Be inspired by the 2006 winners – download a copy of the 2006 Victorian
Public Healthcare Awards Showcase.
The finalists in the 2006 Victorian Public Healthcare Awards gathered in
Melbourne on 5 October 2006 to celebrate their achievements and find out if they
would walk away with one of the coveted awards.
From a field of more than 260 entries, 54 initiatives, individuals, teams
and organisations made it to the shortlist and 17 won awards.
The judges were enthusiastic in their praise for this year's entrants, noting
that it was a competitive field and many deserving initiatives missed out
on a finals place.
| Premier's
Award for Primary Health Service of the Year |
Winner |
Gippsland
Lakes Community Health
 |
Highly
commended |
Eastern Access Community Health |
Highly commended |
Western District Health Service |
| Premier's
Award for Rural Health Service of the Year |
Winner |
Cobram District Hospital
 |
Highly
commended |
Alexandra District Hospital |
Highly
commended |
Benalla and District Memorial Hospital |
| Premier's
Award for Regional Health Service of the Year |
Winner: |
Latrobe
Regional Hospital
 |
Highly
commended |
Barwon Health |
Highly
commended |
Goulburn Valley Health |
| Premier's Award for Metropolitan Health
Service of the Year |
Winner |
Austin
Health
 |
Highly
commended
|
Peninsula Health |
Highly
commended |
Southern Health |
| Minister's Award for Outstanding Individual
Achievement |
Winner |
Dr Catherine Crock, Physician in Haematology and Adolescent Health
- The Royal Children's Hospital
 |
Highly
commended |
Professor
Samuel F Berkovic, Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Program - Austin
Health |
Highly
commended
|
Associate
Professor Peter Doherty, Director, Alfred Psychiatry - Bayside Health |
Highly commended |
Dr Eugenie Tuck,
Director, Clinical Services - St Vincent's Health |
| Minister's Award for Outstanding Team Achievement |
Winner |
Northern Assessment, Referral
and Treatment Team: Crossing the boundaries from the justice system to
the healthcare sector - Plenty Valley Community Health
 |
Highly commended |
Dr Amanda Scott and Ms Leora Benjamin,
Speech Pathology Department - Bayside Health |
Highly commended |
Clinical Governance Team: Learning
from error to save lives - Austin Health |
| Category 1: Excellence in Care and Service Delivery |
Winner |
Cardiac arrest success -
Metropolitan Ambulance Service
 |
Highly commended |
ALERT: Assessment,
liaison and early referral team - St Vincent's Health |
Highly commended |
The Gestational
Diabetes Ambulatory Care Program: An innovative approach - Barwon Health |
| Category 2: Innovation in Access to Healthcare |
Winner |
The Antenatal Outreach Service
- Yarra Valley Community Health, Eastern Health
 |
Highly commended
|
Transforming access
in mental health services- Southern Health |
Highly commended |
Violence against
women: A health responsibility - The Royal Women's Hospital |
| Category 3: Innovation in Models of Care |
Winner |
The Bicycle Response Unit
- Metropolitan Ambulance Service
 |
Highly commended |
Day surgery for
children having bone marrows and lumbar punctures - The Royal Children's
Hospital |
Highly commended
|
Diabetes Direct
delivers - Northern Division of General Practice and Plenty Valley Community
Health |
Highly commended |
Using systems
redesign to improve the care of people with type-2 diabetes - Westbay
Alliance and Western HARP Consortium |
| Category 4: Excellence in Safety of Care |
Winner |
Improving the treatment
of patients at risk of bleeding from warfarin over-anticoagulation -
Peninsula Health
 |
Highly commended |
Obstetric 'Code
Green' - Eastern
Health |
Highly commended |
Preparing children
for magnetic resonance imaging - The Royal Children’s Hospital |
Highly commended |
Safety in the
operating suite - Austin Health |
| Category 5: Excellence in Continuity of Care |
Winner |
Improving health outcomes
for people with diabetes with an innovative, multidisciplinary program
that links hospital, community and general practice across Melbourne's
north-east - Austin Health in partnership with the Northern Division
of General Practice, North East Valley Division of General Practice,
Banyule Community Health Service, Darebin Community Health and Nillumbik
Community Health Service
 |
Highly commended |
Food.Com.Play:
A family-based intervention for childhood obesity - Frankston Community
Health Service Peninsula Health |
Highly commended |
An integrated
experience for persons living with diabetes cardiovascular disease -
Dandenong District of General Practice |
Highly commended |
Improving communication
and hand-over between police and the emergency department for patients
with acute behavioural disturbance detained under Section 10 of the Mental
Health Act - Western Health |
| Category 6: Excellence in Consumer and Carer Participation |
Winner |
Respecting patient choices
in residential aged care - Austin Health
 |
Winner |
The Consumer Participation
Program - The Royal Children’s Hospital
 |
Highly commended |
A comprehensive
model to encourage consumers of aged mental health services to participate
in the quality improvement process - Bayside Health |
| Category 7: Excellence in Community Engagement |
Winner |
The Community Group Program
- The Royal Children's Hospital
 |
Highly commended |
Food Talks: An
interactive community lunch program - Cobaw Community Health Service
in collaboration with the VCAL programs of Macedon Ranges community,
Kyneton Secondary College and Sacred Heart College |
Highly commended |
Ambulance in Schools:
'Emergency…deal
with it!' - Metropolitan Ambulance Service |
| Category 8: Excellence in Prevention and Early Intervention |
Winner |
Koori Bubs Swim Program
- Gippsland Lakes Community Health
 |
Highly commended |
SHARE: Sharing
health and recovery experience - Western Region Health Centre |
Highly commended |
Core of Life -
Peninsula Health |
| Category 9: Innovation in Information Technology |
Winner |
Guidance DS: A web-based
computerised decision support system to facilitate implementation and
governance of clinical guidelines and better use of medicines - Melbourne
Health
 |
Highly commended |
RIMS: Referral
information management system - Grampians Health Information and Communications
Technology Alliance |
Highly commended |
Use of SMS text
message reminders to improve outpatient attendance - The Royal Children's
Hospital |
Highly commended |
Check Your Risk:
Personalised sexual health advice at the click of a mouse - Melbourne
Sexual Health Centre, Bayside Health |
| Category 10: Innovation in Workforce Design |
Winner |
Nurse-led eczema workshop
- The Royal Children's Hospital
 |
Highly commended |
A multi-skilled
workforce with work–life
balance - Alexandra District Hospital |
Highly commended |
The ED Logistics
Coordinator - Eastern Health |
Highly commended |
STAR: Support
team action response - St Vincent's Health |
