Malcolm Masso has worked as a senior research fellow at the Centre for Health Service Development since 2004, prior to which he worked for over 25 years in the health system, including senior management positions in a wide range of hospitals. Malcolm holds a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from the London School of Economics, a Master in Nursing Administration from the University of New South Wales and a Master of Public Health from the University of Sydney. He is currently enrolled as a PhD student at the University of Wollongong undertaking research into factors that influence the implementation of evidence-based practice in residential aged care. Malcolm’s research interests include the evaluation of change within health and residential aged care, the use of evidence to inform policy decisions and the implementation of evidence-based clinical practice.
Articles
The Clinical Services Redesign Program in New South Wales : perceptions of senior health managers (with Glenn Robert, Grace McCarthy, and Kathleen M. Eagar), Australian Health Services Research Institute (2010)
OBJECTIVE: This study explores the views of senior managers regarding their experience of participating in...
Linkage, coordination and integration: Evidence from rural palliative care (with Alan Owen), Australian Health Services Research Institute (2009)
OBJECTIVE: Review the findings from the evaluations of three rural palliative care programs. DESIGN: Review...
Assessment of need and capacity to benefit for people with a disability requiring aids, appliances and equipment (with Alan G. Owen, Tara L. Stevermuer, Kathryn E. Williams, and Kathleen M. Eagar), Australian Health Services Research Institute (2008)
Aim: To develop an equitable system for allocating equipment, aids and appliances to adults with...
Why patients attend emergency departments for conditions potentially appropriate for primary care: Reasons given by patients and clinicians differ (with Andrew J. Bezzina, Peter M. Siminski, Rebekkah Middleton, and Kathleen M. Eagar), Australian Health Services Research Institute (2007)
Objectives: To compare reasons identified by clinical staff for potential primary care attendances to the...
Primary care patients' views on why they present to Emergency Departments - inappropriate attendances or inappropriate policy? (with Peter M. Siminski, Susan Cragg, Rebekkah Middleton, Luise P. Lago, Janette P. Green, and Kathleen M. Eagar), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2005)
This study investigates why some patients with apparently less urgent conditions present to emergency departments...
Other
It’s the Little Things that Matter: Implementation of Evidence-based Practice in Residential Aged Care, SBS HDR Student Conference (2011)
Considerable research has been undertaken in health care about implementing evidence-based practice but there has...