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Health Workforce Australia
Activities
Ian Brownwood, Program Manager, Research and Reporting
HIMSS AsiaPac11 Conference and Leadership Summit
22 September 2011.
Melbourne

National health workforce reform agenda
• COAG health reform and NPA (2008)
− Acknowledgment that large scale
workforce reform is necessary with a
particular focus on linking efforts of
health and higher education
sectors.
• $1.1bn new funding over 4 years to:
– Develop a sound evidence base to
inform national reform
– Devise policy and programs that
facilitate workforce reform
– Work across jurisdictions, sectors,
organisations and professions.
• Health Workforce Australia established in
July 2009 to lead implementation of NPA
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Health Workforce Australia
‣ Established as a Commonwealth Statutory Authority
• Board comprises independent Chair (The Hon Jim McGinty),
nominees from jurisdictions (9) and other directors (3).
• Reports to Australian Health Ministers Conference (AHMC).
• CEO (Mark Cormack)
• Head office located in Adelaide.
• 2009-10 establishment phase.
• Currently about 120 staff.
‣ Prior to HWA
• AMWAC and AHWAC
• National Health Workforce Taskforce - work program transition to
HWA in mid 2010
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HWA Work Groups
Chief Executive
Officer
Mark Cormack
Information,
Analysis, and
Planning
Clinical
Training Reform
Workforce
Innovation and
Reform
Ian Crettenden Ben Wallace Etienne
Scheepers
International
Health
Professionals
Corporate and
Finance
Communication
and Marketing
Claire Austin Roberto Bria Mary Freer
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HWA key result areas
‣ Progress the NPA national agenda focussed on four key areas:
• Research and workforce planning ($24m)
• Clinical education and training ($547m)
− $424m - Clinical training subsidies
− $28m - Clinical supervision
− $94m - Simulated Learning
• Workforce innovation and reform ($70m)
• International recruitment($60m)
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HWA work program
‣ Information Analysis and Planning
• National Statistical Resource
• National Training Plan
• Specific Workforce Studies
• Research Collaboration
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HWA work program
‣ Workforce Innovation and Reform
• Framework for National Health Workforce Reform
• Rural & Remote Health Workforce Strategy
• Cancer Workforce Strategy
• Caring for Older People Program
• Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health Workers
• Dental Professions Scope of Practice
• National Competency Framework
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HWA work program
‣ Clinical Training Reform
• Clinical Training Funding
• Clinical Supervision Program
• Simulated Learning Environments
• Integrated Regional Clinical Training Networks
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HWA work program
‣ International Health Professionals
• National strategy for recruitment and retention.
• Cross jurisdictional approaches to recruitment.
• International health professionals support.
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Health information workforce
‣ Clinical Training Reform
Where appropriate programs build in an expectation that
e-health exposure and practice capability is:
•part of a modernised curriculum for health profession
degrees (e.g. Dr Kathleen Gray, University of Melbourne)
•developed in skills and delivery of clinical supervision.
•offered in clinical training placements.
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Health information workforce
‣ Workforce Innovation and Reform
Seeking to promote greater use of technology and optimise
workforce capacity and capability to adopt and apply e-
health solutions:
• Develop partnerships with those undertaking e-health
initiatives to consider workforce issues in the
development, implementation and evaluation of
programs.
• Follow the implementation of e-health Initiatives in
Australia to identify areas where there maybe
opportunities for workforce reform.
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Health information workforce
‣ Information Analysis and Planning
Requested by key stakeholders to undertake a study of the
health information workforce:
• e-health is generating the requirement for greater
workforce capacity.
• Moves to national activity based hospital funding will
increase workforce demand.
• Current demand for existing education and training is
sub optimal.
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Study of Health Information Workforce
‣ Establishment phase – to June 2011.
• Consultation with key stakeholders
• Development of study scoping paper
• Feedback on paper from key stakeholders
• Endorsement for full study by HWA Board
‣ Procurement phase – to August 2011
‣ Implementation phase – to March 2012.
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Study of Health Information Workforce
‣ Objectives:
• To better understand the supply and demand for the health
information workforce in Australia, both now and into the future.
• Inform future workforce planning and development decisionmaking.
‣ Key issues:
• Scoping of workforce for the study.
• Accessing data and information on supply.
• Understanding and estimating future demand.
• Considering future reform and innovation scenarios.
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Scope of health information workforce
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
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Stock and flow model
Flows In
Graduates
Re-entries
Increased hours
Immigration
Late retirement
Current
Workforce
Future
Workforce
Flows Out
Retirement
Illness/Death
Career change
Decreased hours
Emigration

Study of Health Information Workforce
‣ Scope and nature of the information workforce requires a
hybrid workforce planning approach.
‣ For example, use of case studies:
• Relevant functions
• Position titles, role descriptions.
• Qualifications, education and training.
• Emerging operational requirements.
• Experience accessing skills and competencies.
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Study of Health Information Workforce
‣ Methodology:
• Desktop review of data and literature.
• Key informant interviews
• Case study structured interviews and surveys
• National search conference
• Expert Reference Group
• Final Reporting and Study Completion
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Expert Reference Group
‣ Health Informatics Society of Australia
‣ Australian College of Health Informatics
‣ Australian Health Informatics Education Council
‣ Health Information Management Association of Australia
‣ Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
‣ Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
‣ National E-Health Transition Authority
‣ Jurisdiction - Queensland Health
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Key contact
Sarah Tyson, Health Information Project Manager
Ph: (08) 84094606
Email: sarah.tyson@hwa.gov.au
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