Patient Flow
Strategies to improve the movement of patients around a hopsital and the transition of care from hospital to community, including access block.
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Patient Flow Program - NSW Health
Patient flow systems management program including bed board, WAND and implementation support
Date created: 03 Feb 2012 | Date reviewed: 03 May 2012
SMS Appointment Reminder System Improving Waiting Times - South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service
Project to decrease waiting times for appointments at a large publicly funded sexual health service through implementation of an electronic SMS appointment reminder system that is built into an interactive appointment booking program.
Date created: 27 Jan 2009 | Date reviewed: 14 Oct 2010
Yellow Brick Road to Continuum of Care - Greater Western Area Health Service
Implementing a simple tool to improve communication between the hospital and regional residential aged care facilities.
Date created: 24 Oct 2008 | Date reviewed: 14 Oct 2010
Establishment of an Express Community Care Centre - North Coast Area Health Service
Program to reduce variability in wait times for non-urgent ED presentations and increased access to home-based care options.
Date created: 24 Oct 2008 | Date reviewed: 13 Apr 2010
Aged Care Home Transfer-to-Hospital Envelope - Chiminello, Clare
The Envelope is a big, bright yellow resealable envelope in which to put a resident's medical documents and other key information to 'go with' a resident of an aged care home when the resident is transferred to hospital.
Date created: 13 Jul 2009 | Date reviewed: 21 Jan 2010
Improving Access to Emergency Care Through Redesign and Streaming - Hunter New England Area Health Service
A clinical redesign process to improve patient and staff journey in the ED was implemented, resulting in increased capacity across the ED and reduced overcrowding.
Date created: 27 Aug 2007 | Date reviewed: 18 Jan 2010
Occupancy Management Program - Predictability Tool - Sydney South West Area Health Service
The Predictability Tool enables workload and resources to be identified to proactively manage bed capacity requirements in advance.
Date created: 30 Aug 2007 | Date reviewed: 15 Jan 2010
Wagga Wagga Mental Health Emergency Care Support Centre - Greater Southern Area Health Service
The Wagga Wagga Mental Health Emergency Care Support Centre (MHECSC) is an innovative technological solution to address the problem of poor timeliness and access to specialist mental health emergency assessment and support.
Date created: 29 Oct 2008 | Date reviewed: 12 Nov 2009
Overview of the HomeReach Rehabilitation Program - Buzio, Amanda
The HomeReach Program is an innovative rehabilitation-in-the-home program. The client’s home is treated as a virtual ward of the Royal Rehabilitation Centre.
Date created: 07 Nov 2008 | Date reviewed: 07 Nov 2008
