Alliances for Allied Health

The Centre for Healthcare Knowledge & Innovation will be holding its Transformers III Series in Byron Bay and Coffs Harbour from Monday 5 to Thursday 8 November 2018. The theme is Planning and Contributing Together. Register now to avoid disappointment.

Planning and contributing together is something that all allied health professionals should consider. But what exactly does it mean?

In short, it means to collaborate, with particular attention on alliance models.

Why alliance models?

To prosper and grow your business or service it’s necessary to find creative new ways to expand and develop into new markets. Joining up with others provides complementary resources and capabilities, making it possible to grow and expand faster and more efficiently. Partners can concentrate on activities that best match their capabilities while having access to other resources, technologies, capital and people.

In the age of rapidly changing environment, an alliance is one of the quickest, most effective ways to provide better patient care. An alliance allows you to cooperate instead of compete and when formed with politically-influential partners, may also help improve your own influence and position.

An alliance is a living system that evolves progressively in its possibilities. Beyond the immediate reasons for entering into a relationship, the connection offers the parties involved an option on the future, opening new doors and unforeseen opportunities.

Alliances share resources, support one another when they can, and facilitate and encourage the improvement of health and wellbeing outcomes.

What are the benefits?

While health alliances are still relatively new in Australia, certainly in the North Coast, there are recognised benefits to entering an alliance contract. Benefits can include:

• Cost saving for sharing of staff and/or premises
• Access to a wider range of skills, expertise and tailored services
• Improved quality of one or more patient services
• Better patient access, faster treatment and better outcomes
• Shared quality frameworks and policies
• Reduced costs and risks
• Opportunities for training and development
• Retainment of existing patient-practitioner relationship, local knowledge, knowledge of staff, and understanding of patient need
• Increased service/brand awareness
• Enhanced productivity and economies of scale
• Added legitimacy and credibility
• Opportunity for successful bidding

Want to learn more? Register now for Transformers III and receive innovative examples of alliances and how they can apply locally. The Transformers III program will look at:

• What you can do to prepare for greater collaboration
• Essential components of a successful collaboration
• Structural options available to allied health
• The principles for driving value from collaboration
• Risk and reward regimes that incentivise alliance partners
• Tools to establish trust on which to build an alliance

Hurry, places are limited.

Click here to register for Byron Bay, 5 & 6 November.
Click here to register for Coffs Harbour, 7 & 8 November.
Click here to register for Transformers III Dinner, Byron Bay, 5 November