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NHD Ep20 Doesn’t it sound familiar?

Everything old is new again – but with added features! Dignity of risk, spread and scale, negotiating for success – all with fresh clothes but a traditional skeleton. 1. QUALITY QUANDARY (Time: 00:40) A Wicked Problem: managing consumer focus, dignity and risk. (And doesn’t it sound familiar?) Hillman A, Tadd W, Calnan S, Calnan M,…

NHD Ep19 When is a PDSA not a PDSA?

When we get hold of it, of course! Plus some excellent evidence on the effectiveness component of aged care quality that could use some more attention – and a tip for improving the consumer experience that costs nothing in time, effort or $$$. 1. QUALITY QUANDARY (Time: 00:40) Care Track Aged Care Study Hibbert, P.D.,…

Cathy Jones has worked as a senior executive in healthcare in public and private sectors, for the past 20 years. She lectures internationally on quality and safety and is an experienced podcaster and broadcaster, hosting the Can’t Bowl Can’t Throw Cricket Show and the HitchPod podcast.

Cathy Balding is Director of Qualityworks PL and Adjunct Professor at La Trobe University. She is the author of three books on practical quality systems for human services that focus on creating greatness at the point of ccare. Cathy has worked in quality policy and operational roles and consults across all human services sectors. Find free tools and info to take your quality system beyond compliance to greatness at www.cathybalding.com

Jones captures Balding happily waving her new book around at the Episode 10 recording. In this ep we have a lot of fun acting out a scene from the book – that doesn’t feel all that fictional…

For Ep 17, our second NHD episode on measurement, we wanted a numbers expert – and as we couldn’t find one named Cathy, we called in another Balding! – Professor David Balding FAA, that is.