Cognitive Impairment (CI) is often undetected in hospitals, with less than 20 per cent of cases properly recorded or coded. This results in poor patient outcomes, missed therapeutic opportunities...
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Engaging with consumers to be actively involved with the composition of quality and safety performance measures is a relatively unexplored area in Queensland Health. There is an assumption that...
The Integrated Telehandover Project commenced at The Townsville Hospital in October 2017 and has concluded 30th June 2018. It was anticipated that a video-conferenced inter-facility clinical...
The project has been designed to achieve open and ongoing communication with Emerald Antenatal services, the provision of care closer to home for Antenatal patients, patient inclusion in transfer...
Delirium is a common, morbid and mortal condition and studies of hospital coding repeatedly demonstrate that delirium is likely under recognised. For numerous reasons, the diagnosis of delirium...
Project ECHO® (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is an innovative model of inter-professional education and case-based learning, which aims to democratise clinical knowledge and deliver...
The Partners in Prevention Forum brings together representatives primarily from Queensland Health and the Queensland Primary Health Networks. The forum is relevant for staff in decision-...
The Perinatal Wellbeing Service (PWS) model is a nurse-led, client-centred model for perinatal mental health, developed and provided by mental health nurses. It was implemented in 2015 to target...
The Townsville Hospital (TTH) neurology, gastroenterology, and radiology specialists have collaborated to pioneer levodopa carbidopa intestinal gel (levodopa) via percutaneous endoscopic...
Queensland Opioid Stewardship Program (QOSP) supports the development, implementation and evaluation of opioid-focused practice improvement programs across Queensland Health. The program, still in...
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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...
