The Emergency Care Institute (ECI) aims to improve emergency care across NSW through coordination, networking, research and innovation.
The ECI works at various levels of the system, including with clinicians involved in the delivery of emergency care, in consultation with consumers and the community, to research, plan and deliver more effective and efficient care in NSW.
We invite you to be involved as the strength and success of the ECI depends on clinician and community engagement.
Our structure
The ECI is managed by the ECI manager and the clinical director. They are guided by the executive committee. There are four committees, which report to the executive committee. These committees are supported by working parties as required.
Executive committee
Supports the ECI to achieve objectives and provides the strategic direction of the network. This committee is responsible for the reporting functions of the ECI.
Clinical advisory committee
Provides clinical advice on clinical guidelines and ECI projects. This committee identifies issues, priorities and opportunities for research relating to clinical practice in emergency care.
Information systems and technology advisory committee
Identifies challenges, innovations and priorities relating to information systems and technology in emergency care, in partnership with the eHealth NSW and the NSW Ministry of Health to support electronic medical records improvements and data quality.
Research and innovation advisory committee
Identifies research priorities relating to clinical practice and health service delivery in emergency care. This committee evaluates specific emergency care research projects and provides advice for specific ECI projects. It also identifies opportunities for the translation of research in emergency care.
Rural and regional emergency advisory group
Provides a forum for high level clinical advice and collaboration on rural critical care issues, strategies and implementation across the NSW Health system.
Emergency department community of practice
The ECI facilitates a regular Emergency Department Community of Practice, bringing together expertise across a wide range of topics relevant to emergency care.
Our priorities
- Bring together and engage clinicians, consumers and key stakeholders across NSW to inform the work of the ECI.
- Use an improvement lens to consider how the ECI can add value to the provision of emergency care
- Reduce variation in clinical practice and increase consistency in outcomes.
- Promote and disseminate evidence-based care, including new models of care to address challenges in emergency care.
- Foster communication and share information with all key stakeholders.
- Act in an advisory role to the NSW Ministry of Health and its pillars, and internal and external stakeholders in relation to emergency care.
- Encourage and support emergency care research and innovation.
- Ensure a multidisciplinary approach to improve the quality, efficiency, effectiveness and safety of patient care.
- Supporting programs that aim to improve ED equity, efficiency and effectiveness.
- Provide a forum for the systematic analysis and assessment of information regarding the quality of care in NSW EDs.
- Support ECI members to inform the future strategic direction of emergency care in NSW.
