Wednesday 19 November 2025 | 11:00-13:00

Format: Workshop

Why can it be painstakingly slow to scale up and spread great ideas in healthcare? There is often evidence of ‘Islands of Excellence’, where spread is even difficult within the same organisation.
In this workshop we will be exploring what gets in the way of change including structural, organisational, cultural and mindset roadblocks. We will be taking you through contemporary approaches to accelerate the speed of spread of great ideas that improve the quality and safety of care and makes healthcare a more rewarding place to work. We will look at how other industries approach spread and the contrasting paradigms with health. We will look at how data and technology can be harnessed to spread good ideas across organisations at a much faster pace. In collaboration with workshop participants, we will develop an algorithm for when we should scale and spread innovations and ideas that improve safety and quality for patients.

After this session, participants will be able to:

1. Understand what stops the scale and spread of great ideas


2. Know how to identify innovation and ideas that can be spread at scale and pace


3. Explore how technology could be harnessed to increase uptake of good ideas and innovation that benefit patient safety and quality improvement

Bernie Harrison ACHS Improvement Academy; Australia
Pieter Walker Healthcare Consultant and Strategist; Australia