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The RISE service provides improved rapid access to services within a non-acute care setting

The Rapid Interdisciplinary Senior Engagement (RISE) model of care enhances access to allied health, nursing, and geriatrician services to rapidly support older residents in the community. RISE ...

Clinical Excellence Showcase 2022

Frail Older persons are considered a vulnerable population; this vulnerability only increases in the COVID-19 environment. A model of care that provides the right care, while removing the need for...

neck of femur

To reach national targets of time to surgery within 48 hours for neck of femur (NOF) patients, the Sunshine Coast University Hospital (SCUH) implemented a multidisciplinary pathway spanning the...

Presented at Clinical Excellence Showcase 2021

By implementing new care protocols, Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service has ensured that dentures are cleaned to remove pathogen laden plaque and biofilm, with additional benefits including...

Comprehensive assessment and care planning for the frail

The purpose of the Statewide Comprehensive Assessment and Care Planning (CACP) project is to establish optimal, efficient clinical workflows across all Queensland Health (QH) facilities leading to...

Specialist Palliative Care in Aged Care

Under the Commonwealth Government’s Comprehensive Palliative Care in Aged Care measure, funding has been allocated by the Commonwealth and Queensland Governments to provide new and innovative...

Supplements as medicine

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...

cognitive-impairment

Cognitive Impairment (CI) is often undetected in hospitals, with less than 20 per cent of cases properly recorded or coded. This results in poor patient outcomes, missed therapeutic opportunities...

cognitive-care

Stage 1 - of the Cognitive Care Project (March 2016 – February 2017) focused on engaging key stakeholders to identify existing cognitive care practices and associated service gaps and/or knowledge...

older-persons-surgery-assessment

Health systems in Australia and worldwide have been required to develop models of care which improve patient outcomes and satisfaction while reducing associated costs. These pressures are further...

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The Rural Immersion Placement Program – Allied Health (RIPPAH) is a wrap-around support clinical education initiative. Students express interest in a RIPPAH experience to...

HERCULES is a heparin quality improvement project that aims to improve safety, care and experience of patients on IV heparin through a holistic, evidence-based approach. Every...

Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Services (CHQHHS) has empowered its workforce, young people, families and care partners to pursue innovative ways to minimise...

The Child Development Service (CDS) at the Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service (GCHHS) is a pioneer in integrating pharmacists into paediatric disability care, showcasing...

Addressing cardiac risks for psychiatric patients in rural and remote areas has led Cairns Hospital and Health Service (HHS) to conduct a validation study of a new, ultra-...