Health Economics and Health Implementation – Cancer

Project Overview

This project will leverage the already established ZERO Childhood Cancer flagship program to undertake long term health ecomomic impact, health implemenatation and psychosocial studies for the introduction of precision medicine into the health care system. It will evaluate the benefits of precision medicine whilst also determining the best method to sustainably implement precision medicine into the health care system as a new model of care

Collaborations

Children’s Cancer Institute (Australia)
Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick (Australia)
The Children’s Hospital Westmead (Australia)
Zero Childhood Cancer national and international partners network (8 hospitals, 20 research institutes), incl. all three NSW Paediatric oncology centres, Children’s Hospital Westmead, Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network, John Hunter Children’s Hospital, and Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick (Australia)
School of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of New South Wales (Australia)
Australian Institute for Health and Innovation, Macquarie University (Australia)
GenIMPACT: Centre for Economic Impacts of Genomic Medicine, Macquarie University (Australia)

Summary

Precision medicine is revolutionising healthcare and changing practice, this review will measure the benefits for families and the healthcare system to better inform policy level; and, contribute to a sustainable implementation of precision models across a complex health system.

Lead Investigators

Professor Tracey O’Brien
Director, Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network
Vanessa Tyrrell
Co-Head, Personalised Medicine Theme, Children’s Cancer Institute

Team