The long awaited Victorian Cardiovascular Dashboard (VCD) will provide a sector wide view of important safety and quality metrics for cardiac and stroke care provided across Victoria. It will draw on multiple data sources to provide regular risk adjusted data, where applicable, to allow for monitoring, tracking improvements and benchmarking health system performance across the state.
The Albury Wodonga region colonoscopy recall is now complete, with our organisation identifying, contacting, reviewing and supporting close to 2,000 patients during the process.
In January, our investigation found that some colonoscopies performed or supervised by a surgeon in the Albury Wodonga region between 2018 and 2022 were incomplete, potentially compromising the accuracy of the resulting diagnoses. This prompted a recall process.
Since the commencement of the Health Legislation Amendment (Quality and Safety) Act 2022, questions have arisen around the potential overlap of the Health Services Act 1988 (Vic)(HS Act) and the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHS Act).
Recently published evidence has demonstrated that tight blood pressure targets in pregnancy are associated with improved maternal outcomes and are not associated with increased risk for the unborn baby. CCOPMM have observed an increase in maternal and fetal morbidity associated with delayed treatment of elevated blood pressure.
Rebecca (Bek) Van Wollingen is a distinguished healthcare leader with a proven track record in making significant contributions to safety enhancement and patient care. Armed with a Master of Public Health (Communicable disease control) and a Master of Business Administration, Bek brings a unique blend of expertise to her work.