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blood-clock

The Blood Clock project was launched to avoid blood wastage by utilising a timer attached to MEDEVAC blood boxes from the blood bank to alert Emergency Department (ED) clinicians when unused...

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...

inter-hospital-transfer

An Inter-Hospital Transfer application will improve statewide access and management of Inter-Hospital Transfers for metro, rural and regional communities. The objective of this project supports...

frail

FRAIL is a multisite collaborative project specifically designed to improve the flow of frail elderly patients through the health system, while also improving the clinical parameters of their care...

core

Police as ‘first responders’ to incidents in the community are frequently required to attend to people with mental health problems who are in crisis. Through collaboration with Queensland Police...

same-day-discharge

The same day discharge summary project began as a result of feedback received from clinicians and local GP’s regarding inconsistent discharge summaries. In house data reflected below average...

extended-hours-pharmacy

All patients deserve the same standard of care, regardless of when they present to hospital. In the future, we envisage a true 24/7 on-site pharmacy service. This innovative service redesign may...

neurology-long-waits

As part of the Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service (GCHHS) efforts to reduce overall Specialist Outpatient (SOPD) long wait volumes, the Neurology Outpatients Service Redesign project was...

cognitive impairment

A new model of care Cognitive Impairment Rounding was proposed and subsequently implemented by the then Acting Nurse Unit Manager at the Logan Hospital. This involves one Enrolled Nurse (grade 3)...

Dementia Network

Older people with dementia and their carers are the population of interest. For the purpose of this study, the operational definitions of older people ‘with dementia’ will be inclusive of older...

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