What is known about the topic? Implementation of eHealth has been unfolding in hospitals for over the past decade, and impact evaluations are needed to provide insights into justifying expenditure. What does this paper add? This paper extends two consecutive narrative reviews of systematic reviews and provides a meta-review of the impacts of eHealth technologies published between 2010 and 2021. We observed largely mixed findings for CPOE, EMR, and ePrescribing, and largely positive findings for CDSS. What are the implications for practitioners? eHealth has the potential to improve a breadth of outcomes, but there is no guarantee and effortful work is needed.

What is known about the topic? Accurate documentation of severe medication allergies is essential to prevent morbidity and mortality from inadvertent re-exposure. My Health Record is a national patient-controlled electronic health record. The accuracy of allergy information in My Health Record has not been previously evaluated. What does this paper add? Inaccurate documentation of confirmed serious medication-related allergies was prevalent, contributed by several system level barriers. What are the implications for practitioners? Accurate allergy documentation in My Health Record and medication safety can be improved through streamlining pathways for hospital clinicians and specialists to enter important information.

What is known about the topic? In the face of escalating demands, our existing care systems are not delivering efficient, safe, high-quality and complex care that meets the diverse needs of individuals and communities. What does this paper add? Our series of co-design activities generated a True North Statement that can serve as a shared action-focused vision to transform health and social care in Australia over the next decade. What are the implications for practitioners? Our True North Statement is a starting point to guide individual, organisation and system redesign. The statements are sequential and require action at individual consumer, workforce and system levels.

What is known about the topic? There is a need to advance quality measurement efforts within Australia’s aged care sector, particularly in the midst of current national aged care and healthcare reforms. What does this paper add? This paper discusses why a national cross-setting evidence-based framework to monitor and evaluate quality and safety of care for older people is critical and proposes a strategy for framework development. What are the implications for practitioners? A national framework will produce the evidence required to inform cross-setting quality monitoring efforts and create the infrastructure required to examine quality and safety outcomes longitudinally.

What is known about the topic? Following the Medicare Benefits Schedule telehealth expansion in 2020 and consolidation in 2022, video-telepsychiatry usage increased but varied across demographic groups. What does this paper add? We studied the trends of once-off assessments and follow-up sessions for psychiatric consultations. We showed that the growth of video once-off assessments far outpaced their face-to-face counterparts since telehealth policy changes and was more sustained in younger age groups. What are the implications for practitioners? The rapid increase in the utilisation of once-off telepsychiatry assessments may affect care quality and healthcare costs and influence consumer health behaviours.

What is known about the topic? Value-based health care (VBHC) is a widely-cited concept aimed at improving patient outcomes relative to the cost of care while maintaining a focus on quality and patient-centred practices. What does this paper add? This paper contributes a simplified, data-driven definition of VBHC using word frequency analysis to identify key themes, making the concept accessible for practitioners, stakeholders, and non-experts. What are the implications for practitioners? The derived definition serves as a practical entry point for integrating value-based care principles into everyday healthcare delivery, ultimately supporting better patient outcomes and more efficient use of resources.

What is known about the topic? Rheumatic heart disease is a disease of poverty, much commoner in Indigenous than in other communities. What does this paper add? This paper briefly reviews the problems and reflects in potential solutions, known and emerging. What are the implications for practitioners? Practitioners may be interested to see where ther might be hope for a better future, for rheumatic heart disease prevention.

What is known about the topic? The value of contemporary clinician scientist roles is almost exclusively described in terms of the benefits to universities by way of academic metrics such as publications and grants. What does this paper add? This paper explores the unique value of these roles to the health services in which they work, outside of academic metrics and the career benefits to individual researchers. What are the implications for practitioners? Implications for practitioners and health service managers include better describing the value of clinician scientist roles and informing important future research.

What is known about the topic? Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) represents a major cause of premature mortality globally, with an enormous effect on victims, families, and communities. SCA prevention should be considered a health priority in Australia. What does this paper add? This paper provides key strategies and points of implementation in a framework to improve cardiac arrest outcomes. What are the implications for practitioners? A multi-faceted strategy will include community awareness, improved fundamental mechanistic understanding, preventive strategies, implementation of best-practice resuscitation strategies, secondary risk assessment of family members, and development of (near) real-time registries to inform areas of need and assess the effectiveness of interventions. Challenges of patient access to specialised care and equity within the Australian and New Zealand healthcare system should also be recognised.

What is known about the topic? Climate-related disclosures will be mandated for Australian Securities Exchange listed companies from January 2025; however this does not include all publicly funded healthcare service providers. What does this paper add? This paper proposes integrating Environmental, Social and Governance principles into health care as a natural extension of the traditional value-based care focus. What are the implications for practitioners? Healthcare practitioners may need to broaden their focus beyond direct health outcomes to include environmental impact, social responsibility and ethical governance in their decision-making and practices.

What is known about the topic? Governance barriers in health organisations hinder research progress, with prior studies focusing on regulatory and ethical hurdles affecting data access and utilisation. What does this paper add? This paper highlights the specific challenges of securing data access in Local Hospital Networks for health systems research, including institutional reputation concerns, despite alignment with strategic priorities and ethics compliance. What are the implications for practitioners? Practitioners must advocate for transparent, consistent governance and institutional accountability to facilitate research that improves equity in research opportunity and outcomes within health systems.