Month: May 2021

Mr Raymond Kopeshke1 1Mater Hospital Brisbane, South Brisbane , Australia Background: The Lean Daily Management System (DMS) is a framework that has been designed to help organisations and teams sustain improvement and achieve their goals.   In 2017, Mater Brisbane adopted...

Ms Elizabeth Dalla Santa1, Ms Andrea Bramley1,3, Dr Debra Mitchell1,2 1Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia, 2Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 3La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia Background: Governance structures form the foundation of safe and effective patient-centred care. Professional governance upholds regulatory standards,...

Ms Elizabeth Dalla Santa1, Dr  Debra Mitchell1,2 1Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia, 2Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Background: Effective governance is vital for quality clinical care across large health services.  However, there is a paucity of evidence exploring the interplay between operational...

Ms Caroline Nicholls1,2,3, Prof Elizabeth Ward2,4, Ms Caroline Nicholls1, Ms Rosemarie Giannone1, Ms Katina Skylas1, Prof Peter Maitz1,5 1Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, Australia, 2School of Health and Rehabilitation Services, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia, 3Faculty of Health Sciences,...

Miss Emily Aitken1, Mr. Jonathan Hiew2, Dr. Emma Hamilton3,4,5, A/ Prof. Laurens Manning3,5,6, Mr. Jens Ritter3,7, Dr. Edward Raby6, Mr. Paul Gittings1 1Physiotherapy Department, Fiona Stanley and Fremantle Hospital Group, Murdoch, Australia, 2Podiatry Department, Fiona Stanley and Fremantle Hospital Group,...

Miss Siobhan Feely1, Ms Susan Dragon2 1Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville , Australia, 2Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Parkville , Australia Social work practice in hospital settings frequently includes assisting patients in receipt of, or attempting to access Centrelink payments. However, little...

Dr Rebecca Sutherland1,2, Dr Antoinette Hodge1, Ms Esther Chan1, A/Prof Natalie Silove1 1Children’s Hospital At Westmead , Westmead , Australia, 2University Of Canberra, Bruce, Australia Background and Objectives: Telehealth is rapidly becoming an essential part of many speech-language pathologists’ core...

Mrs Kristine Kelly1, Ms Claire Costellow1, Ms Tania Hobson1 1Children’s Health Queensland Hospital And Health Service, Brisbane, Australia Background:  Interprofessional Practice (IPP) and education (IPE) has been identified as a key strategy to enhance quality of care, consumer satisfaction and...

Mrs Alison Britton1, Dr  Sarah Masso2,3, Ms Emma  Campbell1, Ms Heather  Faulkner1, Dr Natalie Munro2, Professor Tricia McCabe2, Mrs Katrina Gott2, Mrs Vanessa  Lau1, Mrs  Alicia Horesh1 1Western Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia, 2The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia,...

Mrs Briony Norris1, Dr Sue Greaves1 1Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia Families of children who have hip spica casts or hip braces face challenges finding options to safely transport their child in a car seat.  In these situations, Occupational Therapists...