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Testing Times: Reducing Variation in Pathology Testing | Innovation Exchange

2017. This project identified a number of strategies to reduce pathology costs and clinical variation in the testing process, including enhancements to the patient’s electronic medical record, development of best practice guidelines, staff education and

Tags: Patient safety, Unwarranted clinical variation, Pathology

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/testing-times

Breathe Easy: eliminating unwarranted clinical variation for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | Innovation Exchange

2018. The Breathe Easy project aims to eliminate varying treatment outcomes and clinical uncertainty for patients with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, admitted to South East Regional Hospital in Bega.

Tags: Unwarranted clinical variation, Respiratory

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/breathe-easy

Acute coronary syndrome pathway| Innovation Exchange

2025. A research project exploring how clinicians use an acute coronary syndrome pathway for patients presenting to the emergency department.

Tags: Cardiac, Unwarranted clinical variation

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/acute-coronary-syndrome-treatment-emergency

Standardising the management of medical equipment| Innovation Exchange

2025. Standardising the management of medical equipment across the Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network.

Tags: Efficiency

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/medical-equipment-management

Medication management matters | Innovation Exchange

2023. The Medication Management Matters project aims to improve patient safety and clinician experience by reducing the risk of medication related errors in high-risk patients admitted to SESLHD hospitals.

Tags: Patient safety

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/medication-management-matters

Improving access to drug and alcohol services | Innovation Exchange

2026. Improving access to drug and alcohol services through a redesign of the Centralised Intake Service, part of SLHD Drug Health Services.

Tags: Drug and alcohol

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/drug-and-alcohol-service-access

STAT MH: Safe, Timely Access to Mental Health | Innovation Exchange

2017. This project will implement a number of solutions to reduce clinical variability and length of stay in acute adult mental health inpatient units. These include a new model of care, new care coordination and discharge process, new patient flow and

Tags: Mental health, Patient flow, Length of stay

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/stat-mh

Gut Instinct: Optimising the Colorectal Patient Journey | Innovation Exchange

2020. This project aimed to optimise clinical care and experience provided to Colorectal patients undergoing Bowel Resection (with or without stoma) at RNSH through: - Provision of an intensive preoperative education package to patients and carers/family -

Tags: Gastroenterology

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/gut-instinct

RAISE the Bar | Innovation Exchange

2025. These workforce pressures, together with variation in workflow and imaging resources across sites, overtime clinics and fragmented communication, have made the system unreliable and contributed to staff fatigue and burnout. ... We introduced a

Tags: Medical imaging, Cancer

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/breast-scan-access

Reducing unnecessary pathology testing | Innovation Exchange

2026. An evidence-based initiative that aimed to reduce unnecessary pathology testing through enhanced clinical decision-making.

Tags: Environmental sustainability, Pathology

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/ie/projects/reducing-unnecessary-pathology-testing