Clinical Management
Initiatives to ensure quality and safety in clinical management, eg correct site surgery, right patient right procedure, clinical handover, etc.
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Safe Clinical Handover Program - NSW Health
This project developed the key principles and key elements that must be standard to all scenarios of clinical handover, and methods to implement them.
Date created: 16 Nov 2010 | Date reviewed: 01 Dec 2011
Hamilton Hostel Dysphagia Clinical Practice Improvement Project - Macquarie Hospital
This multidisciplinary project improved staff awareness of the identification and management of dysphagia for all clients in Hamilton Hostel. Interventions included speech pathology and occupational therapy assessments, as well as menu review.
Date created: 15 Jun 2011 | Date reviewed: 30 Sep 2011
Caring for Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia Patients - Central Coast Local Health District
Following the closure of the dedicated Confused and Demented Elderly unit on the Central Coast, the Behavioural Assessment (BA) team was formed to address the gap identified between community, hospital and residential aged care facilities (RACF) in the management of residents with Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD).
Date created: 04 Jul 2011 | Date reviewed: 26 Jul 2011
Care Zoning - Guy, Stuart
A pragmatic approach to enhance the understanding of clinical needs as it relates to clinical risks in acute mental health inpatient settings.
Date created: 04 Jul 2011 | Date reviewed: 19 Jul 2011
Pre-hospital Thrombolysis - Ambulance Service of NSW; Hunter New England Area Health Service
Under the Pre-hospital Thrombolysis (PHT) program, paramedics are enabled to deliver thrombolysis to the patient in the pre-hospital phase, as soon as possible after symptom onset.
Date created: 10 Mar 2011 | Date reviewed: 20 Apr 2011
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.
Date created: 17 Mar 2009 | Date reviewed: 16 Sep 2010
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.
Date created: 02 Nov 2006 | Date reviewed: 23 Dec 2009
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.
Date created: 22 Aug 2006 | Date reviewed: 22 Dec 2009
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.
Date created: 02 Nov 2006 | Date reviewed: 16 Dec 2009
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.
Date created: 23 Sep 2009 | Date reviewed: 23 Nov 2009
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.
Date created: 30 Oct 2008 | Date reviewed: 09 Nov 2009
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.
Date created: 29 Jan 2009 | Date reviewed: 06 Nov 2009
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.
Date created: 20 Oct 2008 | Date reviewed: 05 Nov 2009
SHARED - A Framework for Clinical Handover - Hatten-Masterson, Sara
The Mater Health Services implemented a clinical handover guideline for nursing handovers with the key characteristics expressed in the mnemonic SHARED, standing for S-situation, H-history, A-assessment, R-risks, E-expectations and escalation, D-documentation.
Date created: 17 Mar 2009 | Date reviewed: 27 Mar 2009
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