Emergency Models of care Workshops
Models of care workshops are being held at individual facilities, the focus of which is working with hospitals to evaluate their existing models of care and to assist with the implementation of new models of care to achieve fundamentally better performance.
The workshops provide:
- An overview of models of care, including data analysis, that may assist in improving journey times for specific patients groups.
- An examination of the models of care currently used in each facility, including feedback on lessons learned and local customisation of ED models of care.
- Information on successful models of care used in similar ED’s
- Quick wins and medium to long term strategies
The target audience for each meeting is:
- General Manager
- Director of Nursing Services
- Senior ED Clinical Staff and the EDIS Data Manager
- Patient Flow/Bed Manager
- Clinical Redesign Unit Staff.
- Ward Teams (regarding Short Stay Unit Beds).
The workshops also provide an opportunity to see the real success of models of care that have already been implemented so they may be shared with other facilities.
Hospitals visited to date include:
- Royal North Shore have a 90% turn around time for decision to admit.
- Gosford who have a demand management plan that proactively manages hospital beds and activity.
- Children’s Hospital at Westmead who are using the knowledge learned at the workshop for their ED clinical redesign project.
- Royal Prince Alfred who have implemented 3-2-1
- Campbelltown who are using the lessons learned at the workshop to support patient flow projects and identify priorities for clinical service redesign.
- Canterbury who continue to use breach analysis to sustain good access block performance
- Bankstown who have implemented a very successful Fast Track System
- Wollongong who have opened a 12 bed Clinical Decision Unit and have implemented See and Treat
- Liverpool who have implemented a number of Models of Care including a Physio Stream, Chest Pain Unit and 3-2-1.
