We are calling for expressions of interest for a clinical lead for our Safer Care for Kids: Victorian Children's Tool for Observation and Response (ViCTOR) improvement initiative.
This initiative aims to:
Understanding your organisational readiness for change and strengthening the capability in quality improvement and consumer partnership in all areas of your health service will deliver more successful improvement work.
These tools can help you measure your organisational readiness.
At Safer Care Victoria we use the Model for Improvement, developed by the Associates for Process Improvement, as the framework for our improvement work. Guided by simple but effective improvement science principles, the Model for Improvement helps us deliver results-based outcomes and support improvement in healthcare.
In Victoria, postpartum haemorrhage or PPH caused 37 per cent of all severe acute maternal morbidity reported in 2019. Research suggests it is often avoidable.
There is increasing evidence of the psychological effects of PPH including impacts on breastfeeding, bonding, and contact time between the parents and baby. Health professionals can also be impacted by a fear of managing future PPH cases.
To decrease burnout and improve joy at work.
While the wellbeing of healthcare workers is not a new issue, the pandemic provided a unique opportunity to achieve big and long-lasting improvement.
Caring for those who care for others is paramount – we cannot give what we don’t have.
The Healthcare worker wellbeing centre is the first of its kind in Australia.
It provides support for all who work in clinical and non-clinical roles in health services, community health and aged and primary care settings.
The centre is not a physical location. It is a place where all healthcare workers can come anytime, from anywhere to find support and resources. A place to find your centre.
Older people are more likely to be admitted to hospital or an aged care facility than younger people and are more likely to suffer harm such as falls, physical deterioration, medication errors, infections, or confusion. Older people and their carers also report inconsistencies with the way they are treated, consistent with what matters to them.
Children in the emergency department deteriorate unexpectedly. Many paediatric sentinel events and coroner cases have recurring themes related to a parent’s/carer’s inability to effectively escalate their concerns about their child's deterioration while in the emergency department. Early recognition of deterioration is fundamental for providing timely treatment and improving outcomes for children in the emergency department.
Improve the early recognition of deteriorating children in the emergency department.