Professor Meredith Makeham
Faculty of Medicine and Health Executive
FMH Executive Dean's Unit
Professor Meredith Makeham is the Associate Dean for Community and Primary Health Care with the Faculty of Medicine and Health at The University of Sydney. Her academic interests include Patient Safety in Primary Care and Aged Care. She is a general practitioner in Sydney with a strong interest in digital health systems that promote better connected care and empowering people and communities with access to their own health information.
| Project title | Research student |
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| Virtual wound care in Australian aged care settings | Heather RUSSELL |
Publications
Journals
- Juhrmann, M., Butow, P., Simpson, P., Boughey, M., Makeham, M., Clayton, J. (2024). Development of a palliative paramedicine framework to standardise best practice: A Delphi study. Palliative Medicine. [More Information]
- Zeng, A., Siette, J., Shaw, T., Makeham, M., Thiagalingam, A., Chow, C., Laranjo, L., Tang, Q., O'Hagan, E., McCaffery, K., Ijaz, K., Trivedi, R., et al (2024). Use of digital patient decision-support tools for atrial fibrillation treatments: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine. [More Information]
- Francis, M., Francis, P., Makeham, M., Baysari, M., Patanwala, A., Penm, J. (2024). Using personal health records for medication continuity during transition of care: An observational study. Health Information Management Journal. [More Information]
Conferences
- Woods, L., Sharif Bidabadi, S., Ryan, A., Shaw, T., Makeham, M. (2021). Improving the digital capabilities of Australia's health workforce: The national digital health workforce and education roadmap. Digital Health Institute Summit 2020, Amsterdam: IOS Press. [More Information]
- Woods, L., Cummings, E., Dobroff, N., Nowlan, S., Almond, H., Procter, P., Ryan, A., Makeham, M., Griffin, K., Reeves, J., et al (2021). Intended use of the national nursing and midwifery digital health capability framework. Digital Health Institute Summit 2020, Amsterdam: IOS Press. [More Information]
2024
- Juhrmann, M., Butow, P., Simpson, P., Boughey, M., Makeham, M., Clayton, J. (2024). Development of a palliative paramedicine framework to standardise best practice: A Delphi study. Palliative Medicine. [More Information]
- Zeng, A., Siette, J., Shaw, T., Makeham, M., Thiagalingam, A., Chow, C., Laranjo, L., Tang, Q., O'Hagan, E., McCaffery, K., Ijaz, K., Trivedi, R., et al (2024). Use of digital patient decision-support tools for atrial fibrillation treatments: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine. [More Information]
- Francis, M., Francis, P., Makeham, M., Baysari, M., Patanwala, A., Penm, J. (2024). Using personal health records for medication continuity during transition of care: An observational study. Health Information Management Journal. [More Information]
2023
- Tay, E., Makeham, M., Laba, T., Baysari, M. (2023). Prescription drug monitoring programs evaluation: A systematic review of reviews. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 247. [More Information]
2022
- Baysari, M., Wells, J., Ekpo, E., Makeham, M., Penm, J., Alexander, N., Holden, A., Ubeja, R., McAllister, S. (2022). An Exploratory Study of Allied Health Students' Experiences of Electronic Medical Records During Placements. Applied Clinical Informatics, 13(2), 410-418. [More Information]
2021
- Woods, L., Sharif Bidabadi, S., Ryan, A., Shaw, T., Makeham, M. (2021). Improving the digital capabilities of Australia's health workforce: The national digital health workforce and education roadmap. Digital Health Institute Summit 2020, Amsterdam: IOS Press. [More Information]
- Woods, L., Cummings, E., Dobroff, N., Nowlan, S., Almond, H., Procter, P., Ryan, A., Makeham, M., Griffin, K., Reeves, J., et al (2021). Intended use of the national nursing and midwifery digital health capability framework. Digital Health Institute Summit 2020, Amsterdam: IOS Press. [More Information]
- Cummings, E., Moran, G., Woods, L., Almond, H., Procter, P., Makeham, M., Dobroff, N., Griffin, K., Reeves, J., Nowlan, S., et al (2021). Methodology for the Development of the Australian National Nursing and Midwifery Digital Health Capability Framework. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 284, 135-142. [More Information]
2020
- Lowenstein, D., Zheng, W., Burke, R., Kenny, E., Sandhu, A., Makeham, M., Westbrook, J., Day, R., Baysari, M. (2020). Do user preferences align with human factors assessment scores of drug-drug interaction alerts? Health Informatics Journal, 26(2019 Apr 11:1460458219840210.), 563-575. [More Information]
- Omar, A., Rees, P., Cooper, A., Evans, H., Williams, H., Hibbert, P., Makeham, M., Parry, G., Donaldson, L., Edwards, A., et al (2020). Health and social care-associated harm amongst vulnerable children in primary care: mixed methods analysis of national safety reports. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 105(8), 731-737. [More Information]
- Makeham, M. (2020). Role of digital technology in delivering 'healthy futures' and 'healthy cities'. Internal Medicine Journal, 50(11), 1408-1409. [More Information]
2019
- Shaw, T., Janssen, A., Crampton, R., O'Leary, F., Hoyle, P., Jones, A., Shetty, A., Gunja, N., Ritchie, A., Spallek, H., Solman, A., Kay, J., Makeham, M., et al (2019). Attitudes of health professionals to using routinely collected clinical data for performance feedback and personalised professional development. Medical Journal of Australia, 210(S6), S17-S21. [More Information]
- Evans, H., Anastasiou, A., Edwards, A., Hibbert, P., Makeham, M., Luz, S., Sheikh, A., Donaldson, L., Carson-Stevens, A. (2019). Automated classification of primary care patient safety incident report content and severity using supervised machine learning (ML) approaches. Health Informatics Journal, 26(4), 3123-3139. [More Information]
- Biggs, J., Willcocks, A., Burger, M., Makeham, M. (2019). Digital health benefits evaluation frameworks: building the evidence to support Australia’s National Digital Health Strategy. Medical Journal of Australia, 210, S9-S11. [More Information]
2018
- Ludlow, K., Mumford, V., Makeham, M., Braithwaite, J., Greenfield, D. (2018). The effects of hearing loss on person-centred care in residential aged care: a narrative review. Geriatric Nursing, 39(3), 296-302. [More Information]
- Makeham, M. (2018). Your patients’ health in their hands. Australian Medicine (Online), 30, 14-14.
2017
- Borotkanics, R., Rowe, C., Georgiou, A., Douglas, H., Makeham, M., Westbrook, J. (2017). Changes in the profile of Australians in 77 residential aged care facilities across New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Australian Health Review, 41(6), 613-620. [More Information]
- Dahm, M., Georgiou, A., Westbrook, J., Greenfield, D., Horvath, A., Wakefield, D., Li, L., Hillman, K., Bolton, P., Makeham, M., et al (2017). Delivering safe and effective test-result communication, management and follow-up: a mixed-methods study protocol. BMJ Open, 8(2), e020235. [More Information]
- Michel, P., Brami, J., Chaneliere, M., Kret, M., Mosnier, A., Dupie, I., Haeringer-Cholet, A., Keriel-Gascou, M., Maradan, C., Villebrun, F., et al (2017). Patient safety incidents are common in primary care: A national prospective active incident reporting survey. PloS One, 12(2), e0165455.
2016
- Carson-Stevens, A., Hibbert, P., Williams, H., Evans, H., Cooper, A., Rees, P., Deakin, A., Shiels, E., Gibson, R., Makeham, M., et al (2016). Characterising the Nature of primary care patient safety incident reports in the England and Wales National Reporting and Learning System: a mixed-methods agenda-setting study for general practice. Health Services and Delivery Research, 4(27), 1-106. [More Information]
- Lehnbom, E., Douglas, H., Makeham, M. (2016). Positive beliefs and privacy concerns shape the future for the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record. Internal Medicine Journal, 46(1), 108-111. [More Information]
2015
- Carson-Stevens, A., Hibbert, P., Avery, A., Butlin, A., Carter, B., Cooper, A., Evans, H., Gibson, R., Luff, D., Makeham, M., et al (2015). A cross-sectional mixed methods study protocol to generate learning from patient safety incidents reported from general practice. BMJ Open, 5(12), e009079. [More Information]
- Williams, H., Edwards, A., Hibbert, P., Rees, P., Evans, H., Panesar, S., Carter, B., Parry, G., Makeham, M., Jones, A., et al (2015). Harms from discharge to primary care: mixed methods analysis of incident reports. British Journal of General Practice, 65(641), e829-e837. [More Information]
- Rees, P., Edwards, A., Powell, C., Williams, H., Hibbert, P., Makeham, M., Luff, D., Parry, G., Sheikh, A., Donaldson, L., et al (2015). Identifying Priorities for Improved Child Healthcare: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Safety Incident Reports. BMJ Quality and Safety, 24(11), 730-731. [More Information]
2014
- Paul, C., Yoong, S., Sanson-Fisher, R., Carey, M., Russell, G., Makeham, M. (2014). Under the radar: a cross-sectional study of the challenge of identifying at-risk alcohol consumption in the general practice setting. BMC Family Practice, 15(1), 1-7. [More Information]
2013
- Paul, C., Carey, M., Yoong, S., D'Este, C., Makeham, M., Henskens, F. (2013). Access to chronic disease care in general practice: The acceptability of implementing systematic waiting-room screening using computer-based patient-reported risk status. British Journal of General Practice, 63(614). [More Information]
- Cresswell, K., Panesar, S., Salvilla, S., Carson-Stevens, A., Larizgoitia, I., Donaldson, L., Bates, D., Sheikh, A., Aibar, C., Al-Bulushi, H., et al (2013). Global Research Priorities to Better Understand the Burden of Iatrogenic Harm in Primary Care: An International Delphi Exercise. PLoS Medicine, 10(11). [More Information]
2008
- Makeham, M., Saltman, D., Kidd, M. (2008). Lessons from the TAPS study - Recall and reminder systems. Australian Family Physician, 37(11), 923-924. [More Information]
- Makeham, M., Saltman, D., Kidd, M. (2008). Lessons from the TAPS study - Warfarin: a major cause of threats to patient safety. Australian Family Physician, 37(10), 817-818. [More Information]
2006
- Makeham, M., Kidd, M., Saltman, D., Mira, M., Bridges-Webb, C., Cooper, C., Stromer, S. (2006). The Threats to Australian Patient Safety (TAPS) study: incidence of reported errors in general practice. Medical Journal of Australia, 185(2), 95-98. [More Information]
2002
- Makeham, M., Dovey, S., County, M., Kidd, M. (2002). An international taxonomy for errors in general practice: a pilot study. Medical Journal of Australia, 177(2), 68-72. [More Information]
Selected Grants
2025
- The general practice and residential aged care study of Telehealth augmented best-practice care exploring safety, quality, acceptability and sustainability: "The GRACE-Telehealth Study, Makeham M, Baysari M, Von Huben A, Tyagi V, Luscombe G, McCormack B, Chen T, Russell H, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Targeted Call for Research (TCR): Ensuring the quality and safety of telehealth 2023
2024
- CARDIOvascular support for patients after disCHARGE - CardioCHARGE, Chow C, Luscombe G, Laranjo L, Shaw T, Makeham M, Godinho M, Sarkies M, Marschner S, Chew D, Hills G, Jan S, Verjans J, Kangaharan N, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)/MRFF - Cardiovascular Health Mission
- The General Practice and Residential Aged Care Study of Virtual Care Models (The Grace-VC Study): Implementing safe, person-centred virtual care for residents, Makeham M, Baysari M, Luscombe G, McCormack B, Robinson F, Chen T, Russell H, Chua A, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)/MRFF CRI 2023 Clinician Researchers: Applied Research in Health
Further Grants
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care – Literature review and environmental scan on approaches to the review and investigation of Health-IT related patient safety incidents. Chief Investigator (Makeham MAB, Magrabi F, Hibbert P, Hardie R) 2016 ($72,875)
- Australian Government Department of Health, Quality Use of Pathology Program - Enhancing the quality of pathology test requesting in Australian general practice. Chief Investigator (Georgiou A, McCaughey E, Li L, Makeham M, Boyle D, Westbrook J). 2016 ($165,333)
- National E-Health Transition Authority – General Practice and Residential Aged Care Facility Medication Concordance Study (GraceMed)– Chief Investigator. (Makeham MAB, Westbrook J, Pont L, Borotkanics R, Purdy H.) 2015 ($200,000
- Sax Institute/ Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care – Patient Safety in Primary Care – a literature review. (Makeham MAB, Westbrook J, Pont L, Carson-Stevens A.) 2015 ($28,000)
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care – Evaluation of Commonwealth Fund Primary Care Data – (Chief Investigator E; Powell-Davies G, Harris M, Liaw S, Zwar N, Makeham M, Fanaian M.) 2010. ($60,000)
- National Heart Foundation and Beyond Blue, Cancer Institute NSW (CINSW) – combined grants - ‘General Practice Project’ – (Sanson-Fisher R, Piterman L, Zwar N, D’Este C, Paul C, Carey M, Yoong S and Makeham M.) 2009 – 2010. ($239,392)
- Pharmaceutical Alliance – Evaluation of Diabetes Electronic Decision Support (EDS) Tool. (Chief Investigator B; co-Chief Investigators Professor Nick Zwar and Dr Susanna Petche)2009 – 2010. ($136,000
- GPET Registrar Scholarship and Research Fund – Threats to Patient Safety (Registrar sub-study) (Co-Chief investigator with Dr Simon Stromer, Professor Michael Kidd and Professor Deborah Saltman), 2005-2006 ($7,449)
- NHMRC Project Grant – Primary Health Care Errors Study: qualification and quantification of errors occurring in General Practice (Chief Investigator; co-Chief Investigators: Professor Michael Kidd, Dr Chris Cooper and Prof Michael Mira), 2003-2005. ($182,500)
- RACGP Registrar Scholarship and Research Fund – Hepatitis B Immunisation in ten year olds: community awareness and understanding (Chief Investigator) 1999 – 2000. ($1,000)
Further Publications
- Cummings E, Moran G, Woods L, Almond H, Procter P, Makeham M, Dobroff N, Griffin K, Reeves J, Nowlan S, Ryan A, and Schaper L. “Methodology for the Development of the Australian National Nursing and Midwifery Digital Health Capability Framework”. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. IN PRESS, accepted 22 June 2021
- Makeham M, Ryan A, Taggart R, Sullivan C, Sprivulis P, McNeil K. “Working as a healthcare advisory CIO specialist’. Chapter 23, The HIDDIN Workforce. IN PRESS, Accepted 26 May 2021. (Editors: Kerryn Butler-Hendersen, Karen Day, Kathleen Grey)
- Ryan A, Loo Gee B, Fenton S, Makeham M. The impact on Safety and Quality of Care of the specialist digital health workforce. Chapter 13, The HIDDIN Workforce. IN PRESS, Accepted 26 May 2021. (Editors: Kerryn Butler-Hendersen, Karen Day, Kathleen Grey)
- Leanna Woods, Elizabeth Cummings, Naomi Dobroff, Shelley Nowlan, Helen Almond, Paula Proctor, Angela Ryan, Meredith Makeham, Ken Griffin and Louise Schaper. “Intended Use of the National Nursing and Midwifery Digital Health Capability Framework Studies in Health Technology”. Studies in Health Technology. IN PRESS. Accepted 7/9/2020
- Leanna Woods, Shiva Sharif Bidabadi, Angela Ryan, Tim Shaw and Meredith Makeham. Improving the digital capabilities of Australia’s health workforce: The National Digital Health Workforce and Education Roadmap. Studies in Health Technology. IN PRESS. Accepted 7/9/2020
- Brendan Loo Gee, Meredith Makeham et al. White Paper for the Global Digital Health Partnership, Evidence and Evaluation Work Stream: “Benefits Realisation: Sharing Insights”. July 2020
- Meredith Makeham. Australia’s pathway to realising the benefits of digital health technologies.The Health Advocate, Australian Hospitals and Healthcare Association. August 2019
- Meredith Makeham, Tim Donohoe et al. White Paper for the Global Digital Health Partnership, Evidence and Evaluation Work Stream: “Measuring Benefits”. February 2019
- Makeham, M Chief Medical Adviser, The Australian Digital Health Agency, Professor Heiko Spallek, Pro Dean, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Sydney. Australian Patients in the Driver’s Seat for Personally Controlled Health Record. American Dental Education Association, 2018
- Makeham, M. My Health Record: a health care choice for all Australians. MJA Insight Plus, July 2018
- Makeham, M. Jackson, S. Shaw, T. The National Digital Health Infrastructure and the My Health Record System. The Australia Pharmaceutical Formulary and Handbook. 24th Edn. The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia. 2017.
- Makeham, M. My Health Record expansion set to reduce pressure on Hospitals. The Australian Hospital and Healthcare Bulletin. July 2017.
- Makeham, M. Access to health information drives patient empowerment. The Health Advocate. June 2017
- Makeham, M. Digital health transforming healthcare with benefits for Australians through My Health Record. Healthcare IT News Australia. 31 May 2017.
Abstracts and Presentations (International)
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Invited Keynote Speaker with Simon Eccles (NHS CCIO, UK) and Lav Aggarwal (Joint Secretary Health, India) Panel Session: “A New Era in Digital Maturity: International Views from the Top” HIMSS Health 2020 European Health Conference and Exhibition, September 7-11 2020
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Makeham M. “Evidence and Evaluation Chair’s Overview” and “Update on Australia’s Response to the COVID 19 Pandemic”. 6th Global Digital Health Partnership Summit, (Virtual, hosted by the Indian Sectt Health, Ms Preeti Sudan). June 25th 2020
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Makeham, M. ‘Digital Health Innovation from Around the Globe’ Asia Pacific Electronic Health Records Conference October 2019, Hong Kong Science Park
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Makeham, M. Work stream Chair’s presentation: ‘Evidence and Evaluation, establishing standard benefits categories’. Global Digital Health Partnership Summit, Hong Kong. October 2019
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Makeham, M. Canada Health Infoway Webinar keynote speaker. ‘Digital Health Evaluation: A Global Perspective’. August 2019.
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Makeham, M. Chair’s overview, Evidence and Evaluation white paper ‘Measuring Benefit’. Global Digital Health Partnership Summit, New Delhi. February 2019
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Makeham, M. Evidence and Evaluation work stream of the GDHP: progress update. Global Digital Health Partnership Summit, London. October 2018
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1st Internatiotional Digital Health Symposium, Sydney, UNSW. Chair of panel discussion ‘How digital health can best support quality and safety’. February 2018
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Safety Standards for Digital Health Services – Learning from a Shared International Perspective. (Presentation and Workshop). Speakers: Meredith Makeham; AU, Hardeep Singh; US and Aziz Sheikh; UK. International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQUA) 34th International Meeting, London October 2017
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Makeham MAB and Magrabi, F. Digital tools to enhance patient safety: The My Health Record System.International Society for Quality in Healthcare – Webinar. August 2017
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Makeham MAB.Administrative errors in primary care. World Health Organisation – Safer Primary Care Webinar. December 2016
Abstracts and Presentations (National)
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‘Digital health technology in Primary Health Care reform: Are we delivering the vision of the WHO's 1978 Declaration of Alma-Ata?’ Digital Health Institute Summit, November 2020. Sydney
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The future of electronic health records’ Keynote invited speaker for public lecture hosted by the University of Tasmania (Virtual). October 2020
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‘Why is it so difficult to govern mobile health apps?’ Invited Speaker with A/Prof Farah Magrabi, Webinar for NHMRC CRE in Digital Technology to Transform Chronic Conditions. (Virtual). August 2020
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‘The role of digital technology in delivering Healthy Cities and Healthy Futures.’ Annual Conference of the Royal Australian College of Physicians. (Virtual) May 2020
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‘Data Driven Health Care Improvement’ 8th Annual NHMRC Symposium on Research Translation, Research Translation in the Digital Age: Harnessing the power of data and analytical technologies. Melbourne. November 2019
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‘Transforming the healthcare system: Governance should not be a dirty word’. AIMed Australia Summit, Sydney. November 2019
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‘Digital Informatics: AI, Big Data and Clinical Applications’ 36th Australian College of Emergency Medicine, Annual Scientific Meeting. Hobart. November 2019
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‘The national digital infrastructure - supporting Aged Care’. COTA ACSA Governance in Aged Care Conference. Sydney. May 2019
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‘Supporting Safer Care through Information Sharing and the My Health Record System’. 2nd Australasian Diagnostic Error in Medicine Conference, Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine. Melbourne. April 2019
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Intelligence18, AI in Healthcare Summit – Guest speaker, Sydney. November 2018
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National PHN Conference – ‘My Health Record’, Sydney. November 2018
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Mental Health Australia Parliamentary Advocacy Day, Guest speaker: ‘Digital Health – Better health for all Australians’, Canberra. November 2018
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RANZCR Annual Meeting, Guest speaker: ‘Digital Health – A national imperative for Australia’, Sydney. November 2018
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Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference – Panel discussion on Confidentiality issues around the My Health Record, Sydney. September 2018
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Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering & NSW Health Symposium on ‘Big Data and Genomics, the future driver of health care’. Panel discussion on Genomics, Ethics, Legal and Social Issues. Sydney. September 2018
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CEDA event – Technology, Keynote speaker: ‘Data and Innovation in Healthcare’. Sydney. September 2018
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The International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQuA) Webinar: Guest speaker with A/Prof Farah Magrabi on ‘Digital tools to enhance patient safety’. Sydney. April 2018
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Deeble Institute Workshop – Guest speaker: ‘Palliative Care and my Health Record’. Melbourne. May 2017
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Criterion Conference – Guest speaker: ‘The role of healthcare in codesigning Australia’s digital health strategy’. Canberra. April 2017
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Salzburg Global Seminar – Guest speaker: My Health Record: Creating a Digital Health Future for Australia, Austria. March 2017
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HISA, University of Newcastle, Guest speaker: ‘The role of healthcare in co-designing Australia’s Digital Health Strategy’, Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle. March 2017
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National Webcast – Guest speaker: Creating a digital health future for Australia. January 2017
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WHO Safer Primary Care Working Group Webinar – Guest speaker: ‘Administrative Errors’. Delivered from Sydney. December 2016
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Sydney LHD Digital Health Symposium – Guest speaker: ‘Creating a digital health future for Australia’. Sydney. December 2016
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Private Hospital CIO Forum, Hammondcare – Guest speaker: My Health Record’s role in a digital health future for Australia. December 2016
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Makeham MAB, Purdy H, Raban M, Pont L, Ingersoll A, Torpy O and Westbrook J. ‘Risks to patient safety in the residential aged care facility setting: Preliminary findings of the General Practice Residential Aged Care Concordance of Medications (GRACE-Med) study’. Health Informatics Conference, HISA. Melbourne. July 2016
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Makeham MAB, Purdy H, Raban M, Pont L, Ingersoll A, Torpy O and Westbrook J. Investigating medication and concordance across GP and aged care systems: Preliminary results of the General Practice and Residential Aged Care Facility Concordance of Medication (GraceMed) study’. PHCRIS Conference. Canberra. June 2016
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Makeham MAB, Ingersoll A. ‘GRACE-Med: General Practice and Residential Aged Care Facility Concordance of medications study – preliminary findings’.eMedication Management Conference. Sydney. March 2016
In the media
A national system of online access by patients to personal health information in Australia is proving valuable – thebmjopinion 18 June 2021
Digital health transforming healthcare with benefits for Australians through My Health Record. Healthcare IT News Australia. 31 May 2017.