Clinical governance
Victorian Clinical Governance Framework
The Victorian Clinical Governance Framework helps providers to:
Delirium collaborative
Completed - 2020
Summary
Delirium is a serious medical condition where people experience sudden changes in their thinking, attention and memory, causing them to become confused, agitated or drowsy.
Usually lasting from a few days to weeks, it can lead to serious complications such as falls, pressure injuries, longer hospital admissions and sometimes death.
Births
By law, all births must be notified to the Victorian Perinatal Data Collection (VPDC).
The VPDC is a population-based surveillance system and contains comprehensive information on the health of mothers and babies.
What do you have to report?
Any birth or stillbirth that occurs in Victoria.
This includes every birth of at least 20 weeks' gestation or 400 grams birth weight (if gestation is unknown).
Birth data must be submitted within 30 days following discharge.
Congenital anomalies
Health services must report congenital anomalies for live births, stillbirths and terminations of pregnancy to the Victorian Congenital Anomalies Register (VCAR).
What do you have to report?
A congenital anomaly (or ‘birth defect’) is an anomaly in body structure or chemistry that is present at birth. They can range from very minor to major conditions.
Although most congenital anomalies are detected during pregnancy, at birth or in early infancy, some may not be recognised until long after birth.
Perinatal autopsy service
When the cause of a perinatal death is unclear, discuss the value of an autopsy with the infant’s parents.
This information helps CCOPMM provide expert advice on maternal and perinatal outcomes.
Placental pathology
Send the placenta for pathological examination in all cases of fetal death, and where possible for all early neonatal deaths, including:
Chief Medical Officer
Spanning a successful career in clinical medicine, Andrew continues to practise as a cardiologist at St Vincent’s Health Melbourne, in the private sector and in rural Victoria. His clinical focus is on treatment and prevention of atherosclerosis. He has an academic appointment at the University of Melbourne and leads an active clinical research program supervising research students and fellows.
He previously worked at Stanford University Medical Centre where he was a NHMRC Research Fellow focusing on translational research in atherosclerosis.
Chief Paramedic Officer
Dr Louise Reynolds comes to SCV with national and international experience as a Registered Paramedic, researcher, and academic educator. She is currently Associate Professor in Paramedicine at Australian Catholic University, where she continues to collaborate in prehospital systems research and education.