Patient Journey Modelling – from data to insights into patient pathways

Project Member(s): Yu, K., Piccardi, M., Diponio, M., Dong, Y.

Funding or Partner Organisation: WENTWEST LIMITED (Wentwest CRC)
WENTWEST LIMITED (Wentwest CRC)
NSW Ministry of Health (NSW Ministry of Health CRC)
NSW Ministry of Health (NSW Ministry of Health CRC)
Digital Health CRC Limited (Digital Health CRC)
Digital Health CRC Limited (Digital Health CRC)

Start year: 2020

Summary: The primary aim of this project is to develop a methodology for modelling of patient pathways from patient journeys. A patient journey is the collection of health events of an individual patient. A patient pathway is a sequence (or network) of health events types that abstracts and groups patient journeys. The methodology developed by this project aims to be (i) robust to the different ways of conceptualizing patient journeys and pathways, (ii) rigorous in that it is based on accepted formalisms and stands up to peer review, and (iii) reusable across different diseases and models of care. A secondary aim of this project is to apply the methodology to selected Collaborative Commissioning initiatives to provide local insights to support Collaborative Commissioning. The project aims to provide the detailed understanding of the individual patient journeys of a cohort within a population, for example local cohorts in the case of CC. These insights, knowing why things happen through understanding typical local patient journeys, will provide an evidence base for CC to develop pathways with the most benefit for the patient and local need. The ambition is to support strategic decisions for CC pathway design.

FOR Codes: Health and Support Services not elsewhere classified, Health Information Systems (incl. Surveillance), Health surveillance, Evaluation of health and support services not elsewhere classified, Provision of health and support services not elsewhere classified

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.