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Disseminating from the centre to the frontline: the diffusion and local ownership of a national health policy through the use of icons

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posted on 2023-05-22, 18:02 authored by Greenfield, D, Banks, M, Anne HogdenAnne Hogden, Braithwaite, J
Regulatory bodies continually confront the issue of how to diffuse health policies effectively, particularly those directed at changing frontline clinical practice. Our study examined the diffusion the Australian National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, represented visually by icons, across the healthcare system. By mid-2015, over 440 applications to use the icons had been received from healthcare organisations. Icons are being used for educational and clinical awareness raising purposes in diverse settings within organisations, across all states and territories. The representation of policy in the form of icons has allowed for ease of distribution, uptake, presentation, and recognition. The icons are an effective strategy for both the widespread diffusion and local ownership of a national health policy to those at the frontline of healthcare delivery.

History

Publication title

Managing Improvement in Healthcare: Attaining, Sustaining and Spreading Quality

Editors

AM McDermott, M Kitchener, and M Exworthy

Pagination

169-182

ISBN

978-3-319-62234-7

Department/School

College Office - College of Business and Economics

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Place of publication

Cham, Switzerland

Extent

17

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Copyright 2018 The Authors

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  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Evaluation of health and support services not elsewhere classified

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