"The Improving Aboriginal Patient Journeys (IAPJ) study is the third stage of the Managing Two Worlds Together (MTWT) project. The MTWT project investigated what works well and what needs improvement in the health system for Aboriginal people who travel for hospital and specialist care from rural and remote areas of South Australia and the Northern Territory to city hospitals. ... Stage 3 (2013-15) involved an expanded research team and staff participants working together in a range of health care and education settings in South Australia and the Northern Territory. The aim was to modify, adapt and test the Aboriginal PJM tools developed in Stages 1 and 2."--Page v
"This report on Rural and remote sites case studies is complemented by reports on four others - ... - published as part of the Improving Aboriginal patient journeys study, stage 3 of the Managing two worlds together project. Three case studies from rural and remote sites are presented in this report ... . All three describe the ways in which rural and remote area staff adapated and used the MTWT patient journey mapping tools for use with and for local Aboriginal people and communities."--Page 1