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Be Ready for New Risks and Opportunities: 2008 NSW Health Awards

The NSW health system is a large, complex system that must continually adapt in a dynamic environment to meet the community’s changing health needs.  The system’s capacity to be ready to respond strategically to all situations, both predicted and unexpected, cannot be taken for granted. 

What we are striving for in 2010 is a health system that is alert to the changes in the world around it as well as quick to anticipate and respond to new issues as they emerge. It must be flexible enough to adapt to new circumstances and robust enough to sustain itself in the face of external pressures.

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Winner

  • Reducing Risk by Moving Clinical Handover to the Bedside - Sydney South West Area Health Service
    A project to develop a reliable, safe and systematic process for clinical handover. The process should to be easy to use, transportable, identify potential issues or problems and measureable.

Finalists

  • 'Ring o' Rosies' Mass Vaccination Clinic Exercise - Hunter New England Area Health Service
    An exercise was conducted to test the HNE Health Mass Vaccination Clinic Operational Plan. The aim was to identify any deficiencies that could result in considerable excess morbidity and mortality during a pandemic response.

Entries

  • Extended Care Paramedic Program - Ambulance Service of NSW
    The Extended Care Paramedic program aims to either provide on-the-spot treatment or referral to patients with sub or non-acute health care needs that have sought help through triple zero that do not necessarily require presentation to an ED.

  • Healthier Environments for Healthy Choices - Sydney West Area Health Service
    An overarching program to assist SWAHS staff, visitors and patients make informed choices about managing their health. It aims to make healthy choices easy choices.

  • Mental Health Medical Assessment Guide - Greater Southern Area Health Service
    The Mental Health Medical Assessment Guide for Emergency Departments was developed to provide Medical Officers with guidance when conducting and documenting medical and mental health assessments required by consumers presenting to the Emergency Department with mental health problems.

  • Neonatal Resuscitation - Hunter New England Area Health Service
    Progran to reduce critical incidents and adverse events in the neonatal resuscitation process by standardizing equipment and training.

  • Pandemic planning - Justice Health
    Containing and managing a pandemic within the custodial system requires a multi-agency planning process to ensure the needs of the inmate/patient and those of JH partner agencies are met.

  • SMS Appointment Reminder System Improving Waiting Times - South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service
    Project to decrease waiting times for appointments at a large publicly funded sexual health service through implementation of an electronic SMS appointment reminder system that is built into an interactive appointment booking program.

 
 
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