In 2019, AHHA established the Australian Centre for Value-Based Health Care, recognising that a person’s experience of health and health care is supported and enabled by a diverse range of entities, public and private, government and non-government. [...] What are the biggest opportunities for breast cancer screening in Australia? What are the biggest challenges? To achieve a healthy Australia supported by the best possible healthcare system, services must reorient their focus from volume to value in the provision of care to ensure the right care is provided in the right place, at the right time. [...] To ensure success and open up opportunities for innovation and quality improvement, the biggest challenges we must counter include: • Supply and readiness of the health workforce; • Effective collection of standardised data on evidence-based, fit for purpose and suitably chosen indicators of risk, outcomes and costs of care; • Interoperability of health record systems; and • Development of linked. [...] The provision of person-centred care that is respectful of, and responsive to, the preferences and needs of the individual in the communication of risk can only occur when providers work together with a shared focus on a person’s needs, and with collective ownership of the goals to be achieved8. [...] Direct and timely feedback about patient reported health outcomes and experience of care will help to drive improvements in quality and safety, and to facilitate the integration of health care across NSW.
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