This article by Garry L R Jennings and Michael K Walsh appeared in MJA Medical Journal of Australia recently.

Embedding research into health care organisations improves outcomes, but will require unique, flexible models for success

It will come as little surprise to those who work in the health care sector that the Australian health system is highly fragmented. At the coalface, we have a wide variety of service providers, including public hospitals, primary care providers, aged care providers, private sector operators and many non-profit organisations and charities. Their work is complementary to, and interdependent with, the activities of teaching and research institutions such as universities and independent medical research institutes that help provide innovation and evidence-based models of illness prevention and health care.

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