Index of 2004 Net News Issues
1 December 2004ARCHI Net News 14 January 2004
- Innovative Database Shows 'Corrected Compliance' with Best Practice Cardiology Guidelines - see updated article March 2008 Evaluating Best Practice Compliance Using Discharge Summaries
- Nurse Practitioner Reduces Waiting Time in Children's Emergency Department
- Web Watch - Librarians' Tips for Locating Clinical Guidelines
- Maternity Services Discussion Group
- Web Watch - New Technique Provides Nurses with the Opportunity to Increase Skills
ARCHI Net News 28 January 2004
- Largest Australian Study of Nursing Workload and Skillmix is Underway
- The Canberra Hospital Achieves 25% Reduction in Major Blood Clots
- Web Watch - ACT Regional Guidelines for the use of Warfarin
- Web Watch - Child Health and Paediatrics Specialist Library
ARCHI Net News 11 February 2004
- Aged Care Database Exceeds Expectations
- Nursing Checklist Standardises Patient Discharge
- Web Watch - 2nd Annual Cochrane Users Award
- An Innovative Approach to Training Junior Doctors
ARCHI Net News 25 February 2004
- Professor John Øvretveit Praises Australian Efforts in Quality and Safety Improvement
- Emergency Medicine Unit Offers Alternative Model of Care
- Web Watch - Latest Edition of Coronial Communiqué
- IT System Smoothes Referral Path Between ED and Community
- The Hidden Practices of Nurses’ Handover
- Web Watch - A Rethink of Patient Induction to Identify and Manage Risk
- Rural & Remote Nurse Scholarship Program
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Develops Integrated Electronic Patient Record
- Victoria Develops New Policy Guidelines for Cultural Diversity in Hospitals
- Web Watch - Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health Project
- Web Watch - The Centre for Clinical Interventions
- Web Watch - Implementation of Elective Services Primary Care Management Guidelines
- ARCHI Introduces Membership Subscriber Service
- Patient Summaries Received by GPs Within 24 Hours of Discharge from Mater Hospital, Brisbane
- Web Watch - National Medication Safety Breakthrough Collaborative
- Web Watch - Multilingual Interpreter Service Brochure
- ARCHI Moves to Membership by Subscription
- Enhanced Primary Care Items Trialled in Four Victorian Hospitals
- 'Maggie' the Hypothetical Patient Drives Change in Health Care Processes
- New Queensland Skills Centre will Cater for all Health Disciplines
- NICS Project Aims to Improve Pain Management
- Web Watch - Prevention of Dehydration in the Frail Elderly
- AHA Baxter Healthcare National Innovation Awards 2004
- Web Watch - General Practice Nursing in Australia
- Midwifery Teams Enhance Quality of Maternity Services in Victoria
- Health Professionals Increase Breastfeeding Knowledge with Online Course
- Web Watch - AHA Hudson Workforce Awards 2004
- Web Watch - Research Document on Access Block
- Web Watch - Guidelines for the Management and Care of Diabetes in the Elderly
- Web Watch - NICS 2005 Fellowship Award Program
- GPs Use Internet Program to Deliver Therapy for Panic Disorder
- UK Initiatives Target Hospital Doctors' Clinical Handover Skills
- Web Watch - "The Coloured Steps" Rostering System
- Web Watch - Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Overweight and Obesity
- Web Watch - Aged Care Workforce Census
- Citizens' Juries Express Community Values in Healthcare
- NSW Collaborative Halves the Number of Inappropriate Red Cell Transfusions
- Web Watch - Hospital Management of Emergency Demand
- Web Watch - New Zealand Guidelines Group
- Surgical Services on the Move in New Zealand
- Web Watch - PubMed Application for PDAs
- Web Watch - Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care
- Web Watch - Clinical Audit Tool
- Thirty-one Patient Care Plans Reduced to a Single Document
- Essential Funding for Rural Procedural GP Training
- Web Watch - The "Flinders Model" of Chronic Condition Self-management
- Web Watch - Consumer and Community Participation Self-assessment Tool for Hospitals
- Electronic Medication Management System Launched at Royal Darwin Hospital
- New Approach to Casemix for Patients in Emergency Departments
- Web Watch - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Report
- Web Watch - Online Surgical Tutor
- Web Watch - Nursing Resources in Canada
- Web Watch - Heart Failure Forum
- Queensland Health Introduces Standardised Clinical Pathways
- Project Aims to Improve Viability of Rural General Practice
- Web Watch - Rural and Remote Health e-Journal
- Web Watch - NSW Patient Flow and Safety Collaborative
- Web Watch - Using Advanced Care Directives
- NSW Health Introduces Access Improvement Program to Reduce Hospital Access Block
- Asthma Reattendance to Emergency Departments Preventable in only One-third of Cases
- Web Watch - Joint Programme on Workplace Violence in the Health Sector
- Web Watch - Impact of Point of Care Clinical Systems
ARCHI Net News 8 September 2004
- Junior Doctors Trial PDAs in Queensland
- 'Diffusion Theory' Explains Resistance to Evidence-based Changes in Clinical Practice
- Web Watch - Demonstrating In-home, Self-help for Chemotherapy Patients
- Web Watch - Rural & Remote CPD Scholarships
- Web Watch - Safe Handover: Safe Patients
ARCHI Net News 22 September 2004
- Paediatric Trauma Management Update for Rural Clinicians and Nurses
- Allied Health Approach to Service Delivery Cuts Waiting List Time
- Web Watch - Online Learning Resource for Medication Error Prevention: Medsafety
- Web Watch - Australian Therapy Outcome Measures (AusTOMs)
- Evidence-Based Midwifery Practice Manual Wins Cochrane Users' Award
- New Telephone and Email Consultation Service Launched
- Web Watch - NICS Announces Funding for Clinical Networks
- Web Watch - Improving Medication Monitoring in the Ambulatory Care Setting
ARCHI Net News 20 October 2004
- Project to Reduce Access Block Improves Patient Flow at Nepean Hospital
- Balanced Scorecard Framework Applied in Hunter Area Health Service
- Web Watch - Guidelines for Service Improvement
- Web Watch - Translating Research into Practice: Speeding the Adoption of Innovative Health Care Programs
ARCHI Net News 3 November 2004
- Career Path Planned for General Practice Nurses
- Falls Prevention Education in Audio-visual Format for At-risk Elderly Patients
- Web Watch - Quality Use of Medicines in the Rural Ambulant Elderly
- Web Watch - Communication Improvement in the ED
ARCHI Net News 17 November 2004
- Reporting System Lowers Pressure Ulcer Incidence
- Web Watch - Working with Hazardous Drugs
- Web Watch - Stanford Psychology Lectures
- Can You Help? - Naming Policies & Procedures
ARCHI Net News 2 December 2004
- Checklists and Reminders in Clinical Pathways Improve Implementation
- IV Sedation Protocol for Non-anaesthetists Improves Staff Confidence and Patient Safety
- Web Watch - Economic Implications of an Ageing Australia
- Web Watch - Consumer-Directed Health Care
- Inter-hospital Transfer of the Critically Ill Patient
ARCHI Net News 15 December 2004
- Policy Document Aims to Stem Violence in Emergency Departments
- Evidence-based Information Booklet Developed for Lung Patients
- Web Watch - Australian Directory of Pre-Hospital Research
- Can You Help?
