Welcome to the September edition of ARCHI Net News
As ever the ARCHI team has been scouring the country for innovations in healthcare. This month we are pleased to bring you a wide variety of articles on innovations from new nursing skills in cardiology care in South Australia, to Interprofessional learning in the ACT to Medical Assessment Units in New South Wales.
Thanks to all of our contributors this month and don't forget that we want to hear about your innovations.
Happy reading from the ARCHI Team!
In this issue...
Nurse Supervised Exercise Stress Tests
Medical staff workload was identified as one of the causes for delay of exercise stress tests (EST) for cardiac patients at Flinders Medical Centre (FMC).
FMC addressed this problem by developing training for cardiac trained nurses to perform exercise stress tests.
The program resulted in:
- decreased length of stay
- increased staff satisfaction
- increased patient satisfaction
- improved service efficiency.
Full article by Sharon Burns, FMC
ACT Health Interprofessional Learning Project
Judy Stone has provided an update on the ACT Health Interprofessional Learning Project. The progress includes:
- auditing the ACT health services and tertiary education institutions
- developing interprofessional learning opportunities
- developing Australia's first health service interprofessional policy, and
- planning workshops by esteemed interprofessional educators from the UK.
ARCHI Innovations in Practice Workshop
Pain Management
Cairns Base Hospital, The Esplanade, Cairns, Queensland
Monday 17th November, 2008
ARCHI Innovations in Practice Workshop - Pain Management will showcase new innovations in clinical practice, share experiences and lessons learnt and provide practical strategies, tools and tips to improve clinical practice.
The workshop aims to improve quality of care, patient safety and efficiency in Pain Management. Topics will include:
- Acute Pain Management
- Chronic Pain Management
- Palliative Pain Management
For more information go to:
ARCHI Innovations in Practice Workshop
Pain Management
or contact Jessica Flood on 02 8644 2302 admin@archi.net.au
Medical Assessment Unit (MAU) Physician & Nursing Lead Forum
Professor Peter Castaldi (Chair Physicians Taskforce) in association with NSW Health Redesign held a Physician and Nursing lead Forum on 31st July 2008.
Over 40 Physicians and Nurses from the hospitals that have and will be implementing MAUs attended and discussed issues and identify solutions that have arisen when implementing MAUs.
View the presentation by Tony O'Connell updating Medical Assessment Unit progress in NSW and the notes from the facilitated discussion.
HOPE - Better Healthcare for Older People Earlier - Program Latest Updates
A new section has been added to the HOPE pages - Latest Updates. This page has details about the progress of Medical Assessment Units (MAU) in NSW, including the newsletters, survey results and a presentation on MAU admissions at Royal North Shore Hospital.
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Friday 7 November 2008 at the Swiss Grand Bondi Beach, Sydney.
Register online now!
The conference theme is:
Substitution Revolution: Pioneering Care in the Home
The program reflects the broad spectrum of HITH care provision, including paediatric home care and the multidisciplinary nature of HITH teams.
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The 3rd NSW Health Expo is being held on Friday 31st October.
Dr Norman Swan (host of the Health Report on ABC Radio National) is a facilitator and keynote speaker.
The NSW Health Expo provides a great opportunity to network with your counterparts from Health Services and share the knowledge and learnings of front line health staff from around the state.
Registrations now open and free to all NSW Health staff.
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