Adjunct Professor
Reece Hinchcliff
Faculty of Health,
School of Public Health & Social Work
Biography
Professor Reece Hinchcliff is the Academic Lead and Program Director in Health Services Management (HSM) within the School of Applied Psychology at Griffith University, Australia. Since completing his PhD in Public Health (Medicine) at The George Institute for Global Health (formally based at the University of Sydney), he has held HSM academic leadership and program director roles at the University of New South Wales, University of Technology Sydney and Queensland University of Technology, where he retains an Adjunct Professor appointment.Professor Hinchcliff's research examines how quality improvement interventions can be applied in healthcare organisations and systems to improve patient outcomes. He has an international reputation for his research into the design, implementation and impacts of accreditation programs in different contexts, having authored 25 journal papers in that specialised field of study. He also has an emerging track record in health services research that contributes to health systems strengthening in South-East Asia.
Professor Hinchcliff has been awarded $1.8mil in research funding and has authored 60 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, with over 75% in Q1 journals. His research has been cited in over 1600 journal papers, as well as multiple government and World Health Organization reports. He has an H-index of 22, is a reviewer for international research grant funding schemes, and serves as Deputy Editor of the International Journal for Quality in Health Care.
Personal details
Positions
- Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Health,
School of Public Health & Social Work
Keywords
Quality and Safety, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement, Accreditation, Regulation
Research field
Public health
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD(Medicine) (University of Sydney)
- BA(Hons1)(Social Anthropology) (University of Sydney)
Professional memberships and associations
Deputy Editor, International Journal for Quality in Health Care
Publications
- Lewis, K. & Hinchcliff, R. (2023). Hospital accreditation: an umbrella review. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 35(1). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/238294
- Khan, S., Yousefinezhadi, T. & Hinchcliff, R. (2022). The impact of hospital accreditation in selected Middle East countries: a scoping review. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 36(1), 51–68. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/212882
- Hinchcliff, R., Debono, D., Carter, D., Glennie, M., Robertson, H. & Travaglia, J. (2022). Options to enhance the veracity of Australian health service accreditation assessments. Health Information Management Journal, 51(2), 59–62. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/198994
- Alruthea, S., Bowman, P., Tariq, A. & Hinchcliff, R. (2022). Interventions to Enhance Medication Safety in Residential Aged Care Settings: An Umbrella Review. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 88(4), 1630–1643. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/226139
- Hinchcliff, R., (2021). Advancing the accreditation economy: a critical reflection. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 33(4). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/227042
- Alabdaly, A., Debono, D., Hinchcliff, R. & Hor, S. (2021). Relationship between patient safety culture and patient experience in hospital settings: A scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 11(5). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/211187
- Handayani, S., Wilson, D., Utami, M., Manglapy, Y., Suharyo, S. & Hinchcliff, R. (2021). Risk Factors of Drop-Out among Tuberculosis Patients in Semarang: A Case-Control Study. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 24(1). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/212711
- Yousefinezhadi, T., Mosadeghrad, A., Hinchcliff, R. & Akbari-Sari, A. (2020). Evaluation results of national hospital accreditation program in Iran: The view of hospital managers. Journal of Healthcare Quality Research, 35(1), 12–18. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/197589
- Harrison, R., Hinchcliff, R., Manias, E., Mears, S., Heslop, D., Walton, V. & Kwedza, R. (2020). Can feedback approaches reduce unwarranted clinical variation? A systematic rapid evidence synthesis. BMC Health Services Research, 20(1). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/137218
- Feuerlicht, D., Agaliotis, M. & Hinchcliff, R. (2020). Falling short: examination of the validity of methods used to identify paediatric hospital falls in NSW, Australia. Public Health Research and Practice, 30(1). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129987
QUT ePrints
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Awards
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Churchill Fellowship recipient
Supervision
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Current supervisions
- An investigation of private equity ownership on clinician engagement, organisational performance, and clinical outcomes
MPhil, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Emeritus Professor Gerard Fitzgerald
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- The Professional and Personal Impact of the Australian and New Zealand Comprehensive Gynaecological Surgery Training Program on Specialists in Training and Third-Party Stakeholders (2022)
- Contribution of Private Healthcare to Universal Health Coverage: an Investigation of Private over Public Health Service Utilisation in Vietnam (2021)
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