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Let's reduce obesity

Accelerated implementation and uptake of evidence-based interventions to reduce obesity was driven by a high-functioning community partnership and tribal leader network. The collective impact of...

Allied Health suicide prevention project

To pilot the implementation of the Allied Health Brief Therapies (AHBT) Clinic Model of Service within the Darling Downs, Metro South and West Moreton Health Services to support allied health...

treatment for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infected individuals

Expediting access to Hepatitis C treatments for prisoners in South East QLD prisons, through utilisation of a Nurse Practitioner/Nurse Navigator led model of care. The role includes direct patient...

free up hospital bed space

As a result of the proposed roll-out of IeMR, it was required that we create additional bed space for the decanting of acute areas of Toowoomba Hospital. A decision was made to relocate a clinical...

Healthcare for older persons closer to home

Older Persons Enablement and Rehabilitation for Complex Health Conditions (OPEN ARCH) is an Australian-first model of care for the community dwelling older person with complex needs. OPEN ARCH...

benzodiazepines

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...

Tele-cardiac stress text

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...

Therapy sensory stimulating

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...

diet for weight loss prior to surgery

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...

a healthy liver

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...

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Develop and implement a clinical standard for cardiac rehabilitation (CR) services to ensure standardized evidence-based content informs the delivery of Queensland Health CR...

“Keep Your Move in the Tube” (KMIT®) is an evidence-based strategy, developed for patients following cardiac surgery via sternotomy. It imposes no load or time restrictions but...

The Precision Triage Project, a collaboration between Griffith University and Gold Coast University Hospital, uses the Tracking Cube, a digital system co-designed with a First...

Previous evaluations acknowledge that consumers are often not aware or are unable to advocate for telehealth as part of their healthcare journey. To address this, a multi-stage...

Prolonged waiting times are a common source of patient dissatisfaction and complaints. As most Emergency Department (ED) patients are discharged from ED, the time required for...