Psychology Outcomes Clinic
Authors: Nathan Castle The Psychology Outcomes Poster provides outcome data on domains of effectiveness, efficiency, value and wastage. Based on data collected over 6 years with adults attending the Psychology Outcomes Clinic in Geelong. All clients completed a wellbeing/functioning outcome measure at the start of every session to track progress and identify clients who were […]
UTIPP-Q: Urinary Tract Pharmacy PiIot – Queensland
Authors: Lisa Nissen, Esther Lau, Jean Spinks The Urinary Tract Infection Pharmacy Pilot (UTIPP-Q) was introduced in June 2020 just as the pandemic began to impact access to healthcare and primary care services. Even before the pandemic, urinary tract infections (UTIs) were already highlighted as conditions that commonly led to GP visits for women and […]
Putting value-based cancer care into practice – transition from research to standard care
Authors: Lesley Millar, Angela Ives, Jim Codde, Christobel Saunders Background Collecting, analysing, and using patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) is key to enabling best value care, yet an audit within Western Australia (WA) identified that the majority of PROMs initiatives originate from siloed translational research or clinical quality projects. Unlike PREMs, these are not integrated into […]
Using Medication Smart Lockers to deliver outpatient medications
Authors: Andy Campbell Many highly specialised medications are only available from a hospital outpatient pharmacy due to regulatory and/or cost barrier reasons. These medications are used to treat some of our most complex and high-risk patients, including cancer, cystic fibrosis and solid organ transplant recipients. These patients are often well but require medications to remain […]
Using value-based payment models in mental healthcare
Authors: Jonas Fooken We propose an innovate governance structure for developing and implementing value based payment models in mental healthcare within the Australian healthcare system. Core of this structure is our proposal for an independent value based payment. Authority that takes responsibility for developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating value based funding models. Its remit should […]
The Value of Multi-Trauma Rehabilitation on Patient Health Related Quality of Life
Authors: John Olver, Bianca Fedele, Jo Goodridge, Robin Hunter, Dean McKenzie, Bridget Hill, Matthew Tuminello, Kerry O’Meara, Sarah Lommi Physical trauma is a leading global cause of mortality and moderate to severe disability. In Australia, multi-trauma (significant injury or fractures to multiple body regions) is the most common injury type in individuals that have been […]
PREVENT: A Patient-focused, REsults-driven, eValuable OstEoarthritis care program at CoNcord Hospital, utilising a Team-based multi-Disciplinary model.
Authors: Richard Holland, Priya Gnanakumaran, Ana Ananda PREVENT: A Patient-focused, REsults-driven, eValuable OstEoarthritis care program at CoNcord Hospital, utilising a Team-based multi-Disciplinary model. Background: Concord Hospital established an Osteoarthritis Chronic Care Program (OACCP) in 2018, with the aim of improving health outcomes, patient experiences, provider experiences, and efficiency of care in the non-surgical management of knee and hip OA. […]
Allied Health Team Leaders – Royal Darwin Hospital
Authors: Debbie Roe, Amanda O’Keefe Allied Health Team Leaders (AHTL) enable an interdisciplinary and contemporary model of care for the acute allied health workforce and their patients. A number of significant achievements have been reported through the overall coordination of a patients allied health requirements. Furthermore, investment in allied health staffing is well documented to […]
The Ankali Project (Ankali)
Authors: Tom Saetereie, Tiffany Tran The poster is an overview of Ankali which includes references to the impact of social isolation and loneliness on the HIV community. It includes a description of Ankali, Ankali clients, Ankali volunteers. The poster includes a description of the Ankali volunteer role, and the support volunteers receive while volunteering, which […]
Personalised pressure injury prevention for value-based healthcare improvements
Authors: Ajit Ravindran The LenexaCARE® solution is a fabric-based sensor that converts a traditional mattress into a continuous patient or resident monitoring platform. It continuously collects surface data to determine what position somebody is sleeping in as well as what body parts and pressure areas are in contact with the surface. The system has been […]