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The success of Choosing Wisely relies upon active engagement of health consumers as well as health providers across the care continuum, so Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service (SCHHS) has...

Historically, critically ill patients in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) have been managed with high levels of sedating medications and bed rest. However recent research has highlighted the negative...

Currently a successful model enabling Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) exacerbation clients to remain in their home, where deemed safe. The successful partnership between the client,...

Five focus groups were held with a total of 21 consumers who were either receiving services as they approached the end of life, or had cared for patients who had received End of Life Care (EOLC)...

The PROV-ED Project aims to disseminate innovation, by sourcing and scaling value-based emergency department initiatives with demonstrated outcomes. The search for the next round of innovation is...

Diabetes affects approximately one in 700 young people in Australia. Adolescents with diabetes struggle with glycaemic control which is exacerbated during the transition from paediatric to adult...

10000LivesCQ uses a Senior Project Officer to promote available support services, including Quitline, to increase smoking cessation in CQ.  It works as a catalyst to bring all smoking cessation...

In 2016, funding was granted to expand the vestibular service to include onsite First Point of Contact (FPOC) Vestibular Physiotherapy and Vestibular Diagnostic Audiology. Within three short years...

The assessment and care of people experiencing a mental health crisis prove a challenge for Paramedics on scene, in people's homes and into the Emergency Department (ED).   These often-complex...

Adjuvant radiation therapy (RT) for breast cancer significantly reduces local recurrence and improves long term survival, however can be associated with an increased risk of cardiac mortality with...