Projects we have funded

• Ethnic differences in unwarranted clinical variation and evidence-based care for cardiovascular disease in NSW.
  Lead: Dr Fiona Stanaway
• Let’s have a yarn about our bladder: partnering with Aboriginal people to deliver guideline recommended urinary continence and lower urinary tract symptom care that is culturally appropriate and safe.
  Lead: Dr Di Marsden
• Using a rapid virtual health triage consultation and early intervention to more effectively triage and manage referrals to the RPAH Back Pain Clinic.
  Lead: Dr Christopher Needs
• A pilot randomised controlled trial of virtual reality pain therapy for chronic neuropathic pain.
  Lead: A/Prof Alwin Chuan
• Staff experiences in using the 'Needs of Children Questionnaire' at Liverpool Hospital, South Western Sydney Local Health District, NSW Health.
  Lead: Dr Mandie Foster and Lisa McCue
• Implementing a value-based model of care for improving quality, safety, and cost-effectiveness of care for inflammatory bowel disease.
  Lead: A/Prof Susan Connor

• Exploring the use of virtual reality (VR) to manage distress in adolescent patients in emergency departments (EDs).
  Lead: Prof Kate Steinbec
• A health self-management program delivered via text message to support women’s mental and physical health after breast cancer treatments (EMPOWER-SMS).
  Lead: Anna Singleton
• Prevalence and needs of individuals with chronic pain attending residential rehabilitation for alcohol and other drug problems.
  Lead: A/Prof Toby Newton-John
• Mitigating hospital-acquired frailty in people over 75 years of age: implementing the Asia Pacific Clinical Frailty Guidelines in medical wards of Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital.
  Lead: Prof Sue Kurrle

May 2018

• Translating eating as treatment for head and neck cancer (TREAT).
  Lead: Dr Ben Britton
• Implementing structured continence assessment and management for inpatients (I-SCAMP): SCAMPering across Northern NSW.
  Lead: Dr Di Marsden
• Technology-assisted early allied health assistant home visits.
  Lead: A/Prof Geoffrey Murray
• Improving care for patients with low back pain in emergency departments: The SHaPED trial.
  Lead: Dr Gustavo De Carvalho Machado
• Severe burn injury patient reported experiences (PRE) of their treatment and recovery at RNSH (SBIU).
  Lead: Julia Kwiet
• Improving emergency discharge care practices for older people with cognitive impairment returning to the community.
  Lead: Prof Margaret Fry
• Implementing a new model of service delivery for knee and hip arthroplasty surgeries.
  Lead: Dr Richard Walker
• Investigating different methods of carbohydrate loading in elective colorectal surgery to improve post-operative outcomes.
  Lead: Trang Soriano
• Alcohol and drug cognitive enhancement (ACE) program study: validation of tools for use within an Aboriginal population.
  Lead: Antoinette Sedwell
• Rural implementation of best evidence for stroke therapy (BEST).
  Lead: Dr Melissa Nott

November 2018

• Short videos for patients to increase uptake of referral of pulmonary rehabilitation: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial.
  Lead: A/Prof Sarah Dennis
• Googling centres for endovascular clot retrieval in NSW geospatial modelling and optimisation analysis.
  Lead: Dr Thanh Giang Phan
• Implementation evaluation of an early activation hip fracture care bundle (eHIP).
  Lead: Prof Kate Curtis
• Reliability and validity of a 3D wound camera and predictive utility for diabetic foot ulcer healing.
  Lead: Jill Featherston
• While you're waiting: a waiting room-based educational program to improve cardiovascular health.
  Lead: Prof Clara Chow
• Clinician fatigue management in medical retrieval services.
  Lead: Dr Benjamin Gladwin
• A mixed methods study to explore the views of Aboriginal families on appropriate smoking cessation interventions in pregnancy.
  Lead: Dr Parivash Eftekhari
• Supporting type 2 diabetes (T2D) self-management in the context of multi-morbidity: a pilot project.
  Lead: Dr Hassan Hosseinzadeh