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Virtual Mental Health Emergency Care

2021. Increasing access to specialist clinical mental health services in communities across rural and remote NSW.

Tags: Virtual care, Mental health

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/virtual-mental-health-emergency-care

Smoking cessation in NICU

2019. This quality improvement project looks at the smoking cessation process among parents attending the neonatal intensive care unit at John Hunter Children’s Hospital.

Tags: Respiratory, Alcohol and other drugs

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/smoking-cessation-in-nicu

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

tOTal Improvement

2019. tOTal Improvement is designed to improve communication within the multidisciplinary team at Morisset Hospital and to better direct consumers’ support needs within the clinical rehabilitation program.

Tags: Rehabilitation

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/total-improvement

Rapid Access Colonoscopy: Faecal Occult Blood Test

2016. This project designed and implemented a rapid access colonoscopy service for positive faecal occult blood test referrals in HNELHD.

NSW Health Award

Tags: Cancer, Gastroenterology

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/rapid-access-colonoscopy

When’s it my turn? The Maitland Hospital Paediatric Ambulatory Care Service

2018. The project focuses on the referral, waitlist and appointment booking processes of the Maitland Hospital Paediatric Ambulatory Care Service to deliver timely, efficient and effective care to children.

Tags: Paediatric, Efficiency

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/whens-it-my-turn

Improving Provision of Skin-to-Skin Care in Preterm Neonates

2018. John Hunter Children’s Hospital developed a step-by-step guide to encourage the delivery of Kangaroo Care to premature babies, and provided education to staff and parents on the topic.

Tags: Paediatric, Maternity

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/skin-to-skin-care

Detecting Delirium in the Emergency Department

2018. Belmont District Hospital implemented an education package for nursing staff, to improve the use of the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) screening tool in the emergency department (ED). The CAM tool is an affordable and easy way to dramatically

Tags: Mental health, Aged health

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/detecting-delirium-in-ed

Healthy ED Healthy Hospital

2019. The Healthy ED Healthy Hospital project aimed to improve safe and timely emergency care within an agreed timeframe in a bid to improve patient safety and outcomes.

Tags: Length of stay, Patient flow

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/healthy-ed-healthy-hospital

VIP Project: Reducing Re-presentations and Readmissions to Hospital for Very Intensive Patients

2021. The VIP project developed a strategy to identify Very Intensive Patients (VIPs) who are at high risk of re-presenting to hospital and implemented methods to address their medical and psycho-social needs. This new model of care has reduced the need

Tags: Efficiency, Integrated care

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/vip-project