

Chief Investigators:

Westbrook JI

2006-2007

$228,000

Funding body:

HCF Health and Medical Research Foundation

Subject:

Clinical errors - their causes and frequency in hospitals

Project type:

Project grant

Chief Investigators:

Westbrook JI, Coiera EW,  Williamson M, Dunsmuir W, Ampt A

2003-2007

$2,196,427

Funding body:

Australian Research Council, Industry partner: NSW Health Department

Subject:

Evaluating the impact of information and communication technologies on organisational processes and outcomes: a multi-disciplinary, multi-method approach.

Project type:

Research linkage grant LP0347042 ($1.2 M cash)

Chief Investigators:

Westbrook JI, Gosling S, Iedema R, Braithwaite J, Ayres D, Mathieson T, Coiera E