SIÂN SLADE PhD Researcher, The Nossal Institute of Global Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
“Health challenges are almost always unanticipated, whether acute or chronic, leaving us vulnerable to a system when we are least prepared. ”
Mind The Gap: Navigating Health From Silos to Solutions Furthering the themes of Value-Based Healthcare,
almost always unanticipated, whether acute or
Patient First, Leading Better Value Care and Beyond
chronic, leaving us vulnerable to a system when we
Covid-19 in our August edition, a two-part webinar
are least prepared.
series, Mind The Gap: Navigating Health was held in
Starting each webinar with a consumer/carer
September 2021 sponsored by the Australian Disease
and practioner dyad, speakers from Queensland,
Management Association (ADMA), the Consumers
Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania provided
Health Forum and Melbourne School of Population
vignettes from across the public and not-for-profit
and Global Health.
sectors in health, disability, and aged care. Whilst
The London Underground map was the perfect
the challenges were acknowledged the conversation
backdrop for the webinars’ theme, Mind the Gap:
focus was on solutions and sharing local, state and
Navigating Health. Did you know that before
national approaches. The intent? To kick-start a
the map was built the way to find your way
conversation about developing an Australian person-
round (including the cheapest fare) was to ask a
centred systems approach, moving from the talk to
policeman? This ‘know-how’ or word of mouth as
a system-wide walk.
to how to get things done, who to ask, where to go
Leanne Wells, CEO Consumers Health Forum
is familiar to us all in our fast-moving lives where
opened the series highlighting the opportunity for
services or people change. Health challenges are
navigators (connectors, link-workers) to address
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The Health Advocate • NOVEMBER 2021
