A Person-Centric and Cluster-Wide Approach to Optimize care for Persons with Dementia and Cognitive Impairment
Authors: Reshma Merchant, Ying-Qiu Dong, Shikha Kumari, Diarmuid Murphy In countries with fast aging population, the prevalence of dementia and frailty will increase, placing significant demands on health and social care costs. Using patient-level data of both tertiary hospitals and primary-care policlinics within the National University Health System (NUHS) cluster among older adults with dementia or cognitive impairment (CI) (≥65 years), this project aims to: Define and target […]
Day Surgery Thrombolysis for Clotted Arteriovenous Access
Authors: Ru Yu Tan, Jing Jing Chan, Kun Da Zhuang, Hsien Tsung Tay, Ankur Patel, Li Choo Ng, De Zhi Chin, Wan Jin Sia, Suh Chien Pang, Alvin Ren Kwang Tng, Chee Wooi Tan, Jian Liu, Chunmei Yao, Foong Ming Kan, Aye Too Chang, Kiang Hiong Tay, Tze Tec Chong, Chieh Suai Tan Patients with […]
Healthdirect Symptom Checker: Empowering Care Choices
Authors: Vanessa Halter The Symptom Checker is an online tool that helps consumers assess their symptoms and determine appropriate care options by answering a series of questions. It is powered by an AI system that uses a probabilistic model based on expert clinical knowledge and a large database of empirical evidence. A significant enhancement to the Symptom […]
Improving Research Grant Management through Compliance Review Enabled with Data Analytics (CReDA)
Authors: Kuan Wei Daniel Tan, Sai Him Lawrence Cheng, Yixin Miao, Ming-Li Spencer Siew As a leading Academic Health System, NUHS integrates exceptional patient care with innovative medical education and research. To maintain its leadership in healthcare innovation, NUHS actively pursues substantial research grants, to further medical knowledge and to enhance patient outcomes. With a […]
Transforming community palliative care using value-based health care
Authors: Gaylene Coulton, Debra Mitchell, Maria Logan Eastern Palliative Care (EPC) has provided specialist palliative care to Melbourne’s eastern suburbs for more than 25 years. Traditionally, all care was provided in clients’ homes (including residential aged care facilities) but increasing demands, capped block funding and changing community needs including higher complexity and acuity, meant EPC […]
Skin Cancer Early Detection Service
Authors: Mary-Anne Quilter, Philippa Hawke Those at highest risk of developing skin cancer are outdoor workers, many of whom live and work in rural and remote communities. General Practitioners (GPs) play a crucial role in assessing and detecting skin cancer with 77% of all melanomas diagnosed by Australian GPs, however access to a rural GP […]
Driving Positive Change Through Co-Design for People with Disability
Authors: Chec (Jennifer) del Mundo, Michelle Moss The project that produced the groundbreaking “See Me. Hear Me. Respect Me.” disability awareness campaign arose out of an April 2022 meeting between Queensland Health (QH), the Queenslanders with Disability Network (QDN), Health Consumers Queensland and important stakeholders to review how Queensland responded to COVID-19. The 63 people […]
Measuring Patient Activation in Cancer Care: A Step Toward Equitable, Value-Based Healthcare
Authors: Katharine See, Tracey Webster, Natalie Tirant Cancer care is increasingly complex. Advances in treatment modalities available across multiple settings have seen many more patients living with and through cancer, especially in the long term. However, healthcare resources remain finite and under growing strain. Northern Health (NH) recognised the need to stratify patients based on […]
Connecting community and tertiary health care through education innovation. A maternal child health nurse program.
Authors: Emma King In the state of Victoria, Australia, Maternal Child Health Nurses (MCHN) play an essential role in providing health care and education for children and their families in the community. MCHN scope of practice has expanded from monitoring children’s growth and development to managing complex family issues. This requires advanced understanding, to ensure […]
Listen to Me Project
Authors: Reema Harrison, Bronwyn Newman, Laurel Mimmo, Beth Catlett, Corey Adams, Listen to Me Consumer Leadership Group People with intellectual disability have been identified as a priority population by the Australian Government at State and National levels due to longstanding inequities in health access and outcomes. Listen to Me is a 3-year consumer led project […]