Showcase 2023
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Program

Our event program features the best Queensland projects and programs that demonstrate clear improvements and benefits to the health system, our staff, and most importantly, our patients.

Day 1 - Tuesday 23 May

8.30 am Registration
PLENARY SESSION 1
9.00 am Welcome to Country
9.15 am Official welcome
Dr Helen Brown, Deputy Director-General Clinical Excellence Queensland
9.30 am Keynote speaker – The Patient Doctor - Reflections from a cancer patient turned doctor
Dr Ben Bravery
10.30 am Morning tea
CONCURRENT SESSION 1
Better access to care Maximising potential
11.05 am Rapid Access Clinic, Internal Medicine Services, The Prince Charles Hospital
Metro North Hospital and Health Service 		Nurse Led Virtual Fracture Clinics
Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service
11.20 am Limiting admissions: Innovating care. A ward based ambulatory care model for patients with liver disease
Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service 		Embedding a culture of quality improvement in a regional paediatric and neonatal department
Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service
11.35 am Emergency Department Load Share Initiative
Gold Coast Hospital and Health Services		 Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Screening Clinic management of neurology outpatient headache referrals - an 18-month pilot trial
Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service
11.50 am Mater at Home Direct – "Bringing Care to the Consumer rather than the Consumer to the Care"
Mater Health Services		 Primary Contact Hand Therapy - The helping hand in leading an innovative model of care
Gold Coast Hospital and Health Services
12.05 pm Caboolture Care Collective - coordinated and integrated care across the health system
Metro North Hospital and Health Service		 Undergraduate Nursing Students Improving Time to Treat
Metro South Hospital and Health Service
12.20 pm Lunch
CONCURRENT SESSION 2
Care of the vulnerable Leveraging Technology
1.35 pm The Living Well during Pregnancy Program- nutrition care to support women at high risk of metabolic disease
Metro North Hospital and Health Service		 A Non-touch approach using artificial intelligence to assist nursing intermittent visual observations
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
1.50 pm Taking a risk to help those most at risk: Youth Advisory Councils and innovative partnerships with young people in detention
West Moreton Hospital and Health Service		 Digital re-design – outpatient bookings: Delivering improved patient access to outpatient services
Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service
2.05 pm Woodford Correctional Physiotherapy Outreach Service Project
Metro North Hospital and Health Service 		Smartphone based ECGs: a clinical evaluation in adult psychiatric patients in Far North Queensland (EQUIP Study)
Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service
2.20 pm The PREMTIME study - implications for early targeted surveillance of preterm infants
Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service		 Introducing the Allied Health Demand and Capacity Management Tool: A Digital Solution
Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service
2.35 pm Opioid overdose prevention training: Research leading to advocacy
Metro North Hospital and Health Service		 Pick your player: AI or Human. Artificial Intelligence for Retinopathy of Prematurity Screening
Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service
2.50 pm Afternoon tea
PLENARY SESSION 2
3.30 pm Keynote speaker – Wellbeing in Health - is it all Just Waffle?
Liz Crowe, Staff Wellbeing Officer, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
4.30 pm Day one close

Day 2 - Wednesday 24 May

8.30 am Registration
PLENARY SESSION 3
9.00 am Welcome
9.10 am Where are they now
10.00 am Morning tea
CONCURRENT SESSION 3
Care of the vulnerable Improvement in Action
10.50 am Torres and Cape York Integrated Ear, Nose and Throat Service - Sustainable specialist care on Country
Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service		 ICU of the Future – redesigning the ICU environment to optimise patient outcomes
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
11.05 am MVAC to the future
Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service		 Care coordination and Post-Acute Surgical Services: An integrated approach for complex surgical patients to improve healthcare delivery and outcomes
Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service
11.20 am Enhancing emotional and psychological safety within TPCH Paediatric Emergency department - the introduction of a Child Life Therapist
Metro North Hospital and Health Service		 Enabling person-centred improvement: Our approach to co-designing a qualitative PREMs framework
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
11.35 am Logan WCDS/CHS Journey Facilitator Co Design Project
Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service		 Digital transformation in Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs Healthcare
West Moreton Hospital and Health Service
11.50 am Detecting hearing loss during childhood: Exploring the benefits of a community partnership approach
Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service		 Showcasing SCHHS RAID template
Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service
12.05 pm Lunch
CONCURRENT SESSION 4
Improvement in Action Responsible and safe care
1.05 pm The Implementation and Evaluation of a Rheumatology Clinical Nurse Consultant Telehealth Clinic
Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service		 A Novel Cross-Sectorial Collaboration – Increasing access to treatment for those living with Borderline Personality Disorder through improving workforce capability
Metro South Hospital and Health Service
1.20 pm Weight-based contrast in abdominal CT
Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service		 A collective call to action that has driven a hospital recycling revolution and sustainable reform
Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service
1.35 pm A quality improvement project to limit unnecessary preoperative pathology at the Sunshine Coast University Hospital
Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service		 Antimicrobial Dosing in Obesity
Metro South Hospital and Health Service
1.50 pm NeoHOME: Innovation in care location for Queensland’s smallest humans
Metro North Hospital and Health Service		 Making home oral antibiotic administration safer: evaluation of a complex outpatient antibiotic therapy (COPAT) service
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
2.05 pm Ready for Surgery Team (RfST) – Reimaging sustainable pathways
Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service		 Environmental Accountability in Healthcare
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
2.20 pm Afternoon tea
PLENARY SESSION 2
3.00 pm GREAT DEBATE
There’s a global health workforce shortage and finding the right staff has become an international tug-of-war. In amongst such fierce competition, how well will Australia fare?
3.50 pm Award presentation and showcase close
4.15 pm Event close