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FIB4NOF (Fascia Iliaca Block for Patients with Neck of Femur Fracture) at Nepean Hospital

2019. This project is designed to promote the use of fascia iliaca block as a method of analgesia for patients who present to Nepean Hospital with a neck of femur fracture, as recommended by the ACI guidelines.

Tags: Surgery

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/fib4nof

Providing a multidisciplinary chronic pain service

2021. 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).

Tags: Virtual care, Allied health

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/multidisciplinary-chronic-pain-service

Book It: The Planned Patient Admission Project

2017. This project aims to introduce a transparent Referral for Admission process within Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District. A review of existing processes, policies, documentation and support provided to staff and consumers was undertaken.

Tags: Efficiency, Surgery, Referral

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/book-it

Nepean Blue Mountains Family Metabolic Health Service

2022. Providing multidisciplinary, tertiary-level assessment and management of severe obesity for people aged two years and over.

Tags: Virtual care, Paediatric

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/family-metabolic-health-service

Saved by the Phone: Enhancing the Pre-admission Process

2018. Staff at Blue Mountains District ANZAC Memorial Hospital implemented a standardised phone screening tool with fasting instructions, to prepare patients for their surgical procedure.

Tags: Efficiency, Patient safety, Surgery

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/saved-by-the-phone

The Patient’s Voice

2018. Nepean Hospital provided patients in a trial ward with a template containing prompts, so they could deliver a handover of their healthcare journey once a day to nursing staff.

NSW Health Award

Tags: Consumer engagement

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/patients-voice

Psychiatric Emergency Care Centre (PECC) – The Next Generation

2020. To redesign the Psychiatric Emergency Care Centre (PECC) unit within the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) Mental Health service to provide a more targeted specialised care by April 2020. • To improve the consumer experience and

Tags: Mental health

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/psychiatric-emergency-care-centre

What a Difference a Date Will Make

2018. Various services in the local area were concerned about the increase in young adolescents presenting in crisis, with either potential self-harm or harm to others. Police and ambulance workers were often required to intervene, and emergency

Tags: Paediatric, Patient flow

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/what-a-difference-a-date-will-make

Get It Together: For People with Multidisciplinary Healthcare Needs in the Community

2017. This project pulls together multidisciplinary teams around their clients, as it has been shown that when people are included in care that is coordinated, they have better health and wellbeing.

Tags: Integrated care

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/get-it-together

An Innovative Allied Health Approach to Cancer Care Services: Removing the 'Band-Aid Effect'

2015. Nepean Cancer Care Centre (NCCC) was established in 1998, setting up a comprehensive specialised interdisciplinary allied health team to support the care needs of the cancer patients throughout their cancer journey. Allied health services are

Tags: Cancer, Allied health

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/allied-health-cancer-care