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Friday, April 22, 2016

Allied Health: Integral to transforming health

An article in the Australian Health Review this month looks at the way allied health professionals have been used in the South Australian healthcare system to improve the quality of patient outcomes and "offer innovative solutions for future sustainable healthcare".

Allied Health ; Integral to transforming health reported on a survey of allied health clinicians, educators, researchers, policy makers and managers, and layered the results with a review of the literature. The authors concluded that allied health practitioners are in a position to implement strategies to slow down the growth in healthcare expenditure and improve the patient experience, assisting in the transformation of healthcare in Australia. In order for this to happen, there should be concerted efforts to increase recognition of and support for the use of allied health services, which are often undervalued.

Lucylynn Lizarondo, et al. Australian Health Review, 40(2), 194-204 dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH15044

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