Communio staff have published articles and other works as an organisation and individually. An abridged list is shown below by author, from the year 2000 onwards. To request a copy of any of the following publications please email your enquiry by clicking here.

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Communio Resources
Communio Publications
David Aro, Chief Executive
Sue McLellan, Senior Project Manager/Consultant
Sarah Michael, Senior Project Manager/Consultant
Leanne Wood, Senior Project Manager/Consultant
Laura Jakob, Project Manager/Consultant
Ann Kolbe, Consultant

Communio Resources

* Pocket Guide to Incident Management
For use in incident management and RCA training (including steps for RCA teams)2007

* Plan–Do–Study–Act (PDSA) in Action
A detailed guideline to assist in the conduct of improvement projects

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Communio Publications

* Stroke Support Strategy
Prepared by Communio for The National Stroke Foundation. 2008

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David Aro

* Bolton P, Ganon S, Aro D.
HealthConnect: a trial of an after-hours telephone triage service
Aust Health Rev 2002; 25 (2): 95-103

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Sue McLellan

* McLellan S, Hitchings G, McMaugh D.
Measuring progress and a safe future in dentistry.
Journal of Healthcare Safety, Compliance and Infection Control. Vol 4 #1. 2000

* McMaugh D, McLellan S.
Report and response to the Joint Commission for Accreditation, Taiwan. 2000

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Sarah Michael

* Michael, Robinson, Douglas, Braithwaite.
Changing an incident reporting and management paradigm; The NSW Safety Improvement Program
Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management Issue #2, 2006

*  Robinson M, Harnett E, Anderson B, Michael S.
An easy guide to Clinical Practice Improvement
New South Wales Health, available at www.health.nsw.gov.au/quality 2002


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Leanne Wood

* Wood L.
QGAP Future Directions Report
Channel Management Branch, Smart Service Queensland, Department of Communities, Queensland. 2007

* Wood L.
QGAP Future Directions in Indigenous Communities Report
Channel Management Branch, Smart Service Queensland, Department of Communities, Queensland. 2007

* Simpson L, Daws L, Pini B, Wood L.
Rural telework: case studies from the Australian outback
New Technology, Work and Employment 18 (2), pp. 115-126. 2003

* Simpson L, Daws L, Wood L.
More than just an internet connection: building rural social capital through public access
Rural Society 13 (2), 113–123. 2003

* Hayward C, Simpson L, Wood L. equal authorship
Still left out in the cold: Problematising participatory research and development
Sociologia Ruralis. 2003

* Simpson L, Wood L, Daws L.
Community capacity building: starting with people not projects
Community Development Journal 2003

* Simpson L, Wood L, Daws L.
‘Guidelines for the design and implementation of rural communication technology initiatives’, in Marshall, Stewart, Taylor, Wal, and Yu, Xinghuo,
Using Community Informatics to Transform Regions. Idea Group Inc. Publishing: Hershey, PA. 2003

* Simpson L, Daws L, Wood L.
Creating opportunities: Good practice in small business training for Australian rural women
Journal of Vocational Education and Training 54 (4), pp. 497–514. 2002

* Wood L, Simpson L, Browning P, Anderson K, Nolan C.
Call to ACTT: Call to Advance Community, Technology and the Third Sector (ACTT) First National Symposium Report
The Communication Centre, QUT, Queensland. 2002

* Simpson L, Wood L, Daws L, Seinen A.
Creating Rural Connections Final Report Book 1: Project Overview
The Communication Centre, QUT, Queensland. 2001

* Daws L, Seinen A, Simpson L, Wood L.
Creating Rural Connections Final Report Book 2: Education and Training
The Communication Centre, QUT, Queensland. 2001

* Seinen A, Daws L, Wood L, Simpson L.
Creating Rural Connections Final Report Book 3: Online Service Delivery and Support
The Communication Centre, QUT, Queensland. 2001

* Wood L, Simpson L, Seinen A, Daws L.
Creating Rural Connections Final Report Book 4: Building Community Capacity
The Communication Centre, QUT, Queensland. 2001

* Co-authored report
A study of rural telework: The Office of Rural Communities rural telework trial
The Communication Centre, QUT, Queensland. 2001

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Laura Jakob

* Jakob L.
The Value of Volunteering.
The Independent Retiree. Winter Edition. 2008

* Jakob L, Holland W, Vallentine P, Ball G.
The role of volunteering in a cancer support framework: Vital support at a critical time.
Australian Journal on Volunteering. Vol 12 (2): 99-104. 2007

* Tapping E, Jakob L.
Volunteering – How you can make a difference.
The Independent Retiree. Summer Edition. 2007

* Jakob L.
The Cancer Helpline Call Back Service.
The Retiree. 2007

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Anne Kolbe

* Kolbe A.
Response from Waitemata District Health to the Health and Disability Commissioner with respect to Case 05HDC11908
(Capital and Coast) 2007

* Merlin T, Hiler J, Maddern G, Jamieson G, Brown A, Kolbe A
What access method is the safest and most effective at establishing pneumoperitoneum? A systematic review.
Br J Surg 2003

* Rees MJ, Aickin R, Kolbe A, Teele R
The screening pelvic radiograph in paediatric trauma
Paediatric Radiology: accepted 2001

* Hamil J, Paice R, Civil I, Kolbe A.
Blunt traumatic small bowel rupture: Are children different?
Aust. N.Z. J. Surg. 70(11):795-9. 2000

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