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patient flow - preventing bedblock

Solutions were implemented to address Patient flow difficulties - with delayed discharges on the Mater Public Postnatal Unit causing bed block and impacting Birth Suite, Antenatal Unit and...

suicide prevention in the Emergency Department

To overcome the limitations inherent to the recording of suicidal presentations to Emergency Departments (EDs), Gold Coast Mental Health Services developed a machine learning algorithm - Searching...

orthopaedics

Gold Coast Health pilot tested a shared governance business model in the orthopaedics department. Shared governance is a decentralised management approach, that grants clinical departmental leads...

Health application to reach out to patients

a.    Determining that healthcare providers better understand the patient perspective when using eAPP-enabled Patient Reporting Experience Measures (PREM) feedback

b. ...

central line drip

Central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in neonatal intensive care is associated with mortality, morbidity, increased length of stay and increased healthcare costs. Implementing a...

IeMR

Recognising the role of simulation in testing work place transition (Adler et al 2009) and the recommendation for the use of simulation to improve EMR use and patient safety (Mohan et al 2017),...

music therapy for sensory training

After extensive literature reviews into rehabilitation guidelines for adults with disorders of consciousness due to severe acquired brain injuries and sensory stimulation, the full...

Improving work environment practicees

Getting Rid of Stupid Stuff - Removing the non-value adding activities in everyday work.

The 2019 G.R.O.S.S. Awards is an initiative of the Future Hospital Program for Logan and Beaudesert...

telehealth service for persistent pain in rural areas

The project trialled persistent pain patient medical specialist initial assessment and review consultation via telehealth instead of face-to-face. To maximise assessment and intervention...

Babycam connect parents with their hospitalised babies

Babycam, a ground-breaking innovation connecting families to their pre-term and critically unwell babies via a smart device application, is revolutionising neonatal intensive care in North...

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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...

The Emergency Department (ED) Reference Guideline for Common Adult Orthopaedic Limb Injuries is a pathway that helps with the treatment of most common peripheral...

Post-Operative Discharge Support Service (PODSS) is a telehealth service led by Clinical Nurse Consultants (CNCs) designed to reduce unnecessary Emergency Department (ED)...

By focussing on what was available to them, Mater Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) co-designed an innovative solution for capturing, accessing and sharing information rapidly and...