When Minutes Count: Equitable Access to Acute Coronary Syndrome Care - Program to streamline the Emergency Primary Percutaneous Intervention (PCI) at Nepean Hospital to ensure the provision of Emergency 24-hour Primary PCI and to streamline ACS Pathways for patients coming from Lithgow Hospital.
(Date published: 23-Oct-2008)

State-wide Cardiology Project - Project to implement appropriate site specific solutions to enhance the patient journey, improve access to cardiology beds, reduce bed days and improve timeliness and access to appropriate diagnostics.
(Date published: 22-Oct-2008)

New Approach Developed for Cardiac Rehabilitation in Women - The six-week program began last February and comprises weekly two-hour sessions where women are encouraged to set goals, measure their level of exercise and keep records of clinical visits and medications.
(Date published: 22-Mar-2006)

Bingara Healthy Lifestyles - The Bingara Healthy Lifestyle Program (BHLP) provides ongoing support, education and physical activity opportunities. It targets participants with modifiable Cardiovascular Disease risk factors and those seeking lifestyle change.
(Date published: 21-Oct-2005)

Improving Access for Aboriginal residents to diagnostic Cardiac Catheterisation - The aim of the project is to ensure equitable and clinically appropriate access to diagnostic angiography for Aboriginal residents to ensure accurate diagnosis to aid in the determination of appropriate clinical management.
(Date published: 21-Oct-2005)

Cardiac Enhancement Program - As part of the planned redevelopment of Wyong Hospital, Medical 2 will change focus from an acute general medical ward to a combined Coronary Care Unit and Cardio-Respiratory Ward with telemetry capability.
(Date published: 21-Oct-2005)

Take it to Heart - In Rylstone, a small town in western NSW, 8 clients aged 62 to 80 years with a history of cardiac and pulmonary disease participated in a program aimed at actively involving them in self management post cardiac and pulmonary episodes.
(Date published: 20-Oct-2008)

Weight Management Program - The Diabetes Education Centre and Cardiac Rehabilitation developed a group program utilising existing resources, skills and expertise to provide a weight management service with the aim of sustained weight loss of 5-10% within 12 months.
(Date published: 18-Sep-2008)

Maintaining the Benefits after Completing Pulmonary Rehabilitation - The Northern Sydney Step Out Pulmonary Rehabilitation team developed and trialed a self-sustaining, low-cost, exercises group following completion of formal pulmonary rehabilitation.
(Date published: 18-Sep-2008)

Nurse Supervised Exercise Stress Tests - Flinders Medical Centre addressed the problem of delays in Exercise Stress Tests being performed by developing training for cardiac trained nurses to perform the tests.
(Date published: 09-Sep-2008)

Evaluating Best Practice Compliance Using Discharge Summaries - The team at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Osborne Park Hospital, developed an electronic discharge summary which utilizes human factors and prompts to optimize patient safety and ensure a very good adherence with Best Practice.
(Date published: 05-Mar-2008)