Business View Oceania - June 2023

7 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 5, ISSUE 6 DEEBLE FELLOWSHIP TO EXAMINE VOLUNTARY PATIENT REGISTRATION REFORMS AND EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CARE OPENING L INES The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) has today awarded the 2023 Deeble Institute Fellowship to Associate Professor Reema Harrison, Lead Healthcare Engagement and Workplace Behaviour, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University. Named in honour of Professor John Deeble AO (1931-2018), health economist, co-architect of Medicare, founding director of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, and namesake of the Deeble Institute for Health Policy Research (AHHA); the Fellowship has been awarded to an outstanding mid-career researcher whose research commitment reflects Professor Deeble’s legacy of universal healthcare through affordable, quality healthcare for all. ‘Associate Professor Harrison is a worthy recipient of the Deeble Institute Fellowship 2023, recognising her commitment to engaging diverse populations in research in order to improve equitable access to health services and outcomes’, says Chief Executive AHHA Kylie Woolcock. Reema is a well-respected leader in health systems and policy research, designing and publishing instruments to assess clinician and patient experiences of health care for government and scientific communities. During the course of her Fellowship, Associate Professor Harrison will examine voluntary patient registration reforms and equitable access to healthcare. Voluntary patient registration has been proposed as a mechanism to formally link patients to