Welcome to my blog

I am a physician based in Sydney, Australia. I am one of the founders of the Ochre Health Group. This project kicked off in Bourke with Ross Lamplugh back in 2002 when we both worked as rural generalists. Ochre delivers health care to some of the most remote and disadvantaged areas in Australia. We support extended skills for primary care physicians and maximise the time they work at the top of their licence. We don’t just talk about patient health outcomes, we measure and benchmark ourselves to deliver health care that is better. We believe that ethical and high quality health care is also the most financially sustainable business model. Over the years I have tried to understand health inequality. If we can fix healthcare for the most vulnerable then we can fix healthcare for everyone. So, what determines poor and good health outcomes? What does great healthcare look like? How can we measure outcomes that are meaningful? How can healthcare organisations put the patient at the centre of what we do? This blog provides some thoughts on this theme. The plan is to follow the data and see where it leads …