Ms Megan Bohensky - Researcher Profile

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Address

Monash University
Wellington Road, Clayton

Biography

Megan is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Safety, Compensation and Recovery Research (ISCRR), where she manages the Compensation Research Database (CRD). http://www.iscrr.com.au/research/research-programs/compensation-research-database.aspx

 

 

 

Megan has a background in health services research with interests that focus on the use of administrative datasets, clinical registries and data linkage to evaluate care and measure health outcomes. In addition to her role at ISCRR, she is also undertaking work focussed on evaluating the quality and cost-effectiveness of orthopaedic care. Her research has been published in national and international peer-reviewed journals, including the Medical Journal of Australia, BMC Health Services Research and the Journal of Critical Care.

From 2007 to 2011, Megan undertook a PhD within the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at Monash University, which investigated the use of clinical and administrative data to measure and improve healthcare quality in intensive care. Megan completed a Masters of Public Health in the Epidemiology & Biostatistics concentration at the University of Melbourne in 2006 and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology at Stanford University in California in 1999. She has also been employed as a researcher at the Victorian State Coroner’s office and the Monash University Accident Research Centre.

 

 

Research & Supervision Interests

    data linkage, administrative data, clinical registry data, cost effectiveness analysis, health outcomes analysis

Qualifications

PHD
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 2011
MASTERS OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Institution: Melbourne University
Year awarded: 2006
BACHELOR OF ARTS (PSYCHOLOGY)
Institution: Stanford University
Year awarded: 1999

Publications

Journal Articles

Morello, R., Barker, A., Haines, T.P., Zavarsek, S., Watts, J.J., Hill, K., Brand, C.A., Sherrington, C., Wolfe, R.S.J., Bohensky, M., Stoelwinder, J.U., 2013, In-hospital falls and fall-related injuries: a protocol for a cost of fall study, Injury Prevention [E], vol 0, BMJ Group, United Kingdom, pp. 1-6.

Bohensky, M., Jolley, D.J., Pilcher, D.V., Sundararajan, V., Evans, S.M., Brand, C.A., 2012, Prognostic models based on administrative data alone inadequately predict the survival outcomes for critically ill patients at 180 days post hospital discharge, Journal of Critical Care [P], vol 27, issue 4, W.B. Saunders Co., United States, pp. 11-21.

Bohensky, M., Sundararajan, V., Andrianopoulos, N., de Steiger, R., Bucknill, A., Kondogiannis, C.M., McColl, G.J., Brand, C.A., 2012, Trends in elective knee arthroscopies in a population-based cohort 2000-2009, Medical Journal of Australia [E], vol 197, issue 7, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., Australia, pp. 399-403.

Evans, S., Bohensky, M., Cameron, P., McNeil, J., 2011, A survey of Australian clinical registries: can quality of care be measured?, Internal Medicine Journal [P], vol 41, issue 1a, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 42-48.

Bohensky, M., Jolley, D., Sundararajan, V., Evans, S., Ibrahim, J., Brand, C., 2011, Development and validation of reporting guidelines for studies involving data linkage, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health [P], vol 35, issue 5, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 486-489.

Bohensky, M., Jolley, D., Sundararajan, V., Pilcher, D., Evans, S., Brand, C., 2011, Empirical aspects of linking intensive care registry data to hospital discharge data without the use of direct patient identifiers, Anaesthesia And Intensive Care [P], vol 39, issue 2, Australian Society of Anaesthetists Ltd, Australia, pp. 202-208.

Koppel, S., Bohensky, M., Langford, J., Taranto, D., 2011, Older drivers, crashes and injuries, Traffic Injury Prevention [E], vol 12, Taylor & Francis Ltd, United States, pp. 459-467.

Bohensky, M.A., Jolley, D., Vijaya, S., Evans, S., Pilcher, D.V., Scott, I., Brand, C.A., 2010, Data Linkage: A powerful research tool with potential problems, BMC Health Services Research [E], vol 10, issue Art. No: 346, BioMed Central Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 1-7.

Fitzharris, M.P., Charlton, J.L., Bohensky, M., Koppel, S.N., Fildes, B.N., 2008, Booster seat use by children aged 4-11 years: Evidence of the need to revise current Australasian standards to accommodate overweight children, Medical Journal of Australia, vol 188, issue 6, Australasian Medical Publishing Company, Australia, pp. 328-331.

Langford, J.W., Bohensky, M., Koppel, S.N., Newstead, S.V., 2008, Do age-based mandatory assessments reduce older drivers' risk to other road users?, Accident Analysis & Prevention, vol 40, issue 6, Elsevier, UK, pp. 1913-1918.

Langford, J.W., Bohensky, M., Koppel, S.N., Newstead, S.V., 2008, Do older drivers pose a risk to other road users?, Traffic Injury Prevention, vol 9, Taylor & Francis, USA, pp. 181-189.

Bohensky, M., Charlton, J.L., Odell, M., Keeffe, J., 2008, Implications of vision testing for older driver licensing, Traffic Injury Prevention, vol 9, Taylor & Francis, USA, pp. 304-313.

Charles, A., Ranson, D.L., Bohensky, M., Ibrahim, J.E., 2007, Under-reporting of deaths to the coroner by doctors: a retrospective review of deaths in two hospitals in Melbourne, Australia, International Journal for Quality in Health Care, vol 19, issue 4, Oxford University Press, USA, pp. 232-236.

Bohensky, M., Ibrahim, J.E., Ranson, D.L., 2006, Making the case for more necropsies to improve patient care, Quality & Safety in Health Care, vol 15, issue 2, BMJ Publishing Group, London UK, p. 144.

Bohensky, M.A., Ibrahim, J.E., O'Brien, A.J., Emmett, S.L., Newman, E., Charles, A., Young, C., Ranson, D.L., 2006, World without borders: integrating clinical perspectives into the coronial jurisdiction in Victoria, Australia, Medicine and Law, vol 25, issue 1, Yozmot Heiliger (1989) Ltd, Israel, pp. 13-29.

Bohensky, M.A., Emmett, S.L., Ibrahim, J.E., Ranson, D.L., 2005, Experience with practice guidelines for medico-legal death Investigations: the case of falls-related deaths in hospital, Medicine and Law, vol 24, issue 4, Yozmot Heiliger (1989) Ltd, Israel, pp. 727-742.

Bohensky, M., Ibrahim, J.E., Ranson, D.L., 2005, Letter: The Bundaberg Hospital scandal: the need for reform in Queensland and beyond. Re-inventing the wheel?, Medical Journal of Australia, vol 183, issue 10, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty Ltd, Australia, p. 546.

Bohensky, M.A., Ibrahim, J.E., Ranson, D.L., 2005, The Bundaberg Hospital scandal: the need for reform in Queensland and beyond. Re-inventing the wheel?, Medical Journal Of Australia [P], vol 183, issue 10, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., Australia, p. 546.

Conference Proceedings

Bohensky, M., Oxley, J.A., Odell, M., Charlton, J.L., Williams, P., Fildes, B.N., 2007, Drivers with visual field loss in one Australian licensing jurisdiction, Proceedings of the 2007 Australasian Road Safety Research Policing and Education Conference, 17-19 October, The Meeting Planners, on-line, pp. 1-17.

Bohensky, M., Martin, L., Charlton, J.L., Langford, J.W., 2007, Some options for assessing older driver fitness to drive for licensing purposes, Proceedings of the 2007 Australasian Road Safety Research Policing and Education Conference, 17-19 October, The Meeting Planners, on-line, pp. 1-11.