The confusion has persisted for more than 30 years. It is time to resolve it. In 1994, as part of a job application for a research officer role with the British Medical Association's Clinical Audit Committee, Dr. Paresh Dawda wrote a paper exploring the relationship between Total Quality Management and medical audit. The central argument was straightforward: these two approaches are related, they share common ground, but they are fundamentally different in purpose, method, an

Published: June 2026 Category: Health System Reform | Team-Based Care | Value-Based Healthcare The Progress by Design: Change Readiness and Breakthrough Innovation in Primary Care report has just been published, and it represents one of the most grounded, actionable contributions to Australia's primary care reform conversation in recent years. At Prestantia Health, we have been working at the intersection of clinical practice and health system design for nearly a decade. This