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SOLVE-CHD a 5-year NHMRC Synergy Grant and is about solving the long-standing evidence-practice gap associated with cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention of heart disease. It is a multidisciplinary team effort and the overall goal of the grant is to transform post-hospital secondary prevention and reduce the burden of heart disease by decreasing death, hospitalisation and costs via a program of work that integrates data, technology, partnerships and capacity building.
There are opportunities for exciting and challenging projects available for HDR students, including PhD scholarships with stipend $32K for up to three years. Some of topics including (but not limited to):
· Practice change amongst cardiac rehabilitation providers – barriers, enablers and learnings aiming to support patient level electronic record collection
Associate Professor Julie Redfern.
Most heart disease secondary prevention programs today continue to follow a model established 50 years ago despite fundamental changes in society and medical care. That is, most patients now survive an initial myocardial infarction (MI), have a short stay in-hospital and are discharged with minimal physical morbidity. Evidence demonstrates that with good secondary prevention, many productive life years could be expected for these patients. However, in Australia today, after hospitalisation for MI, 40% of patients are readmitted and almost 20% are dead within 3 years. Traditional cardiac rehabilitation programs have been shown to reduce morbidity and mortality and are indicated in guidelines. Yet, most patients never start these programs and less than 10% of those eligible complete them. Therefore, improving delivery of secondary prevention is a national and international priority. The challenge is complex and requires a multidimensional solution. SOLVE-CHD’s vision is to deliver the solution. Our goal is to modernise post-discharge secondary prevention and reduce the burden of heart disease by decreasing deaths, hospitalisations and costs via a program of work that integrates data, technology, partnerships and capacity building.
SOLVE-CHD is a program of interlinked research that will change practice, advance knowledge and provide better care to underserviced populations. At an individual level, we will develop technology-based interventions and evaluate their impact on uptake, outcomes and cost. At a health services level, we will implement an electronic data-collection and reporting platform for cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention services and evaluate it’s impact on care quality and outcomes. At population level, we will identify and scale-up the most promising interventions, beyond traditional rehabilitation constructs, to tackle the challenges of reach, distance and diversity.
Additional information for SOLVE CHD can be found https://solvechd.org.au/
The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is 2993