Ms Heidi Wong1, Miss Stefanie Ford2, Miss Nadine Lezar2, Miss Kathrine Kho2, Miss Marley Davis2 1Children’s Health Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 2Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia Background: Electronic medication management systems (eMMS) have built-in decision support for electronic prescribing, dispensing...
- April 3, 2019
Ms Lara Cardinal1, Dr Amy Freeman-Sanderson2,1, Professor Leanne Togher1 1University Of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 2University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia Background: While Speech Pathologists’ roles have an increasingly prominent role within intensive care units (ICU) the scope of their roles...
- April 3, 2019
Catherine Carter1, Amy Chiu1, Chloe Jobber1, Meredith Kenny1, Lucy Lyons1, Paul Miller1, Lisa Boustead1 1Allied Health Clinical Educators Network – Mater Health, South Brisbane, Australia Background: Best practice guidelines endorse holistic care as effective and a sustainable form of service...
- April 3, 2019
Ms Merridy Moore1, Ms Karina Coffey1, Mr Angus Campbell1, Ms Julia Blackshaw1 1Western Health, St Albans, Melbourne, Australia Background Western Health recently opened the newly constructed Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s Hospital (JKWCH). With the introduction of Neonatal Intensive Care...
- April 3, 2019
Ms Helen Malcolm1, Ms Belinda Jones1 1Hunter New England Local Health District, Armidale, Australia Background Before the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD) received some funding to provide disability services. When...
- April 3, 2019
Ms Julie Hulcombe1, Professor Sandra Capra1, Professor Gillian Whitehouse1 1University Of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia Background The majority (79%) of Allied Health Professionals (AHP) employed in Queensland Health are female. The implementation of entitlements to accommodate childcare responsibilities through maternity...
- April 3, 2019
Katie Bourke1 1Boosting The Local Care Workforce, , Australia Background The ‘Boosting the Local Care Workforce Program’ (The Program) was announced in the 2017-18 federal budget as a $33 million dollar program support the growth of service providers in the...
- April 3, 2019
Dr Heather Tan1 1Spiritual Health Victoria, , Aim of study: To investigate patient reported outcomes of spiritual care for those admitted as inpatients in five general hospitals across five states of Australia Method: The study utilised the Patient Reported Outcome...
- April 3, 2019
Ms Annie Chapman1,2, Professor Andrew Baillie1,2, Dr Joanna Kidd2,3, Prof Jenny Alison1,2, A/Prof Sarah Dennis2,3 1Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia, 2Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Lidcombe, Australia, 3South Western Sydney Local Health District, Liverpool, Australia Research...
- April 3, 2019
Kathy Stiller1, Deborah Gallasch2, Amy Conlon-Leard3, Michelle Hardy4, Anna Phillips5, Gisela Van Kessel5 1Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Adelaide, Australia, 2Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, 3The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, 4Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre, Adelaide, Australia, 5University of South Australia,...
- April 3, 2019