Ms Amber Jones1, Mr Perry Judd1, Dr Hannah Carter2, Dr Clare Burns1, Dr Angela Chang1, Ms Andrea Mc Kittrick1, Ms Anita Plaza1, Dr Michelle Cottrell1 1Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, 2Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation, Institute of...
- May 17, 2021
Dr Michelle Cottrell1, Dr Clare Burns1, Amber Jones1, Dr Adrienne Young1, Dr Ann Rahmann1, Sonia Sam1, Mark Cruickshank1, Dr Kelsey Pateman1 1Royal Brisbane And Women’s Hospital, Herston, Australia Background and aims: While the COVID-19 pandemic initiated a rapid upscaling of...
- May 14, 2021
Ms Kim Mcmanus1, Dr Paula Harding1, Dr Lara Kimmel1,2 1Physiotherapy Department, The Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Australia, 2Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Introduction: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Alfred Hospital Physiotherapy Department changed all...
- May 14, 2021
Ms Nikki Littlewood1, Brit Gordon1 1Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia Background: The extent of digital health use in allied health practice varies across individuals, professions and organisations. A digital health capability framework is critical in ensuring the allied health workforce are optimally...
- May 14, 2021
Jessica Hardt1, Mr Brent Matautia1 1Good Start Program | Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, South Brisbane, Australia Background: The Māori & Pacific Islander population continues to suffer the poorest health of the nation, attributable to socioeconomic disadvantage and a...
- May 14, 2021
Dr Belinda Lawford1, Prof Rana Hinman1, Prof Alicia Spittle2, Dr Renata Morello3, Prof Kim Bennell1 1Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia, 2Department of Physiotherapy, School of...
- May 14, 2021
Ms Linh Le-Kavanagh1, Ms Sarah Pearson1 1Joondalup Health Campus, Joondalup, Australia The Stroke Outpatient Clinic at Joondalup Health Campus (JHC) provides follow up allied health rehabilitation to stroke patients recently discharged from hospital. The temporary closure of the clinic, secondary...
- May 14, 2021
Mrs Katherine Lamont1, Ms Pei Linn Sarah Ang2, Dr Wei-Sen Lam2 1WA Country Health Service (WACHS), Perth, Australia, 2Fiona Stanley and Fremantle Hospital Group (FSFHG), Murdoch, Perth, Australia Background Lymphoedema is a common side effect of cancer treatments, with approximately...
- May 14, 2021
Ms Nicole Prideaux1, Associate Professor Maayken van den Berg2, Associate Professor Claire Drummond2, Associate Professor Christopher Barr2 1SA Health, Adelaide, Australia, 2Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia Background: Stroke precedes low cardiovascular (CV) fitness reported to limit successful...
- May 14, 2021
Dr Naomi Crafti1 1Turning Point, Richmond, Australia In early March 2020, along with many other industries, the practice of traditional healthcare was turned upside down due to the emergent pandemic caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). From general practice...
- May 13, 2021