Celebrating one year of the Safer Together Program
In the last 12 months, the Safer Together Program (STP) has achieved strong early results across all four of its strategic priorities.
Posted on 01 Jul 2025
Hand hygiene standards and reporting
Healthcare-associated infections can be a serious complication that prolongs a patient’s hospital stay. Hand hygiene is the most effective way to limit the spread of infection.
Embedding strong hand hygiene practices aligned with national standards is essential to creating a safer environment for patients, staff, and visitors.
This helps health services to:
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Posted on 20 Jun 2025
Evolving together: A unified approach to improving safety and outcomes in Victorian health care
Over the past year, Safer Care Victoria has taken an important step forward in how we support health services to improve safety and quality of care. In 2024, we launched the Safer Together Program – a unified approach that brings together our improvement activities under a single program.
Digital Cardiac Rehabilitation Project
Complete
Our goal
To improve cardiac rehabilitation completion rates by incorporating digital solutions.
About the project
The Digital Cardiac Rehab project aimed to improve attendance and completion of cardiac rehab (CR) through a digital cardiac rehab platform, Cardihab®, for patients in regional Victoria who had experienced an acute cardiac event.
Cardiovascular Nurse Ambassadors Project
COMPLETE
About the project
Managing cardiovascular disease is a challenge for Victorians, with many experiencing multiple hospital admissions. Cardiovascular disease is a significant burden on the lives of Victorians, with many experiencing multiple hospital admissions and challenges in accessing specialist cardiac care in hospital and community care settings.