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20 Mar 2025

Sentinel event portal FAQs

We are making it easier for you to manage sentinel events. From 9 August 2021, all sentinel event notifications and reporting will be completed through a new sentinel event portal. Read more

Transitioning to new online portal

Why is the process changing?

The sentinel events portal is making it easier for health services to let us know about adverse patient safety events. It allows you to:

Rhianna Perkin

Service Design Manager and Counselling Psychologist, EACH    

Rhianna Perkin is a service design manager at EACH in mental health, alcohol and other drugs, homelessness and youth services. She is also a counselling psychologist with a private practice offering supervision, coaching and consultation.  

Rhianna is passionate about working with individuals, teams, organizations and systems around creating sustainable change, adaptive leadership and safe, supportive and effective workplaces.

Cheryl Ou

Administrative officer, Barwon Health's Mental Health Hospital in the Home and Honorary Research Assistant at Monash Health and Monash University Healthy Sleep Clinic

Cheryl is currently working as an administrative officer in Barwon Health's Mental Health Hospital in the Home. She is also undergoing a clinical research internship at Monash University Healthy Sleep Clinic.

Parental Recognition of the Deteriorating Child Quality Improvement Pilot Project

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.

Aim

Improve the early recognition of deteriorating children in the emergency department. 

Last Updated
13 Jan 2026
Last Updated
20 Mar 2025
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