Our work

Advancing healthcare through research translation in regional and rural Australia

DELIVER is committed to the rapid translation of research findings and evidence into improvements in healthcare.

How is DELIVER working with health services? Click here for an overview.

Through rapid evidence summaries, research translation snapshots, events and peer-reviewed publications, DELIVER informs and empowers health services with the latest evidence they need to improve home-based healthcare and build their research capacity.

A note to our community

Thank you to all community members and health service staff across the Barwon South West and Grampians regions who have taken part in DELIVER workshops, surveys and events to date.

Click here to learn more about how your input has provided valuable insights that are shaping plans to improve home-based healthcare for older people.

To learn more about DELIVER findings, publications and resources, take a look through our collections below:

Digital and virtual tools in healthcare

Webinar: Digital Health and AI – What every health researcher needs to know. Watch here.

Webinar: Leveraging digital technology in healthcare. Watch here.

Webinar: Virtual care in the Loddon Mallee. Watch here.

Rapid Evidence Summary: Telehealth geriatrician consultations in home-based care. Read now

Webinar: Embedding virtual in regional care. Watch here.

Webinar: Victoria’s virtual care programs, framework and strategy. Watch here.

Rapid Evidence Summary: What leads to Remote Patient Monitoring success? Read now

Rapid Evidence Summary: What is readiness, and how is it related to digital tools like Remote Patient Monitoring? Read now

Rapid Evidence Summary: Remote Patient Monitoring in heart failure. Read now

Publication: Challenges for remote patient monitoring programs in rural and regional areas: a qualitative study. Read now

Research Translation Snapshot: Challenges for remote patient monitoring programs in rural and regional areas. Read now

Research skills in rural and regional health services

Webinar: Supporting clinician-led research in regional settings: manager and clinician perspectives. Watch here.

Research Translation Snapshot: Models and approaches for building knowledge translation capacity and capability in health services. Read now

Publication: Models and approaches for building research translation capacity and capability in health services: a systematic scoping review. Read now

Publication: Research translation mentoring for emerging clinician researchers in rural and regional health settings: a qualitative study. Read now

Publication: Enhancing healthcare at home for older people in rural and regional Australia: a protocol for co-creation to design and implement system change. Read now

Online article: Dr Olivia King discusses the importance of mentors in building research capability in rural health settings. Read now

Conference poster: Supporting translation of research in rural and regional health settings: The role of the Mentor. Read now

Residential aged care

Rapid Evidence Summary: Residential-in-reach programs for aged care facilities. Read now.

Health care for older adults

Webinar: Learning and outcomes from co-design –the right to rehabilitation for people with dementia. Watch here.

Research Translation Snapshot: The barriers, benefits, and enablers of acute home-based care for older people in Australia. Read now.

Publication: Barriers, benefits, and enablers of acute home-based care (hospital in the home) in Australia for older people: a systematic review. Read now.

Conference poster: Barriers, Benefits, and Enablers of Acute Home-Based Care (HITH): A Systematic Review. Read now.

Publication: Enhancing healthcare at home for older people in rural and regional Australia: a protocol for co-creation to design and implement system change. Read now.

Conference poster: HITH Models of Care in Australia: A Systematic Review. Read now.

Consumer engagement research

Publication: Translating policy into practice by engaging older persons and their carers as co-researchers. Read now.

Health service research

Research Translation Snapshot: Length of stay and readmissions as an effective indicator of healthcare performance. Read now.
Conference poster: Rapid review of health service research in rural and regional health care services. Read now.
Publication: Staff-reported barriers and facilitators to the implementation of healthcare interventions within regional and rural areas: a rapid review. Read now.
Research Translation Snapshot: Staff-reported barriers and facilitators to the implementation of healthcare interventions within regional and rural areas. Read now.
Webinar: Organisational health literacy: What it is, and how it can change capacity-building thinking. Watch here.

DELIVER is committed to the rapid translation of research findings and evidence into improvements in healthcare.