Expediting access to Hepatitis C treatments for prisoners in South East QLD prisons, through utilisation of a Nurse Practitioner/Nurse Navigator led model of care. The role includes direct patient...
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As a result of the proposed roll-out of IeMR, it was required that we create additional bed space for the decanting of acute areas of Toowoomba Hospital. A decision was made to relocate a clinical...
Older Persons Enablement and Rehabilitation for Complex Health Conditions (OPEN ARCH) is an Australian-first model of care for the community dwelling older person with complex needs. OPEN ARCH...
The Gold Coast PHN developed and recently validated Primary SenseTM, a data extraction, analysis and management tool for general practice. Primary SenseTM generates simple reports from...
The Tele-Cardiac Investigations (T-CI) program involved cardiology staff, from the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, conducting ‘live’ HM and EST at rural facilities, via telehealth, to support...
More patients are surviving after catastrophic brain injury and are in a disorder of consciousness (DOC). The best practice intervention for this population is sensory stimulation therapy. However...
Implementation of a model of care for obese patients requiring weight loss prior to elective surgery
Obesity increases the risks associated with surgery. Surgeons at Logan Hospital were declining to operate on obese patients due to these associated risks, and so in 2014 a dietitian...
Management of end stage liver disease is often complicated by sarcopenia and frailty (1,2). New evidence-based guidelines recommend that pre-transplant nutrition assessment should incorporate...
Supplements as Medicine (SAM) refers to a small dose of high energy, high protein supplement administered at regular intervals, this is a method of nutrition provision for patients who are having...
Malnutrition in hospitals is common and usually identified by weight loss. However, weight loss does not give information about body composition - the amount of fat and muscle in the body....
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The Precision Triage Project, a collaboration between Griffith University and Gold Coast University Hospital, uses the Tracking Cube, a digital system co-designed with a First...
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