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  1. Antibiotic Allergy Discovery and De-labelling program - reducing the burden of antibiotic allergy on healthcare

    29 Dec 2018

    More than two million Australians report an antibiotic or penicillin allergy. It has been found that 85% of these reported allergies are false and that the allergy can be removed by testing. Having a...

  2. Delirium prevention project

    28 Dec 2018

    Delirium is a serious medical condition which can cause disturbed thinking and behaviour and fluctuating consciousness...

  3. A Safe Haven Cafe for mental health consumers

    03 Nov 2017

    Safe Haven Café will provide a safe, therapeutic environment to offer respite and peer support with resources made available. The concept has been introduced successfully in the UK where they have...

  4. Developing ambulatory surgical management of miscarriage and abnormal bleeding

    03 Nov 2017

    This project will develop a new model of care where a short procedure for miscarriage management is performed in an outpatient setting under oral sedation and a local anaesthetic block...

  5. Management and care of the jaundiced newborn at home

    03 Nov 2017

    This project enables a pathway of care where babies can be assessed and screened for jaundice in the home with a point of care device (TcB) and a subsequent blood test, Serum Bilirubin (SBR) which can...

  6. Early intervention palliative and supportive care clinic (The EIC)

    03 Nov 2017

    This project will establish an Early Intervention Palliative and Supportive Care Clinic which will improve timely access to care for referred people diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. This...

  7. Implementation of virtual fracture clinics

    12 Dec 2016

    Description This project involves the implementation of virtual fracture clinics to manage patients with simple fractures who present to the emergency department or are referred from primary care to...

  8. Collaborative model for a falls response service

    12 Dec 2016

    Description This project involves the implementation of an alternate service model for elderly falls patients, who are triaged by Ambulance Victoria as not requiring a hospital admission. Within this...

  9. Outpatients demand management

    29 Aug 2016

    Description 'Outpatients demand management' will implement an Electronic Referral Management System, as a platform to receive quality referrals and communicate with General Practitioners, combined...

  10. Using big data modelling and forecasting to improve access to outpatient clinics

    29 Aug 2016

    Description This project will use big-data predictive analytics to improve access and maximise clinical time to outpatient clinics. By utilising an over booking approach (similar to that used in the...