Jeffrey Braithwaite
Jeffrey Braithwaite is Founding Director of the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University. He is an international member of the World Health Organisation Global Patient Safety Network. He publishes in the leading health and medical research journals and expresses his work at a unique intersection of organisational studies, health services research, and clinical care.
Jeffrey Braithwaite's articles (3 total)
Civilisation will end not with a bang, but with Attachment B
From hospitals and universities to IT systems, the machinery of compliance meant to reduce risk is increasingly swallowing the work it was designed to support.
Five ways to keep kids safe in Australia’s health system
One in five Australians is a child, but too often kids' healthcare is inconsistent, fragmented, and not designed with their needs front and centre.
When patients are harmed in hospital, issues aren’t always fixed to avoid it happening again
Recently, the media has reported several cases of serious “adverse events”, where babies, children and an adult experienced harm and ultimately died while receiving care in separate Australian hospitals.