In partnership with clinicians, we identified variation in the use of of bed rails across Victorian healthcare services and public residential aged care facilities.
In Australia and overseas, inappropriate use of bed rails has been known to cause injuries and deaths when people have attempted to climb over or through gaps in the bed rails.
This was an innovation project supported by the Better Care Victoria Innovation Fund.
Mercy Health
La Trobe University
This was an innovation project supported by the Better Care Victoria Innovation Fund.
Beechworth Health
This was an innovation project supported by the Better Care Victoria Innovation Fund.
Alfred Health
Demand for specialist outpatient services at Alfred Health is increasing.
This was an innovation project supported by the Better Care Victoria Innovation Fund.
This is an innovation project supported by the former Better Care Victoria Innovation Fund.
Ambulance Victoria
Many of the mental health patients who call Triple Zero (000) for assistance would receive more appropriate care from a specialist mental health clinician than from the paramedics that staff a typical ambulance.
This is an innovation project supported by the Better Care Victoria Innovation Fund.
Ambulance Victoria
This is an innovation project supported by the former Better Care Victoria Innovation Fund.
Northern Health
Northern Health’s ‘Staying Well’ initiative focuses firstly on identifying patients with chronic and complex health requirements and then providing a service that supports them in the community.
This was an innovation project supported by the former Better Care Victoria Innovation Fund.
Peninsula Health
Each year, Peninsula Health performs approximately 520 procedures on women who are admitted for surgery to investigate abnormal uterine bleeding (hysteroscopy) or to manage early pregnancy loss.
This was an innovation project supported by the Better Care Victoria Innovation Fund.
Austin Health
La Trobe University
Delirium is a serious medical condition which can cause disturbed thinking and behaviour, and fluctuating consciousness. Being in hospital can compound the challenges of this condition, as patients can find the environment unfamiliar and socially isolating.