IN THIS ISSUE...
This month ARCHI has new projects on:
- Aged Care Therapeutic Interventions by Volunteers
- ARCHI Information Exchange
- Web Watch - NSW Emergency Care Institute
- The Innovation Register
Aged Care Therapeutic Interventions by Volunteers (ACTIVe Program)
The ACTIVe Program on the Acute Aged Care Ward at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital was designed to improve the hospital experience of older patients. The program aims to reduce the decline of physical and mental abilities of elderly patients by using trained volunteers to provide therapeutic interventions.
Volunteers were recruited to provide four main interventions:
- meal assistance
- mobility assistance
- companionship
- therapeutic activities
Positive feedback from staff and volunteers has shown that the program supports ward staff in the prevention and/or management of delirium and functional decline in elderly patients.
by Rola Tawbe, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
ARCHI Information Exchange
ARCHI has a new feature allowing healthcare professionals to share ideas and keep up with the latest developments in best practice.
The ARCHI Information Exchange allows readers to post their favourite websites, research and articles online, and to read posts by colleagues, academics and healthcare experts. There is also an RSS feed that readers can subscribe to, delivering new posts directly to their inbox.
by ARCHI
Web Watch - NSW Emergency Care Institute
The NSW Emergency Care Institute site is designed to be a "one-stop-shop" for emergency care clinicians' professional and clinical needs. The website features emergency care related information and useful tools including:
- clinical and non-clinical resources
- the National Emergency Access Target (NEAT)
- research initiatives
- education and training resources and opportunities
New on the Innovation Register
These projects have been added to the ARCHI Innovation Register:
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Hospital in the Home
The project's aims are to enhance the current processes of managing patients with cellulitis and develop recommendations for care
Blacktown / Mt Druitt Hospital -
Emergency Departments: Next Top Models
This project's goal is to construct statewide standardised models of care to enable emergency departments to provide patients with access to timely, safe and quality emergency care
NSW Ministry of Health -
Electronic Referral For Admission (eRFA)
A pilot project to convert the current, complex, paper Referral For Admission (RFA) form to digital format.
John Hunter Hospital
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