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Biography
Dr Walsan is a Post Doc Research Fellow at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation in Macquarie University. She is an advanced quantitative researcher with expertise in data linkage and the analysis of quantitative data of health outcomes using Australian hospitalisation data. Dr Walsan has worked with a range of administrative and large health outcome datasets to present and report evidence of health service use, experiences, and outcomes, with a particular focus on the quality and safety outcomes. She has conducted advanced statistical analysis for several large-scale studies involving complex datasets and linked data using statistical softwares such as R and SAS. She also has expertise in using Geographic information Systems (GIS) and spatial methods to identify at risk population to aid in health planning and practice. Dr Walsan's goal is to improve the health and wellbeing of communities through high quality health service, population and public health research.
Education/Academic qualification
Medicine, PhD, Type 2 diabetes comorbidity in serious mental illness: Do neighbourhoods matter, University of Wollongong
Award Date: 22 Dec 2020
External positions
Research Assistant, The University of New South Wales
1 Apr 2020 → 26 Jan 2022
Research Assistant, University of Wollongong
1 Oct 2019 → 26 Jan 2022
Honorary Research Associate, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District
2016 → 2019
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Evaluation of the SEED Healthcare Staff Wellness Program in Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District: Insights from Document Analysis
31/07/24 → 15/10/24
Project: Consultancy
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ARCHS: Adult Recipients of Cochlear implants: Health and Social long-term outcomes
Mitchell, R., Lystad, R., Boisvert, I., McMaugh, A., Moore, R. & Walsan, R.
10/08/22 → 30/11/24
Project: Research
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Health Outcomes and Patient Experience (HOPE) Process Evaluation
Harrison, R., Manias, E., Churruca, K., Ellis, L., Newman, B. & Walsan, R.
23/06/22 → 16/09/22
Project: Research
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Applying change models and methods during a period of vast digital transformation: a systematic review of practice in healthcare
McDonnell, R., Chauhan, A., Adams, C., Cardenas, A., Moscova, M., Walsan, R., Sina, M., Munro, A., Manias, E., Mitchell, R., Gust, A., Sabesan, S. & Harrison, R., 16 Jul 2024, (Submitted) (AUTHOREA).Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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As loud as a construction site: noise levels in the emergency department
Adams, C., Walsan, R., McDonnell, R. & Schembri, A., Mar 2024, In: Australasian Emergency Care. 27, 1, p. 26-29 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Capabilities for virtual care implementation: a document analysis of policy frameworks
Walsan, R., Mitchell, R., Cardenas, A., Moscova, M., Taylor, N., Mumford, V., Sina, M., Webster, T. & Harrison, R., 18 Nov 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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Co-designing strategies to improve advance care planning among people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds with cancer: iCanCarePlan study protocol
Chauhan, A., Chitkara, U., Walsan, R., Sansom-Daly, U. M., Manias, E., Seah, D., Dalli, A., El-Kabbout, N., Tieu, T., Sarwar, M., Faiz, M., Huang, N., Rocha, V. M., Pal, A. & Harrison, R., 18 May 2024, In: BMC Palliative Care. 23, 1, p. 1-11 11 p., 123.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Does patient experience change with age? Exploring associations between patient experience, gender and age
Adams, C., Walsan, R., Schembri, A., Sharma, A., Walpola, R. & Harrison, R., 2024, In: Patient Experience Journal. 11, 1, p. 141-148 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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Editor's choice—Walsan, R., Mitchell, R.J., Braithwaite, J., Westbrook, J., Hibbert, P., Mumford, V. and Harrison, R. (2024). Marked variations in medical provider and out-of-pocket costs for radical prostatectomy procedures in Australia. Australian Health Review
Walsan, Ramya (Recipient), Mitchell, Rebecca (Recipient), Braithwaite, Jeffrey (Recipient), Westbrook, Johanna (Recipient), Hibbert, Peter (Recipient), Mumford, Virginia (Recipient) & Harrison, Reema (Recipient), 2024
Prize
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Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health district - UOW matching scholarship
Walsan, Ramya (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Other distinction
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Travel award, School of Science, Medicine and Health, University of Wollongong
Walsan, Ramya (Recipient), 2019
Prize
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Association between OOP costs and health outcomes.
Reema Harrison (Speaker), Ramya Walsan (Speaker), Virginia Mumford (Speaker), Johanna Westbrook (Speaker), P. D. Hibbert (Speaker) & Jeffrey Braithwaite (Speaker)
2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Is paying out of pocket payments associated with better healthcare quality?
Ramya Walsan (Speaker), Rebecca Mitchell (Speaker), Jeffrey Braithwaite (Speaker), Johanna Westbrook (Speaker), Peter Hibbert (Speaker), Virginia Mumford (Speaker) & Reema Harrison (Speaker)
5 Feb 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Health service use, health outcomes and treatment costs of cochlear implant users
Tolesa Okuba (Speaker), Reidar Lystad (Speaker), Isabelle Boisvert (Speaker), Anne McMaugh (Speaker), Robyn Moore (Speaker), P Wolnizer (Speaker), C Chow (Speaker), Ramya Walsan (Speaker) & Rebecca Mitchell (Speaker)
2 May 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Providing high value care for older adults in New South Wales: A mixed-methods analysis of clinician's experiences
Reema Harrison (Speaker), Ramya Walsan (Speaker), Corey Adams (Speaker), Maha Pervaz Iqbal (Speaker), Bronwyn Newman (Speaker), Louise Ellis (Speaker), Rebecca Mitchell (Speaker) & Elizabeth Manias (Speaker)
10 May 2023 → 12 May 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Are out of pocket (OOP) costs associated with health care quality?
Ramya Walsan (Speaker)
27 Mar 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation