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Rural Health
Greet to treat: Enhancing the experience in Bandaged Bear Clinics 1 and 2
This project looks at maximising the efficiency and effectiveness of outpatient services within the main outpatient department at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead.
Added: 1 August 2023 | Last updated: 20 February 2024
The 24/7 Virtual Care Intensive Care Unit Support Project
This project aims to improve access to timely and specialised care in Level 4 ICUs in regional NSW by integrating telehealth technology, enabling continuous specialist support via remote consultations and...
Added: 28 August 2023 | Last updated: 14 September 2023
Time Maters – Sharing care in Calvary Mater Newcastle cancer service
The project aims to improve the experience of people affected by cancer, improve the experience of the medical oncology team and implement improvements to the delivery of care.
Added: 2 August 2023 | Last updated: 22 August 2023
Managing challenges through collaboration at Balmain Hospital General Practice Casualty
The project aims to improve patient experience whilst simultaneously increasing the efficiency and capacity of the service and enhancing staff experience by July 2024.
Added: 2 August 2023 | Last updated: 22 August 2023
Home grown: Maximising Tweed Children’s Hospital in the Home/ Paediatric Post-Acute Care Service
The aim of this project is to develop a model of care that supports staff to deliver a well-defined, consistent and reliable services to improve access and bring care as...
Added: 1 August 2023 | Last updated: 22 August 2023
Art of Procurement – A collaboration between Western Sydney Local Health District and HealthShare NSW
This project aims to improve the procurement efficiency of clinical products (with the exclusion of prosthetics) for Westmead Perioperative Unit by 30 June 2023.
Added: 1 August 2023 | Last updated: 22 August 2023
Access unlocked: Improving patient access to care in NSW correctional settings
This project aims to reduce variations in patient access to care in NSW public adult correctional centres by June 2024, so that patients can receive the right care at the...
Added: 3 August 2023 | Last updated: 22 August 2023
Home is where the heart is
This project aims to deliver meaningful solutions that support staff in accessing RPM for their patients.
Added: 1 August 2023 | Last updated: 22 August 2023
Western Sydney Diabetes Virtual Care
The Western Sydney Diabetes (WSD) project focuses on providing comprehensive diabetes care through a blended model of virtual and in-person clinics.
Added: 17 July 2023 | Last updated: 18 July 2023
Implementation of the ACI back pain model in ED
Our aim was to reduce the use of opioid analgesics from 70% to 60% of patients with back pain presenting to the emergency departments of Sydney Local Health District and...
Added: 18 May 2023 | Last updated: 22 May 2023
‘Journey Stories’ – Coffs Harbour Hospital Redevelopment Multicultural Arts Project
‘Journey Stories’ was commissioned by Health Infrastructure on behalf of the Mid North Coast LHD specifically to engage new arrival communities in the co-design of the Coffs Harbour Health Campus...
Added: 4 August 2021 | Last updated: 10 May 2023
Arts on prescription
The Forensic Hospital, Malabar has successfully established an art therapy program which uses art as a creative tool to support personalised patient care.
Added: 14 April 2023 | Last updated: 10 May 2023
Collected Memory Project – Peter Poulet’s Story Drifts
The purpose of the project was to support Maitland Hospital’s transition to a new site and new building by documenting, sharing and celebrating its 175 year history through art, stories...
Added: 18 April 2023 | Last updated: 10 May 2023
Measuring what matters: Health Outcomes and Patient Experience (HOPE)
The Health Outcomes and Patient Experience (HOPE) purpose-built IT platform, enables patients and carers to provide feedback about their outcomes and experiences from their personal electronic devices.
Added: 4 April 2023 | Last updated: 26 April 2023
Where is your birthplace? Designing an alternate birthplace option for women on the Central Coast
This project aims to meet the needs of more women living on the Central Coast, by providing alternative publicly funded birthplace options.
Added: 19 April 2023 | Last updated: 26 April 2023
Alternatives to an ‘in-hospital’ bed
This project aims to reduce avoidable admissions to The Sutherland Hospital by 5% for patients presenting to the emergency department, enabling safe and timely discharge.
Added: 19 April 2023 | Last updated: 26 April 2023
Better together
Better Together is about improving parent and carer access to food when staying with their child in hospital.
Added: 21 April 2023 | Last updated: 24 April 2023
Finding Your Way: Yarning to make health decisions together
Finding Your Way is a shared decision making model created with mob, for mob.
Added: 22 March 2023 | Last updated: 11 April 2023
Virtual Rural Generalist Service
Doctors working both virtually and in person to provide rural generalist medical coverage for hospitals and multipurpose services and fatigue management.
Added: 4 August 2021 | Last updated: 24 November 2022
In-home monitoring program for people with chronic conditions
A program addressing an increasing burden of chronic disease by remotely monitoring people in their own homes and building capacity to self-manage.
Added: 13 May 2021 | Last updated: 24 November 2022
Virtual Multidisciplinary Feeding Clinic
The Children’s Hospital at Westmead is leading the way in addressing complex feeding issues, using videoconferencing to provide care remotely.
Added: 24 May 2021 | Last updated: 23 November 2022
Providing a multidisciplinary chronic pain service
The Nepean Pain Unit are using videoconferencing technology to improve access to a multidisciplinary specialty pain service for consumers located in Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD).
Added: 24 May 2021 | Last updated: 23 November 2022
Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network Virtual Services
Delivering a range of clinical services virtually to respond to the health needs of people who commonly have only had minimal contact with mainstream health services in the community.
Added: 24 May 2021 | Last updated: 11 November 2022
Alcohol and Drug Telehealth Service
Using videoconferencing technology to connect Addiction Medicine Specialist Services to clients located in Murrumbidgee Local Health District.
Added: 24 May 2021 | Last updated: 11 November 2022
Virtual Clinical Pharmacy Service
Providing health facilities in Western NSW and Far West Local Health Districts with clinical pharmacy services where there is no onsite access.
Added: 24 May 2021 | Last updated: 11 November 2022
Nepean Blue Mountains Family Metabolic Health Service
Providing multidisciplinary, tertiary-level assessment and management of severe obesity for people aged two years and over.
Added: 24 May 2021 | Last updated: 11 November 2022
Dubbo High Risk Foot Service virtual and in-person outreach
A hybrid model of virtual and in-person care to people living in the northern sector of WNSWLHD to ensure timely access to appropriate care, close to home and on country.
Added: 24 May 2021 | Last updated: 11 November 2022
Virtual Mental Health Emergency Care
Increasing access to specialist clinical mental health services in communities across rural and remote NSW.
Added: 24 May 2021 | Last updated: 11 November 2022
vCare
vCare is a designated virtual unit that provides specialty-level advice, critical care expertise, transport, logistics, and coordination support across Western NSW Local Health District.
Added: 4 August 2021 | Last updated: 11 November 2022
Virtual Allied Health Service
Providing virtual services to rural healthcare facilities in the disciplines of dietetics, occupational therapy, speech pathology, physiotherapy and social work.
Added: 24 May 2021 | Last updated: 11 November 2022
Geriatric Medicine Outreach Service
This service provides cross-district virtual geriatric consults to people living in rural and remote areas.
Added: 20 May 2021 | Last updated: 11 November 2022
Implementation of the HOTV Vision Chart in the Northern NSW Local Health District Statewide Eyesight Preschooler Screening Program
This project delivered education and resources on HOTV vision charts to all staff in Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) who deliver the Statewide Eyesight Preschooler Screening (StEPS) Program.
Added: 8 September 2017 | Last updated: 8 November 2021
Specialist Medical Clinics for Rural Aboriginal Medical Services
Specialist medical clinics were established for Aboriginal people with chronic disease who live in rural and remote areas of Hunter New England Local Health District
Added: 29 January 2018 | Last updated: 2 June 2021
Improving the Critical Care Advisory Service
Western NSW Local Health District enhanced its Critical Care Advisory Service by conducting an audit, delivering staff education, streamlining clinical pathways and improving the patient experience.
Added: 6 June 2018 | Last updated: 14 May 2021
Enhancing Remote Physiotherapy Services for Consistent Patient Care
Hay Physiotherapy Service implemented a telehealth model of care for appropriate patients, to better manage its waiting list and allow patients across vast geographical regions to access physiotherapy services in...
Added: 6 April 2017 | Last updated: 14 May 2021
Intangible Storytelling Project
A multimedia project which tells the stories of inspirational carers and the vital role they play in the community.
Added: 27 August 2015 | Last updated: 21 April 2021
Breaking the drought: rural management of breast cancer-related lymphoedema
This six-month joint project implemented a lymphoedema screening clinic, providing comprehensive treatment for lymphoedema in the Lachlan Health Service. It involved a cross discipline collaboration for patients following breast cancer...
Added: 12 August 2019 | Last updated: 20 April 2021
Implementation of Advanced Radiotherapy Technology to Improve Clinical Outcomes in Rural NSW
After the successful implementation of quality improvement projects, the technology utilisation rate (intensity-modulated radiotherapy and volumetric modulated arc therapy) rose to over 70% in 2020, compared to below 22% in...
Added: 1 March 2021 | Last updated: 15 March 2021
Bega Valley Health Service Mentoring Program
This ongoing project pairs new or inexperienced staff with senior, more experienced staff. The objective is to enable staff development, which can lead to added confidence and enhanced clinical practice,...
Added: 27 May 2020 | Last updated: 12 June 2020
Integrating care for frequent service users in Goulburn
This project brings together the local ambulance service, general practice, hospital emergency department (ED) and community health centre resources to identify and respond to patients who repeatedly use one or...
Added: 6 May 2019 | Last updated: 9 May 2019
Improving resident activity levels in the aged care facility on Norfolk Island
We worked closely with the community, staff, residents, and families of those living in the aged care facility on Norfolk Island to address their most pressing issue; the activity levels...
Added: 5 December 2018 | Last updated: 13 December 2018
Grow Our Own: Creating a Sustainable Midwifery Workforce in Rural and Remote Areas
The need for a skilled midwifery workforce is ever increasing within rural and remote Australia. The ‘Grow our Own’ initiative had three goals: to increase the number of midwives within...
Added: 15 November 2018 | Last updated: 30 November 2018
REACH Out
REACH Out is an independent patient and family activated response system for small sites. The REACH response is provided by on off-site patient flow team via Telehealth.
Added: 15 November 2018 | Last updated: 30 November 2018
Shared Clinical Review Across Four Rural Health Services
A project to implement a shared mortality and morbidity clinical review process across four small rural health services in northeast Victoria. The project includes development of standardised tools and the...
Added: 26 September 2018 | Last updated: 6 November 2018
Supporting Lifestyle and Activity Modification After a Transient Ischaemic Attack
This project, led by the Community Stroke Team, delivered a six-week education and exercise program with 12 weeks of telephone health coaching to patients in Hunter New England Local Health...
Added: 23 April 2018 | Last updated: 7 May 2018
The Smallest Things Can Make the Biggest Difference
Broken Hill Health Service in Far West Local Health District implemented the person-centred sunflower tool, to improve communication and build a rapport between staff, patients and carers.
Added: 29 January 2018 | Last updated: 12 February 2018
Hit the Ground Running: Improving Access to Pulmonary Rehabilitation
This project aimed to improve access to pulmonary rehabilitation and embed it as standard practice after admission to Coffs Harbour Health Campus for exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Added: 27 November 2017 | Last updated: 15 December 2017
A Coordinated Local Approach to Disordered Eating Services
This project improved care delivered to people with eating disorders in Broken Hill and surrounding areas in FWLHD. It focused on increasing clinicians’ skill and confidence by providing education sessions,...
Added: 25 August 2017 | Last updated: 8 September 2017
Redesign of Maternity Services at Macksville Health Campus
This project introduced a new service, where midwives at Macksville Health Campus deliver pregnancy and postnatal care to women in their home. It involves flexible rostering patterns to maximise existing...
Added: 7 April 2017 | Last updated: 28 April 2017
Living Well in Residential Aged Care: Reducing Falls and Harm from Falls
Nyngan Health Service developed a falls workbook and DVD, which was used to educate aged care residents on falls and empower them to develop personalised strategies that would reduce their...
Added: 10 February 2017 | Last updated: 27 February 2017