EP 8: Transforming the culture of healthcare

"TRANSFORMING THE CULTURE OF HEALTHCARE"

During this episode we discuss:

-How to introduce a feedback model to reduce stress and anxiety in healthcare settings and develop a patient centred approach

-Consequences of a stressful culture in healthcare - what can be done about it, the challenges faced and ways to create change despite push back.

-The power of music and performing arts for healing and awareness and to inspire transformation even in a difficult setting.

-How to collaborate and use collective wisdom and influence to bring about change

Catherine is a true change maker and influencer in the areas of medical innovation and the arts, fuelled by her desire to implement meaningful change in healthcare from the inside out. She believes this will benefit the users of healthcare – patients and their families – as well as the hundreds of thousands of women and men who work in the field.

Catherine is a truly a remarkable woman and no surprise has received a number of accolades for her work including:
2004 Royal Children’s Hospital Chairman’s medal
2006 Ministers award for outstanding individual achievement Victorian Public Health Awards.
2007 ACHS award Clinical Quality and Safety
2009 Churchill Fellowship to study patient centred care and patient safety

2014 Australian Financial Review’s 100 Women of Influence.

2015 Member of the Order of Australia for services to medicine, to community healthcare standards and to the Arts.

2016 Award for Excellence by an Individual ‘by APRA/AMCOS at the Australian Art Music Awards for her work on the Hush Collection albums 1-13

2016 Co founder inaugural Gathering of Kindness to address bullying and poor culture in healthcare by changing the conversation to one about a kind health system. Gathering of Kindness has grown into a considerable social movement in 2017-18

For more info on Dr Catherine Crock and her work:
https://www.hush.org.au/
https://www.gatheringofkindness.org/