Fast track is the allocation of patients into alternate 'streams' of appropriately resourced locations within the Emergency Department (ED), with emphasis being on dedicated clinical teams...
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Hospital In The Home (HITH) provides care in a patient’s permanent or temporary residence for conditions requiring clinical governance, monitoring and/or input that would otherwise require...
A Medical Assessment and Planning Unit (MAPU) / Medical Assessment Unit (MAU) is a unit which provides rapid physician assessment, early referral and intervention from allied health, priority...
Using physiotherapists in the Emergency Department (ED) is beneficial when high numbers of musculoskeletal ED attendances are leading to long wait times. Key Principles are to assess patients with...
The Pull from emergency department (ED) model refers to the concept of patient flow based on the 'downstream' units (i.e. wards) asking for patients rather than the 'upstream' unit (i.e. ED),...
An Emergency Department Short Stay Unit (SSU) is a unit managed by and attached to the Emergency Department (ED) and whose prime orientation is to manage acute problems for patients with an...
A transit lounge is a dedicated area preferably near the hospital entrance that helps timely transfer of patients to increase emergency department (ED) and ward bed availability. It can be...
Senior Early Assessment, also known as Primary Intervention Triage or Senior Intervention Triage is a rapid multidisciplinary team response which enables early identification of required...
CLEAR uses a suite of indicators including quality and safety targets to measure ED performance against the four-hour emergency access target.
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Develop and implement a clinical standard for cardiac rehabilitation (CR) services to ensure standardized evidence-based content informs the delivery of Queensland Health CR...
“Keep Your Move in the Tube” (KMIT®) is an evidence-based strategy, developed for patients following cardiac surgery via sternotomy. It imposes no load or time restrictions but...
The Precision Triage Project, a collaboration between Griffith University and Gold Coast University Hospital, uses the Tracking Cube, a digital system co-designed with a First...
Previous evaluations acknowledge that consumers are often not aware or are unable to advocate for telehealth as part of their healthcare journey. To address this, a multi-stage...
Prolonged waiting times are a common source of patient dissatisfaction and complaints. As most Emergency Department (ED) patients are discharged from ED, the time required for...
