The formation of the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (NHHRC) and the National Preventative Task Force in 2008, demonstrate a renewed Australian Government commitment to health reform. The re-focus on prevention, bringing it to the centre of health care has significant implications for health service delivery in the primary health care setting, supportive organisational structure...

Over the past three decades, evidence has accumulated that demonstrates that the US healthcare system as currently structured is untenable given the cost of healthcare, poor outcomes associated with this cost, imminent shortages in many categories of health professionals, and underutilization of other health professionals. The system also faces other challenges, such as the lack of access to ca...

INTRODUCTION In the context of a population that is growing older, and a number of high-profile scandals about care standards in hospital and community settings, having a skilled and knowledgeable workforce caring for older people is an ethical and policy imperative. Support workers make up the majority of the workforce in health and social care services for older people (aged 65 years and over...

Column Marilyn A. DeLuca, PhD, RN, is a leader in global health, systems, and workforce. Principal of the consultant practice Global Health-Health Systems-Philanthropy, she works with multilateral organizations, policy makers, non-governmental organizations, foundations, and donors. Lead editor of the book Transforming the Global Health Workforce (DeLuca and Soucat, 2013), she is a registered p...