‘Think sepsis. Act fast.’ scaling collaboration
Complete
This was a scaling project supported by the Better Care Victoria Innovation Fund.
Lead organisation
Melbourne Health
Partnered pharmacist medication charting (PPMC) scaling project
Complete
This is a scaling project supported by the former Better Care Victoria Innovation Fund.
Lead organisation
Alfred Health
Partners
General medical sites:
Geri-Connect scaling project
Complete
This was a scaling project supported by the former Better Care Victoria Innovation Fund.
Improving emergency access collaborative
Complete
This was an improvement partnership supported by the former Better Care Victoria Innovation Fund.
Critical care telehealth scaling project
Complete
This was a scaling project supported by the Better Care Victoria Innovation Fund.
Choosing Wisely Scaling Collaboration
Complete
This was a scaling project supported by the Better Care Victoria Innovation Fund.
Best care: Guidance for non-urgent elective surgery
Our Best Care guidance provides evidence-based information for Victorian healthcare professionals in relation to specific elective surgical procedures which can only be performed under certain circumstances or at certain time intervals.
The Best Care guidance aims to:
Better Care Victoria Innovation Fund
The Better Care Victoria (BCV) Innovation Fund, which operated from 2016 to 2020, was established by the Victorian Government to increase access and improve the quality of public healthcare for Victorians.
The fund did this by supporting health services to find new, more efficient and effective ways to deliver healthcare, with a focus on patient-centred innovations.
Antibiotic allergy de-labelling program
Complete
This was an innovation project supported by the former Better Care Victoria Innovation Fund.
Lead organisation
Austin Health
Partner
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Summary
More than two million Australians report an antibiotic allergy, but studies have shown that 85 per cent of these allergy ‘labels’ are false and can be disproven by allergy testing.
No unnecessary tests (NUTs)
Complete
This was an innovation project supported by the former Better Care Victoria Innovation Fund.
Lead organisation
Eastern Health
Partner
Austin Health
Summary
Testing is considered ‘unnecessary’ if it is not clinically indicated, shows no evidence of benefitting the patient, and/or is more appropriate to defer to a different setting, such as an outpatient clinic.