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Programmes of Work
Unwarranted Variations
in Practice
Unwarranted Variations
in Practice
Focused on variations in clinical practices and structural choices, that cannot be explained by patient needs or preferences and which have the greatest impact on health outcomes and net welfare (i.e., costs).
Economic Evidence within
Service Planning and Management
Economic Evidence within
Service Planning and Management
The normative and formative evaluation of expected future value for options to improve service delivery. The focus is on informing iterative adaptations to integrated patient pathways rather than once-off adoption and pricing decisions of discrete and substitute products.
Early Health Technology Management
Early Health Technology Management
Health Technology Assessment (HTA) of products and services conducted early within their lifecycle (eHTA) and which are development-focused (DF-HTA).
Process Mining in
Clinical Practice
Process Mining in
Clinical Practice
The data mining of clinical, patient administrative and costing information systems that are 'process-aware' (i.e., those comprising timestamps), to automate insights into patient flow and clinical decision-making.
Value & Pricing
in Health Care
Value & Pricing
in Health Care
A focus on marginal and non-marginal gains, opportunity costs, economic perspectives, and decision-uncertainty related to diverse process-metrics and consequences arising from allocative choices.
Quality Improvement &
Change Management
Quality Improvement &
Change Management
Learning Health Systems and other collaborative and participatory methods for engaging diverse stakeholders to implement and sustain cost-effective initiatives
Funding Models &
Incentives
Funding Models &
Incentives
How different funding options across the spectrum of bundled payments, from fee-for-service to capitation, provide extrinsic rewards and incentives to affect the pursuit of
societal goals.
Ideas ??
Ideas ??
Funding Support
Funding Support
Project Funding Awarded:
HERDC Category 1: Australian Competitive Grant Research Income
Associate Investigator - Karnon, J. Harvey, G. Hansen, K. Pearce, J. Schultz, T. Mittinty, M. Miller, S. Janardan, J. Dey, I. Balian, F. Costi, J. Jessup, R. Partington, A. Magnuson, N. Caffery, L. Enabling safe, high quality & high-value virtual emergency care in Australia, NHMRC Targeted Call for Research: Ensuring the Quality and Safety of Telehealth, 2024 - 2026 (999,946 AUD)
Chief Investigator - Sullivan, D., Sarkies, M. N., Fleming, G., Green, S., Spinks, C., Hespe, C. M., Robertson, E., Srinivasan, S., Trent, R., Partington, A., Li, S., Cusack, M. B. & Elias, L. Implementing a Primary-Tertiary Shared Care Model for Scaling Up Genetic Medicine, NSW Health Translational Research Grant Scheme, 2022 - 2025 (403,504 AUD)
Chief Investigator - Whitehead, C., Laver, K., Harvey, G., Ratcliffe, J., Mackean, T., Adey-Wakeling, Z., To, T., Lynch, E., Rahja, M., Voss, D., D'Angelo, S., Partington, A., Crotty, M., Blyth, A., Morris, D., Mark, N., Duong, M., Karnon, J., Davies, O., Prendergast, J., Bierer, P. & Leahy, A. “There must be a better way”: partnering with consumers to implement a digitally enabled geriatric urgent care unit to improve hospital flow, MRFF Models of Care to Improve the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Acute Care, 2022 - 2024 (1,150,352 AUD)
Associate Investigator - Sarkies, M., Hirschhorn, A., Braithwaite, J., Arnolda, G., Francis-Auton, E., Long, J., Gumley, G., Hibbert, P., Cavanough, K., Hutchinson, K., Partington, A., Hughes, C., Gillatt, D., Stoodley, M., Roberts, N., Ellis, L. & Testa, L. Implementation of evidence and consensus-based perioperative care pathways to reduce unwarranted clinical variation in a private, academic health sciences centre, HCF Health & Medical Research Foundation, 2022-2024 (268,000 AUD)
Chief Investigator - Schultz, T. Karnon, J. Partington, A. Abdel Shafei, A. Reeves, P. Everingham, P. Improving the use of business cases in local health services across Australia, Flinders Foundation, 2022 - 2023 (25,000 AUD)
Chief Investigator - Suriadi, S. Schuetz, M. Rothwell, S. Allison, B. Thiele, D. Bailey, A. ter Hofstede, A. Rosemann, M. Ouyang, C. Wynn, M. T. De Weerdt, J. Karnon, J. Partington, A. Foster, K. Smith, I. Brighouse, R. Improving ED Patient Flows through Process-oriented Data Mining. The Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation (AusHSI) Stimulus Grant, 2013-2014 (45,000 AUD)
Associate Investigator - Karnon, J. Chew, D. Wynn, M. T. Ben-Tovim, D. Qin, S. Crane, G. Partington, A. Reducing variation in clinical practice: a twin track approach to support improved performance. HCF Health & Medical Research Foundation, 2012-2014 (314,194 AUD)
HERDC Category 2: Other Public Sector Research Funding
Chief Investigator - Karnon, J. Schultz, T. Partington, A. Gray, J. Oster, C. & Lawn, S. Economic evaluation of the Adelaide PHN Commonwealth Psychosocial Program – “Wellness Connect”, Adelaide Primary Health Network, 2025 (100,000 AUD)
Chief Investigator - Karnon, J. Partington, A. Schultz, T. Pincombe, A. SA Virtual Care Service Economic Evaluation Phase 2. SA Health, 2024 (182,000 AUD)
Chief Investigator - Karnon, J. Bowden, J. Reed, R. Shelby-James, T. Schultz, T. Roeger, L. Leung, E. Partington, A. Invitation to Supply Professional Services Panel. Government of South Australia, 2023 - Ongoing (1 AUD)
Chief Investigator - Karnon, J., Schultz, T., Partington, A. & Pham, C. Initial Economic Evaluation of SA Virtual Care Service, SA Health, 2023 (80,000 AUD)
Chief Investigator - Partington, A., Pincombe, A. & Karnon, J. Health economic component of the Evaluation of a front door frailty service (CARE and GEM@HOME programs), 2022 - 2023 (60,000 AUD)
Chief Investigator - Karnon, J. Schultz, T. Harvey, G. Oster, C. Partington, A. Gray, J. Bracci, E. Pincombe, A. Bidargaddi, N. Shulver, W. Taylor, A., Bedford, V. Snoswell, C., Bastiampillai, T. Reed, R. My Home Hospital External Review – Patient Experiences, Clinical Outcomes and Literature Review, Wellbeing SA & SA Health, 2022 – 2023 (230,000 AUD)
Chief Investigator - Partington, A., Karnon, J. Demand Management Initiatives – Economic Evaluation, South Australian Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health, 2021 – 2022 (40,000 AUD)
Chief Investigator - Cutler, H., Parkinson, B., McLeod, R., Dalziel, K., Gumbie, M., Mumford, V., Vagholkar, S., Pont, L. G., Song, R., Jeet, V., Hoyle, M., Seil, E., Norman, A. & Partington, A. Health Technology Assessment, Research Support and Other Services for the Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC), Australian Government, 2019 - 2022 (1 AUD)
Chief Investigator - Cutler, H., Hoyle, M., Schroeder, L., Parkinson, B., Gu, Y., Epp, J., Mumford, V., Sinha, K., Gumbie, M., Jeet, V., Song, R., Partington, A., Gu, M., Aghdaee, M., Seil, E. & Norman, A. Health Economic Service Panel (HESP), Australian Government, 2020 - 2023 (1 AUD)
Chief Investigator - Cutler, H., Parkinson, B., McLeod, R., Dalziel, K., Gumbie, M., Mumford, V., Vagholkar, S., Pont, L. G., Song, R., Jeet, V., Hoyle, M., Seil, E., Norman, A. & Partington, A. Services for external evaluation of Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) and health technology related submissions, Australian Government, 2016 – Ongoing (1 AUD)
HERDC Category 3: Industry and Other Funding for Research
Chief Investigator - Karnon, J. Schultz, T. Partington, A. The use of Patient Reported Outcome Measures by Australian private health insurers: policy and practice implications, Medibank Private, 2023 (1 AUD)
Associate Investigator - Zurynski, Y., Smith, K., Dammery, G. & Partington, A. Evaluation of Calvary Health Care’s research translation pathways with Research Australia, 2022 (1 AUD)
Project Funding Submitted:
Chief Investigator - Keir, A. Thomson, M. Harvey, G. Munn, Z. Partington, A. Vella, S. Ritchie, U. Wing, M. Burke, A. Simpson, P. Pap, R. Karnon, J. From Call to Care: An Optimal Care Pathway for Low Back Pain (LBP), HCF Research Foundation Health Services Research Grants, 2025 (733,254 AUD)
Chief Investigator - Stanton, N. Barton, C. Smith, A. E. Parfitt, G. Rio, E. Cashin, A. Harvie, D. Stanford, T. Partington, A. Smith, R. MacIntyre, E. Ninnes, P. OVERCOME: A randomised controlled trial to test the comparative clinical and cost-effectiveness of Virtual Reality Cycling to improve pain and function in knee osteoarthritis, MRFF Clinical Trials Activity Stream 3, 2025 (3,446,283 AUD)
Chief Investigator - Kirkpatrick, E. O'Callaghan, G. Porter, A. Bessen, T. Jasinski, A. Murphy, E. Hardikar, A. Partington, A. Szabo, G. Boyle, Y. Bampton, J. Wade, N. Sanchez, K. Ritchie, U. Campbell, D. Hardin, T. Smith, M. Improving consumer experience of post-surgical care by augmenting primary and integrated care pathways, 2024 MRFF Integrated Multidisciplinary Models of Primary Care, 2025 (464,243 AUD)
Project Funding Unsuccessful:
Chief Investigator - Partington, A. Afali, H. Horsfall, M. Chew, D. Karnon, J. Decision-modelling for service (re)design, Flinders Foundation Health Seed Grant, 2019
Associate Investigator - Schultz, T. Morphett, M. Hansen, K. Kelly, J. Costa, J. Karnon, J. Partington, A. Ratcliffe, J. Khadka, J. Miller, S. Development of a patient-reported experience measure (PREM) for virtual emergency care, HTSA MRFF Catalyst Grant Scheme, 2023 (59,000 AUD)
Chief Investigator - Hansen, K. Morphett, M. Miller, S. Davidson, J. Sher, L. Everingham, P. Dey, I. Schultz, T. Partington, A. Karnon, J. A benchmarking collaborative for virtual emergency departments in Australia, Avant Foundation Grants, 2023 (99,500 AUD)
Chief Investigator - Zurynski, Y. Gu, Y. Ivers, R. Wells, L. Long, J. Braithwaite, J. Baker, J.R. Partington, A. Brown, A., Smith, K. et al., Embedding Social Prescribing into Primary Care: Consumers taking charge of their health and wellbeing. 2023 MRFF Consumer-Led Research (598,205 AUD)
Chief Investigator - Sproston, K. Blamey, R. Hodge, N. Karnon, J. Schultz, T. Partington, A. Brommeyer, M. Smith, A. Caffery, L. Snoswell, C. IHACPA/2023-24/E23-1185 For the Provision of the IHACPA Virtual Care Project, Request for Quotation. 2023. (1 AUD)
Chief Investigator - Partington, A. Karnon, J. Allied health advanced clinical practice models of care in South Australia: Economic evaluation proposal, Office for the Chief Health Allied Health Officer, South Australia, 2024
Chief Investigator - Karnon, J. Partington, A. Budget impact analysis of maintenance and care awaiting placement patients at Central Adelaide Local Health Network, SA Health, 2024
Chief Investigator - Partington, A. Karnon, J. Economic Evaluation to inform the Allied Health Advanced Clinical Practice (Mental Health) Models of Care, South Australian Department of Health & Wellbeing, 2024
Chief Investigator - Karnon, J., Schultz, T., Roseleur, J., Gray, J., Partington, A., Dent, E., Shelby-James, T., Grivell, N. & Pincombe, A. Primary Care Pilot Evaluation, South Australian Department for Health & Wellbeing (450,288 AUD)
Chief Investigator - Semciw, A., Morris, M., Boyd, J., Jessup, R., Hill, A., Heng, H., Menz, H., Lawrence, J., Fitzmaurice, K., Partington, A. Virtual stepped-care for falls prevention of older adults in the community (ViSTEP), NHMRC Collaborations in Health Services Research, 2024 (921,496 AUD)
Chief Investigator - Karnon, J. Afzali, H. Gray, J. Partington, A. Pham, C. Roseleur, J. Schultz, T. Pincombe, A. & Edney, L. Health Economics Services for Preventive Health SA, Government of South Australia, Department of Health and Wellbeing, 2025 (460,000 AUD)
Awarded: 3,985,194 AUD
Unsuccessful: 2,588,489 AUD
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