Applications open
Improving care for women experiencing heavy menstrual bleeding
Together we're improving healthcare for 100,000 Victorians
100,000 Lives is about more than numbers. It's about people.
8,527 Victorians have had better care and outcomes
100,000 lives
Our impact so far...
18%
reduction in falls through delirium screening
155
women spared harm from severe perineal tears
21%
decrease in stillbirths
59%
increase older people being asked ‘what matters to you?’
Our projects
In progress
Helping more people with heart failure to stay well and stay home
In progress
Reducing postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) following childbirth in Victorian hospitals
Updates
Improving Management of Diabetes
Become a Consumer Lead on the Improving Management of Diabetes initiative
We’re looking for consumers with experience of diabetes as a patient or carer in Victoria to play a lead role in helping us to improve the lives of Victorians living...
24 June 2022
Improving Management of COPD
Join us as a Consumer Lead and improve management of COPD
We’re looking for consumers with lived experience of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to play a lead role in helping us improve the lives of Victorians living with COPD.
24 June 2022
Improving Management of Asthma
Expressions of interest now open for a consumer lead for Improving Management of Asthma
We’re looking for consumers with lived experience of asthma (as a patient or carer) in Victoria to play a lead role in helping us to improve the lives of Victorians...
24 June 2022
National Preterm Birth Prevention Collaborative
Expressions of interest now open for health services to join the National Preterm Birth Prevention Collaborative
We’re inviting teams from public hospitals to contribute by implementing the approaches and sharing their learnings with each other across Australia.
23 June 2022
Best Care for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
Join us online at our upcoming forums
Individuals, health providers and organisations with expertise or lived experience in managing heavy menstrual bleeding can help us understand how heavy menstrual bleeding is managed in Victorian health services.
22 June 2022
Reducing Antibiotic Prescribing in Children
Applications are open for the Reducing Antibiotic Prescribing in Children Expert Working Group
We are calling on clinicians and consumers to join our initiative to reduce antibiotic prescribing for viral illness in children 9 years and under.
17 June 2022
Best Care for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
How do heavy periods affect Victorian women?
We’d like to hear from women to find out how heavy menstrual bleeding has affected their life and the treatment they received.
25 May 2022
General
The bigger picture: How 100,000 Lives fits in our improvement story
100,000 lives is an ambitious goal but as Safer Care Victoria’s CEO Prof Mike Roberts explains, it’s only part of the story of healthcare improvement in Victoria.
20 April 2022
General
Turning passion into action to improve healthcare quality
More than 600 Victorian health workers are trained in improvement science to drive better, safer healthcare. But what is improvement science? 100,000 Lives Director Rebecca Reed tells us how to...
6 April 2022
Every life is a story
Patients profile
Living to tell a great story
A late diagnosis of heart failure leads to two more lucky diagnoses. Read how Sue McFarlane's experience helped other members of her family.
About 100,000 Lives
We’re joining forces with Victorian health services on large-scale projects that will prevent harm in hospitals, avoid hospital admissions and reduce unnecessary interventions. And we’re counting every single Victorian who benefits from this better, safer care.
