Victorian Public Healthcare Awards

2012 Victorian Public Healthcare Awards celebrate the best of the best in healthcare

At the 2012 Victorian Public Healthcare Awards gala ceremony the State’s best and brightest received awards in categories including healthcare innovation, health leadership and the Premier’s health service of the year.

‘This is our foremost occasion for celebrating healthcare leadership, innovation and excellence; the cornerstone qualities that make our hospital, public and primary care system the best it can be’ said the Minister for Health, the Hon David Davis MP. Minister Davis and the Secretary of the Department of Health, Pradeep Philip, presented the 2012 winners with their awards.

The Premier of Victoria and the Minister for Mental Health praised the 2012 finalists for their drive, determination and vision to improve and innovate and commended their passion, enthusiasm and commitment to delivering world-class healthcare to the Victorian community.

Congratulations to the 2012 finalists and winners

2012 Award winners

Premier’s Health Service of the Year Awards

Primary health service of the year
Winner	Sunraysia Community Health Services
Highly commended	Doutta Galla Community Health Service
Highly commended	EACH Social and Community Health
Rural health service of the year
Winner	Orbost Regional Health
Highly commended	East Wimmera Health Service
Highly commended	West Wimmera Health Service
Regional health service of the year
Winner	Western District Health Service
Highly commended	Ballarat Health Services
Highly commended	Barwon Health
Metropolitan health service of the year
Winner	Austin Health
Highly commended	The Royal Women’s Hospital

Minister’s Awards

Health Lifetime Achievement Award
Professor Frank Oberklaid OAM
Professor Lester J Peters AM
Professor Alan Wolff

Outstanding achievement by an individual or team in healthcare
Winner	Austin Health	Molly Carlile
Highly commended	The Royal Children's Hospital with Austin Health	The Paediatric Liver Transplant Service Team
Highly commended	Northern Health	Jeannette Kamar
Outstanding achievement by an individual or a team in mental healthcare
Winner	Peninsula Health	Peri Partners - The Peninsula Perinatal Mental Health Partnership
Highly commended	Melbourne Health	Orygen Youth Health Inpatient Unit Team
Highly commended	Alfred Health with The Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre	The MAPrc Women’s Mental Health Clinic Team

Health Leaders' Awards

Premier's Award for advancing healthcare – putting patients first
Winner	Melbourne Health	Orygen Youth Health – Helping Young People Early (HYPE) Program Team
Highly commended	Austin Health	Orthopaedic Surgery by Design Team
Highly commended	Numurkah District Health Service	Acute Ward Team
Minister for Health's Award for achieving a highly capable & engaged workforce
Winner	East Grampians Health Service	The Learning, Education, Training and Sustainability Program (LETS) Team
Highly commended	Alfred Health	Patient Centred Team Based Ward Rounds Team – ticking all the boxes
Highly commended	The Royal Women's Hospital	Maternity Services Education Program Team
Minister for Mental Health's Award for delivering innovative alcohol & drug or mental healthcare
Winner	Peninsula Health	Reducing Risky Drinking Project Team: Early intervention for later in life
Highly commended	Pathways Rehabilitation and Support Services with Ermha Inc	MadCap Café Geelong and Fountain Gate Team
Highly commended	Southern Health with Victoria Police	PACT Team – Police and community triage
Secretary's Award for delivering joined-up healthcare
Winner	Alfred Health	DART–AMU Team: Direct admission of referred patients to the acute medical unit
Highly commended	Barwon Health	Orthopaedic Management Team
Highly commended	Whitehorse Community Health Service with Eastern Health	Integrated Diabetes Education and Assessment Service Team

Healthcare Innovation Awards

Optimising the health status of Victorians
Gold winner	Monash University	Healthy Lifestyle Program for Australian Women (HeLP-her)
Silver winner	Eastern Health	Ambulatory Oncology Rehabilitation Program
Highly commended	Incolink	Incolink Diet & Nutrition Education
Excellence in supporting self-managed healthcare
Gold winner	Diabetes Australia-Victoria	Pictorial self management guides: a simple solution for low health literacy
Silver winner	The Royal Children's Hospital	Supporting parenteral nutrition administration at home for children with intestinal failure
Silver winner	Peninsula Health	Better Assessment - Better Health
Highly commended	Albury Wodonga Health	MY HEALTH, MY LIFE! Facilitating change management by embedding an ICDM interdisciplinary service model
Excellence in person-centred care
Gold winner	Rural Northwest Health	Person-centred care in the Wattle Dementia Unit...and beyond
Silver winner	Kyabram and District Health Services	Rural response: community and hospital midwifery model of care
Highly commended	Eastern Health	In the patient's shoes: the Eastern Health Patient Experience of Care Program
Excellence in quality healthcare
Gold winner	Alfred Health	Innovative ambulatory very-low intensity allogeneic stem cell transplantation program
Silver winner	Northern Health	Building capacity from within
Highly commended	Southern Health	Cleaning innovations
Excellence in service provision
Gold winner	The Royal Children's Hospital	The RCH Gait Analysis Laboratory
Silver winner	Western District Health Service	WDHS care coordination model
Highly commended	Alfred Health	Advanced practice musculoskeletal physiotherapy services
Optimising healthcare through e-health & communications technology
Gold winner	Alzheimer's Australia	BrainyApp - using interactive technology to facilitate dementia risk reduction behaviour
Silver winner	Western Health	OrthoAnswer - national orthopaedic patient resource
Highly commended	Southern Health	iPad iCare field-testing project