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The Gold Coast PHN developed and recently validated Primary SenseTM, a data extraction, analysis and management tool for general practice. Primary SenseTM generates simple reports from...

The Tele-Cardiac Investigations (T-CI) program involved cardiology staff, from the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, conducting ‘live’ HM and EST at rural facilities, via telehealth, to support...

More patients are surviving after catastrophic brain injury and are in a disorder of consciousness (DOC). The best practice intervention for this population is sensory stimulation therapy. However...

Obesity increases the risks associated with surgery. Surgeons at Logan Hospital were declining to operate on obese patients due to these associated risks, and so in 2014 a dietitian...

Management of end stage liver disease is often complicated by sarcopenia and frailty (1,2). New evidence-based guidelines recommend that pre-transplant nutrition assessment should incorporate...

Supplements as Medicine (SAM) refers to a small dose of high energy, high protein supplement administered at regular intervals, this is a method of nutrition provision for patients who are having...

Malnutrition in hospitals is common and usually identified by weight loss. However, weight loss does not give information about body composition - the amount of fat and muscle in the body....

Research publications have reported increased digestive tract cancers in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). The adult CF centre at The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH) identified unexpected early...

Data from the Australasian Rehabilitation Outcome Centre (AROC) indicates > 17000 people participated and were discharged from 51 inpatient Rehabilitation (21 public, 30 private) Units across...

Embedding a brief, low-intensity mindfulness‐based programme into an ED to enhance staff wellness. It includes a four-minute pause at handover, a weekly mindfulness session and information...