ACHS Research

ACHS is committed to research in partnership with a number of distinguished universities and government agencies. Research is being approached from a range of different disciplines, and covers areas such as accreditation, HR systems, high performing organisations and clinical indicators.

The outcomes of the research projects directly relate to ACHS core activity and makes use of ACHS extensive repository of data from accreditation surveys and clinical indicators. ACHS research collaborations are administered by the Development Unit.

Current ACHS research collaborations are:

Research institution	Research title	Research aims / activity
The University of New South Wales, NSW   ·         Centre for Clinical Governance Research in Health / Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI)	Strengthening organisational performance through accreditation research: The ACCREDIT Project	There are 12 separate studies within the ACCREDIT Project, designed to: à Evaluate current accreditation processes. à Analyse the costs and benefits of accreditation. à Enhance accreditation for the future. à Develop and apply new standards on consumer involvement in accreditation.
The University of New South Wales, NSW   ·         The Simpson Centre for Health Services Research / Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI)	Modelling the Medical Emergency Teams (METs) in their cultural and environmental contexts	à The research will investigate the impact of health organisational culture on the uptake and successful implementation of the MET system, and also the influence that introduction of MET has had on driving cultural change.
Griffith University, Qld   ·         Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing Griffith Business School	A dynamic model linking organisational systems to clinical performance in Australian hospitals	à This proposal investigates the preconditions of a more thorough model of high performance work systems (HPWS) as a means to improving health outcomes for all Australians.
Griffith University, Qld   ·         School Of Public Health	Health Organisation Leadership – National Leadership in Systems Development: Quality to Excellence	à This research project examines the distillation and knowledge sharing approaches in health organisations based on ACHS member facilities who have achieved an OA rating against standards and criteria over the last five to eight-years.
University Of Newcastle, NSW   ·         Faculty Of Medicine And Health Sciences	Improving the quality and safety of healthcare in Australia through efficient and effective collation, analysis and reporting of clinical indicators	à The project aims to improve the effectiveness of the ACHS’ Clinical Indicator program and the efficiency of the Australian healthcare systems that this program supports. The project also aims to advance the fields of Bayesian statistics and control chart theory.