Communication boards in the ICU - Speech Pathology Respiratory and Critical Care Network
The introduction of communication boards in 5 Intensive Care Units (ICUs) has produced a positive change by increasing staff skills and improving communication with non-verbal patients.

Clinical Handover Project - NSW Health
This project developed the key principles that must be standard to all scenarios of clinical handover, and methods to implement them.

ISBAR Clinical Handover Project - Hunter New England Area Health Service
Hunter New England Area Health Service are seeking to assess whether a standardised format for communication can improve patient outcome and increase clinician job satisfaction.

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.

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.

Early Recognition of the Deteriorating Patient Project (ERDP) - Greater Western Area Health Service
This six-month project was developed to enable health care professionals to recognise the deteriorating patient early and initiate appropriate and timely interventions.

Contact Centre SPA Forum - NSW Health
This forum was to highlight the resources and process of implementing a Contact Centre or a Single Point of Access.

Innovations in Clinical Practice 2008 - Hunter New England Area Health Service
This seminar promotes the achievements in clinical practice development by clinical nurses and midwives in Hunter New England Health.

Clinical Protocol Library - NSW Surgical Services Taskforce
This library of protocols was developed to assist Area Health services and clinicians in establishing 23-hour care units.

Improving Patient Safety Through a New Clinical Handover Procedure - North Coast Area Health Service.
A new clinical handover procedure encompassed Bedside clinical handover, involvement of the Junior Medical Officer, safety checks of patient identification and equipment, checking of documentation and involvement of parents.

iHandover - Nepean Hospital Junior Doctor Clinical Handover System - Sydney West Area Health Service
The key aim of the iHandover project was to increase patient safety and improve the continuity of care by implementing changes to the way clinical handovers by junior doctors were performed.

Medical Clearance Protocols for Mental Health Patients in the Emergency Department - Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service
The development of a protocol to streamline medical clearance and physical examination for mental health patients assessed within the emergency department and then admitted to the mental health inpatient unit.

Providing a Reliable and Efficient Memory Clinic - Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service
The HKH memory clinic model provides a user friendly, standardised, efficient and reliable cognitive assessment process to cope with demand.

Collection of Multiple Specimens on the Same Patient During Endoscopy Procedures - Hunter New England Area Health Service
A specimen register and checking system to ensure that correct patient details and specimen information is attached to the pathology container before leaving the theatre.

Emergency Department Pain Pathway - Armadale Health Services, WA
Using the pain pathway, nursing staff can give analgesia prior to medical review using standard guidelines and standing orders.