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vCare

2021. 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.

Tags: Virtual care, Integrated care

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/vcare

Lower Hunter Sector Hospital in the Home Clinical Redesign

2022. This project is making meaningful change to the Hospital in the Home (HITH) service in the Lower Hunter Sector to improve service delivery and increase overall staff satisfaction.

Tags: Integrated care

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/lower-hunter-hith

Paediatric Access Support Service (PASS)

2019. The Paediatric Access Support Service (PASS) aims to transfer patients to and from Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network inpatient settings efficiently. This would reduce associated workload, and improve the patient and staff experience.

Tags: Paediatric, Integrated care, Patient flow

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/pass

Nambucca Valley Specialist Wound Intervention Service

2017. This project improved access to community wound clinics, so patients who have or are at risk of wounds can consistently receive best practice care in a timely manner.

Tags: Integrated care

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/wound-intervention-service

GPCanShare: Enhancing Cancer Management in Primary Care

2022. A shared model of care that aims to include general practitioners within the multidisciplinary team across all areas of the colorectal cancer patient journey.

Tags: Cancer, Integrated care

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/gpcanshare

The Asthma Follow Up Integrated Care Initiative

2018. Sydney Children’s Hospital Randwick developed an integrated model of care for children with non-complex asthma, including care coordination, communication with general practitioners, parent education and emergency department resources and

Tags: Paediatric, Respiratory, Integrated care

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/asthma-follow-up

Improving Collaborative Discharge Care Planning for Stroke Patients

2018. St George Hospital developed an Allied Health Discharge Care Plan, established an allied health care coordinator role and implemented new administration processes, to support the transition of stroke patients out of hospital and into the community.

Tags: Rehabilitation, Integrated care, Unwarranted clinical variation

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/improving-collaborative-discharge

Home-Based Subcutaneous Immunoglobulin Replacement Therapy

2018. Liverpool Hospital is implementing a home-based subcutaneous immunoglobulin replacement therapy program for patients with impaired immune systems.

Tags: Integrated care

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/home-based-subcutaneous

Complex Care Coordination in NSW Emergency Departments

2018. Royal North Shore Hospital is developing a clinical pathway for people who frequently present to hospital emergency departments with chronic pain and complex conditions, which will be rolled out across the state following evaluation of the pilot

Tags: Integrated care

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/complex-care-coordination

Community Eye Care in Western Sydney

2021. Community Eye Care (C-EYE-C) improved access to ophthalmology services for patients in Western Sydney, by partnering with local optometrists to conduct standardised examinations, which were then reviewed remotely by hospital ophthalmologists.

NSW Health Award

Tags: Integrated care, Ophthalmology

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/community-eye-care