Co-Design of shared principles for a private Virtual Hospital
This study aimed to collaboratively co-design a long-term vision and set of shared principles for a private virtual hospital along with patients, carers, clinicians, and key stakeholders.
Research Project Team
Lead Researcher
- Dr Olivia Fisher
Research Team
- Dr Caroline Grogan
- Kelly McGrath
- Dr Shanthi Kanagarajah, Queensland Physician Care
- Dr Ian Smith, St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital
- Sue-Ellen Smith, BlueCare Community
- Dr Elizabeth Martin
- Dr Wendell Cockshaw
- Belinda Moshi
- Andrew Barron
About this Research Project
In September 2022 UnitingCare Queensland engaged Wesley Research Institute to conduct some initial exploratory research on establishment of a private virtual hospital. Following a series of interviews as part of the Context Assessment Study a series of co-design workshops were held to develop a set of shared principles for a virtual hospital.
- Three workshops between July and September 2023 – one face-to-face and two online.
- 36 attendees across the three workshops, including:
- Patients and family carers
- Staff of UnitingCare Queensland
- Staff of The Wesley Hospital, St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and Buderim Private Hospital
- Staff of BlueCare Community and BlueCare Residential Facilities
- General Practitioners
- Queensland Health stakeholders.
A summary of the context assessment results was presented to attendees at the beginning of each workshop, and participants had the opportunity to provide additional feedback. They were then asked to share their thoughts on a potential long-term vision and set of principles for a new virtual hospital which had been developed based on the context assessment results.
A detailed internal report with considerations and recommendations for design and implementation of a virtual hospital was presented to UnitingCare Queensland.
Publications & Reports
Fisher, O. J., Grogan, C., McGrath, K., Kanagarajah, S., Smith, S-E., Smith, I., Martin, E., Cockshaw, W., Moshi, B., & Barron, A. (2024). UnitingCare Queensland Virtual Hospital Context Assessment and Co-Design: Confidential Internal Report. Wesley Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland.
Fisher, O. J., Moshi, B., McGrath, K., Barron, A., Kanagarajah, S., Smith, I., Smith, S-E., Martin, E., Cockshaw, W. & Grogan, C. (2024 Pre-print). Take the care to the patient: Co-designed principles for establishment of a virtual hospital, 18 July 2024, PREPRINT (Version 1) available at Research Square https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4683810/v1