Professor Meredith Makeham
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Professor Meredith Makeham

Associate Dean, Community and Primary Health Care Practice
Faculty of Medicine and Health Executive
FMH Executive Dean's Unit
Professor Meredith Makeham

Professor Meredith Makeham is the Associate Dean for Community and Primary Health Care with the Faculty of Medicine and Health at The University of Sydney. Her academic interests include Patient Safety in Primary Care and Aged Care. She is a general practitioner in Sydney with a strong interest in digital health systems that promote better connected care and empowering people and communities with access to their own health information.

Publications

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Selected Grants

2023

  • Optimising Virtual Care technologies between general practice and residential aged care: a Human Factors approach, Makeham M, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners/RACGP Research Foundation - MBHF Digital Health Grant
  • PRECISE (Practitioner Readiness, Education and Capabilities, with Implementation Science Evaluation) Genomics Research Project, Ma A, Steinberg J, Barnett S, Wilkinson D, Monrouxe L, Cust A, Makeham M, Jamieson R, Smit A, Rankin N, Jones K, Dunlop K, Sawleshwarkar S, Bonner C, Boggs K, Department of Health (Federal - administered by NHMRC)/Genomics Health Futures Mission - 2022 MRFF Genomics Health Futures Mission

2022

  • Optimising digital solutions to improve access to comprehensive Primary Health Care services in remote Indigenous communities, Shaw T, Saurman E, Makeham M, Norris S, Howard K, Digital Health CRC Ltd/Research Grant
  • Transforming Wound Care through Telehealth in Aged Care, Luscombe G, Makeham M, Shaw T, Barakat-Johnson M, Department of Health (Federal)/MRFF - 2020 Rapid Applied Research Translation

Further Grants

  • Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care – Literature review and environmental scan on approaches to the review and investigation of Health-IT related patient safety incidents. Chief Investigator (Makeham MAB, Magrabi F, Hibbert P, Hardie R) 2016 ($72,875)
  • Australian Government Department of Health, Quality Use of Pathology Program - Enhancing the quality of pathology test requesting in Australian general practice. Chief Investigator (Georgiou A, McCaughey E, Li L, Makeham M, Boyle D, Westbrook J). 2016 ($165,333)
  • National E-Health Transition Authority – General Practice and Residential Aged Care Facility Medication Concordance Study (GraceMed)– Chief Investigator. (Makeham MAB, Westbrook J, Pont L, Borotkanics R, Purdy H.) 2015 ($200,000
  • Sax Institute/ Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care – Patient Safety in Primary Care – a literature review. (Makeham MAB, Westbrook J, Pont L, Carson-Stevens A.) 2015 ($28,000)
  • Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care – Evaluation of Commonwealth Fund Primary Care Data – (Chief Investigator E; Powell-Davies G, Harris M, Liaw S, Zwar N, Makeham M, Fanaian M.) 2010. ($60,000)
  • National Heart Foundation and Beyond Blue, Cancer Institute NSW (CINSW) – combined grants - ‘General Practice Project’ – (Sanson-Fisher R, Piterman L, Zwar N, D’Este C, Paul C, Carey M, Yoong S and Makeham M.) 2009 – 2010. ($239,392)
  • Pharmaceutical Alliance – Evaluation of Diabetes Electronic Decision Support (EDS) Tool. (Chief Investigator B; co-Chief Investigators Professor Nick Zwar and Dr Susanna Petche)2009 – 2010. ($136,000
  • GPET Registrar Scholarship and Research Fund – Threats to Patient Safety (Registrar sub-study) (Co-Chief investigator with Dr Simon Stromer, Professor Michael Kidd and Professor Deborah Saltman), 2005-2006 ($7,449)
  • NHMRC Project Grant – Primary Health Care Errors Study: qualification and quantification of errors occurring in General Practice (Chief Investigator; co-Chief Investigators: Professor Michael Kidd, Dr Chris Cooper and Prof Michael Mira), 2003-2005. ($182,500)
  • RACGP Registrar Scholarship and Research Fund – Hepatitis B Immunisation in ten year olds: community awareness and understanding (Chief Investigator) 1999 – 2000. ($1,000)

Further Publications

  • Cummings E, Moran G, Woods L, Almond H, Procter P, Makeham M, Dobroff N, Griffin K, Reeves J, Nowlan S, Ryan A, and Schaper L. “Methodology for the Development of the Australian National Nursing and Midwifery Digital Health Capability Framework”. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. IN PRESS, accepted 22 June 2021
  • Makeham M, Ryan A, Taggart R, Sullivan C, Sprivulis P, McNeil K. “Working as a healthcare advisory CIO specialist’. Chapter 23, The HIDDIN Workforce. IN PRESS, Accepted 26 May 2021. (Editors: Kerryn Butler-Hendersen, Karen Day, Kathleen Grey)
  • Ryan A, Loo Gee B, Fenton S, Makeham M. The impact on Safety and Quality of Care of the specialist digital health workforce. Chapter 13, The HIDDIN Workforce. IN PRESS, Accepted 26 May 2021. (Editors: Kerryn Butler-Hendersen, Karen Day, Kathleen Grey)
  • Leanna Woods, Elizabeth Cummings, Naomi Dobroff, Shelley Nowlan, Helen Almond, Paula Proctor, Angela Ryan, Meredith Makeham, Ken Griffin and Louise Schaper. “Intended Use of the National Nursing and Midwifery Digital Health Capability Framework Studies in Health Technology”. Studies in Health Technology. IN PRESS. Accepted 7/9/2020
  • Leanna Woods, Shiva Sharif Bidabadi, Angela Ryan, Tim Shaw and Meredith Makeham. Improving the digital capabilities of Australia’s health workforce: The National Digital Health Workforce and Education Roadmap. Studies in Health Technology. IN PRESS. Accepted 7/9/2020
  • Brendan Loo Gee, Meredith Makeham et al. White Paper for the Global Digital Health Partnership, Evidence and Evaluation Work Stream: “Benefits Realisation: Sharing Insights”. July 2020
  • Meredith Makeham, Tim Donohoe et al. White Paper for the Global Digital Health Partnership, Evidence and Evaluation Work Stream: “Measuring Benefits”. February 2019
  • Makeham, M Chief Medical Adviser, The Australian Digital Health Agency, Professor Heiko Spallek, Pro Dean, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Sydney. Australian Patients in the Driver’s Seat for Personally Controlled Health Record. American Dental Education Association, 2018
  • Makeham, M. Jackson, S. Shaw, T. The National Digital Health Infrastructure and the My Health Record System. The Australia Pharmaceutical Formulary and Handbook. 24th Edn. The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia. 2017.
  • Makeham, M. My Health Record expansion set to reduce pressure on Hospitals. The Australian Hospital and Healthcare Bulletin. July 2017.
  • Makeham, M. Digital health transforming healthcare with benefits for Australians through My Health Record. Healthcare IT News Australia. 31 May 2017.

Abstracts and Presentations (International)

  • Invited Keynote Speaker with Simon Eccles (NHS CCIO, UK) and Lav Aggarwal (Joint Secretary Health, India) Panel Session: “A New Era in Digital Maturity: International Views from the Top” HIMSS Health 2020 European Health Conference and Exhibition, September 7-11 2020

  • Makeham M. “Evidence and Evaluation Chair’s Overview” and “Update on Australia’s Response to the COVID 19 Pandemic”. 6th Global Digital Health Partnership Summit, (Virtual, hosted by the Indian Sectt Health, Ms Preeti Sudan). June 25th 2020

  • Makeham, M. ‘Digital Health Innovation from Around the Globe’ Asia Pacific Electronic Health Records Conference October 2019, Hong Kong Science Park

  • Makeham, M. Work stream Chair’s presentation: ‘Evidence and Evaluation, establishing standard benefits categories’. Global Digital Health Partnership Summit, Hong Kong. October 2019

  • Makeham, M. Canada Health Infoway Webinar keynote speaker. ‘Digital Health Evaluation: A Global Perspective’. August 2019.

  • Makeham, M. Chair’s overview, Evidence and Evaluation white paper ‘Measuring Benefit’. Global Digital Health Partnership Summit, New Delhi. February 2019

  • Makeham, M. Evidence and Evaluation work stream of the GDHP: progress update. Global Digital Health Partnership Summit, London. October 2018

  • 1st Internatiotional Digital Health Symposium, Sydney, UNSW. Chair of panel discussion ‘How digital health can best support quality and safety’. February 2018

  • Safety Standards for Digital Health Services – Learning from a Shared International Perspective. (Presentation and Workshop). Speakers: Meredith Makeham; AU, Hardeep Singh; US and Aziz Sheikh; UK. International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQUA) 34th International Meeting, London October 2017

  • Makeham MAB and Magrabi, F. Digital tools to enhance patient safety: The My Health Record System.International Society for Quality in Healthcare – Webinar. August 2017

  • Makeham MAB.Administrative errors in primary care. World Health Organisation – Safer Primary Care Webinar. December 2016

    Abstracts and Presentations (National)

  • ‘Digital health technology in Primary Health Care reform: Are we delivering the vision of the WHO's 1978 Declaration of Alma-Ata?’ Digital Health Institute Summit, November 2020. Sydney

  • The future of electronic health records’ Keynote invited speaker for public lecture hosted by the University of Tasmania (Virtual). October 2020

  • ‘Why is it so difficult to govern mobile health apps?’ Invited Speaker with A/Prof Farah Magrabi, Webinar for NHMRC CRE in Digital Technology to Transform Chronic Conditions. (Virtual). August 2020

  • ‘The role of digital technology in delivering Healthy Cities and Healthy Futures.’ Annual Conference of the Royal Australian College of Physicians. (Virtual) May 2020

  • ‘Data Driven Health Care Improvement’ 8th Annual NHMRC Symposium on Research Translation, Research Translation in the Digital Age: Harnessing the power of data and analytical technologies. Melbourne. November 2019

  • ‘Transforming the healthcare system: Governance should not be a dirty word’. AIMed Australia Summit, Sydney. November 2019

  • ‘Digital Informatics: AI, Big Data and Clinical Applications’ 36th Australian College of Emergency Medicine, Annual Scientific Meeting. Hobart. November 2019

  • ‘The national digital infrastructure - supporting Aged Care’. COTA ACSA Governance in Aged Care Conference. Sydney. May 2019

  • ‘Supporting Safer Care through Information Sharing and the My Health Record System’. 2nd Australasian Diagnostic Error in Medicine Conference, Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine. Melbourne. April 2019

  • Intelligence18, AI in Healthcare Summit – Guest speaker, Sydney. November 2018

  • National PHN Conference – ‘My Health Record’, Sydney. November 2018

  • Mental Health Australia Parliamentary Advocacy Day, Guest speaker: ‘Digital Health – Better health for all Australians’, Canberra. November 2018

  • RANZCR Annual Meeting, Guest speaker: ‘Digital Health – A national imperative for Australia’, Sydney. November 2018

  • Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference – Panel discussion on Confidentiality issues around the My Health Record, Sydney. September 2018

  • Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering & NSW Health Symposium on ‘Big Data and Genomics, the future driver of health care’. Panel discussion on Genomics, Ethics, Legal and Social Issues. Sydney. September 2018

  • CEDA event – Technology, Keynote speaker: ‘Data and Innovation in Healthcare’. Sydney. September 2018

  • The International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQuA) Webinar: Guest speaker with A/Prof Farah Magrabi on ‘Digital tools to enhance patient safety’. Sydney. April 2018

  • Deeble Institute Workshop – Guest speaker: ‘Palliative Care and my Health Record’. Melbourne. May 2017

  • Criterion Conference – Guest speaker: ‘The role of healthcare in codesigning Australia’s digital health strategy’. Canberra. April 2017

  • Salzburg Global Seminar – Guest speaker: My Health Record: Creating a Digital Health Future for Australia, Austria. March 2017

  • HISA, University of Newcastle, Guest speaker: ‘The role of healthcare in co-designing Australia’s Digital Health Strategy’, Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle. March 2017

  • National Webcast – Guest speaker: Creating a digital health future for Australia. January 2017

  • WHO Safer Primary Care Working Group Webinar – Guest speaker: ‘Administrative Errors’. Delivered from Sydney. December 2016

  • Sydney LHD Digital Health Symposium – Guest speaker: ‘Creating a digital health future for Australia’. Sydney. December 2016

  • Private Hospital CIO Forum, Hammondcare – Guest speaker: My Health Record’s role in a digital health future for Australia. December 2016

  • Makeham MAB, Purdy H, Raban M, Pont L, Ingersoll A, Torpy O and Westbrook J. ‘Risks to patient safety in the residential aged care facility setting: Preliminary findings of the General Practice Residential Aged Care Concordance of Medications (GRACE-Med) study’. Health Informatics Conference, HISA. Melbourne. July 2016

  • Makeham MAB, Purdy H, Raban M, Pont L, Ingersoll A, Torpy O and Westbrook J. Investigating medication and concordance across GP and aged care systems: Preliminary results of the General Practice and Residential Aged Care Facility Concordance of Medication (GraceMed) study’. PHCRIS Conference. Canberra. June 2016

  • Makeham MAB, Ingersoll A. ‘GRACE-Med: General Practice and Residential Aged Care Facility Concordance of medications study – preliminary findings’.eMedication Management Conference. Sydney. March 2016