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Accounting & Financial Policy in Victoria's Public Hospitals
Accreditation (Public Hospital Accreditation in Victoria)
Acute-Agedcare Interface - National Action Plan for improving the care of older people across the acute-agedcare continuum
Aged Care in Victoria
Agency Information Management System (AIMS)
Ambulance Services in Victoria
Ambulatory Care Australia
Ambulatory Care - Policy and planning framework
Annual Reporting Guidelines - Health Services
Australian Health Care Agreement between the Commonwealth & the State of Victoria

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Better State of Hospitals Conference
Blood Matters - Better, Safer Transfusion Program - a Victorian state government program for improving the quality of hospital transfusion care to patients
Biotechnology - Information about the regulation of biotechnology including the Victorian Biotechnology Ethics Advisory Committee
Blood and Blood Products - Provision and Funding in Victoria
Borrowing guidelines for public hospitals and community health centres - information and guidance for public hospitals, community health centres and metropolitan health services seeking to borrow money, or enter into financial arrangements such as leases or overdrafts
BreastCare Victoria - An initiative of the Victorian Government to improve breast services for women with breast cancer and benign disease
Bushfires - Victorian Bushfire Support

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CALD - Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Patient Issues
Cancer - Victorian Government Cancer Initiatives
Casemix Funding in Victoria
Cemeteries and Crematoria in Victoria - Information about public cemeteries, crematoria & cemetery trusts, legislation, guidelines and licensing and Victoria's cemeteries & crematoria program.
Changing Health - our health system is changing to give us all, young or old, more options in the care we receive
Chief Health Officer - Information relating to a variety of Statutory Functions under the Health & Food Acts - includes information on Health Alerts
Chief Psychiatrist
Children at Risk
Chronic Pain Review
Clinical Liaison Service - An initiative of the State Coroner's Office & the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine to improve patient safety
Clinical Networks in Victoria - stroke, cancer, maternity & newborn, paediatric, renal health, cardiac care
Clinical Risk Management - Information for Health Services
Clinicians Health Channel - Information for clinicians working in the public health sector in Victoria
Community Health - Information about all aspects of community health

Consultative Councils

Consultative Council on Anaesthetic Mortality & Morbidity
The Victorian Surgical Consultative Council
Consultative Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity (CCOPMM)
The Victorian Quality Council
Victorian Health Service Management Innovation Council

Consumer Information & Participation Program for Victoria's Public Hospitals
Creating Safety: Addressing Seclusion Practices
Credentialling and defining the scope of clinical practice
Critical Care Services in Victoria

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Dementia - Improving the admission and discharge practices of acute and sub-acute care facilities in relation to people with dementia - Project overview and Report
Dentistry in Victoria - Information about the Dental Workforce Project and careers in dental health
Diabetes
Drugs and Alcohol in Victoria - useful information about drugs for a various range of people, including drug users, families, friends or anyone who is affected by drugs or wants to learn more about the harm of drugs
Drug Related Services in Victoria - Information about the Victorian Government approach to drug use and misuse, funding agencies and treatment services, and service quality and review of Victoria's drug system
Drugs & Poisons Controls in Victoria - Information about the control of drugs, poisons and controlled substances in Victoria

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Emergency departments

Statewide Emergency Program - general information on emergency department access to Victoria’s public hospitals
Emergency Department Factsheets - provide condition specific health and medical information for people attending the emergency department

Employment - Healthjobs - Victorian Public Sector Health Employment

Environmental Health - air, water, land, radiation, legionella, health & safety in the home, emergency management, environmental health practice
e-Referral Architecture Framework Project
Ethics - Human Research Ethics committee
Events - conferences etc

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Fees & Charges for Acute Health Services in Victoria - A Handbook for Public Hospitals
Fire Safety in Victoria's Hospitals
Food Safety - food regulation in Victoria

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Genetic Services in Victoria

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HARP- Chronic Disease Management
Head Lice - Information to help you treat and control head lice
Healthcare innovation in Victoria: 2009 showcase conference
HealthCollect & VHIRS Redevelopment Project
Health Data Standards & Systems in Victorian Hospitals (HDSS)
HealthSMART - Victoria's whole-of-health ICT Strategy
Health Promotion - gateway to health promotion activities and resources
Health Purchasing Victoria Board Appointments
Health Services Commissioner - for Health Complaints
Health Status of Victorians - information about the health and determinants of health of Victorians through population health surveillance and public health system performance evaluation.
Highly Specialised Drugs Program Guidelines (Commonwealth/State)
HIV/AIDS - Victorian HIV/AIDS Services
Home and Community Care (HACC) - services to assist frail older people, younger people with disabilities and their carers to stay at home
Hospital Circulars
Hospital Data Reports - Reference Data for VAED, ESIS and VEMD datasets
Hospital Governance
Hospital in the Home Program
Hospital Performance - Victorian Public Health Services Performance and Accountability Framework Business Rules
Hospital Services Report - Information about access to hospital services from November 1996 to September 2004
Human Tissue

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ICT Strategy - The Office of Health Information Systems is developing the next Victorian Whole of Health Information and Communication Technology Strategy, 2009-13
Immunisation - resources including fact sheets, vaccine information, schedules, handbooks and forms
Improving Care Forums
Information Management Strategy - Through information management reform, the DHS Information Management Strategy aims to improve the quality of collected data, and achieve a better balance between the information needs of DHS and the burden of collection to the department and funded organisations
Infectious Diseases Epidemiology and Surveillance (IDEAS) - information about how diseases spread, guidelines, standards and legislation for the control of infectious diseases, Blue Book, notifying cases of infectious diseases within Victoria, infectious diseases resources.
Injury Prevention in Victoria - strategy development at State and National levels to reduce the incidence of injury in the Australian population.

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Koori Health in Victoria

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Legislation

Victorian Health Legislation - A selection of Victorian legislation, regulations and links to supporting information relevant to health service providers
Medical Treatment Act 1988 - General Information
Health Records Act (Victorian) - Information about the Victorian Health Records Act and Regulations
Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008

Local Government Planning for Health and Wellbeing

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Maps of Hospital Locations - Flash and static maps (Victorian and Metropolitan Melbourne maps can be overlaid with public, private hospitals or day procedure centres, Local Government Areas and
Department of Human Services regional boundaries)

Maternity Care

Having a Baby in Victoria - Options for pregnancy care
Maternity Care in Victoria - Policies & Programs relating to Maternity Services in Victoria

Medical Equipment Program - Public Hospitals & Health Services, Victoria
Medical Indemnity Insurance - General Information
Mental Health Services
Metropolitan Health Strategy
Minister for Health Volunteer Awards: Celebrating volunteer achievement in public healthcare
Ministerial Advisory Committee on Gay Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex health & wellbeing
Municipal Public Health Planning (MPHP) - see Local Government Planning for Health and Wellbeing

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National Health Priority Areas in Victoria - The NHPA initiative seeks to focus attention from the health sector on diseases or conditions that have a major impact on the health of Australians
New Technology/Clinical Practice Grant Program
Neonatal Services in Victoria - Information relating to the provision of neonatal services in Victorian Hospitals
Non Emergency Patient Transport - The State Government Department of Human Services is responsible for the development and implementation of legislation, regulations and clinical practice protocols relating to non-emergency patient transport services
Nursing in Victoria - The Nursing in Victoria website provides information relevant to Victorian nursing practice. It includes information about project developments, issues under consideration, and policy development
NURSE-ON-CALL - Victoria’s telephone health line, providing Victorians with immediate, expert health information and advice 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Nutrition - information for health professionals, educators and practitioners in public health nutrition and health promotion

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Occupational Health & Safety - Victorian Hospital OH&S Web site

Older People - Improving Care for Older People in Victoria's Health Services

Ophthalmology - Statewide Service Planning Framework
Organ and Tissue Donation - Provision and Funding in Victoria
Osteoarthritis (OA) Hip and Knee Service
Outpatient Improvement & Innovation Strategy - for public hospitals

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Paediatric Rehabilitation Service (VPRS) - The Victorian Paediatric Rehabilitation Service (VPRS) is a statewide specialist rehabilitation service that specifically caters for children and adolescents
Palliative Care Program
Pandemic Influenza
Parkville Precinct Strategic Plan - The Parkville Precinct Strategic Plan has been developed to assure the Precinct’s ongoing important role in healthcare, research and education.
Patient Charter - Public Hospital Patient Charter
Patient Food Preparation
Patient Flow Collaborative
Patient Satisfaction - Monitoring Patient Satisfaction in Victoria's Public Hospitals
Perinatal - information about the Consultative Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity, the Victorian Perinatal Data Collection Unit & the Victorian Birth Defects Register
Pest Control Licencing in Victoria - information for the pest control industry
Pharmaceutical Reform in Victorian Public Hospitals
Post Acute Care Program
Practitioner Regulation - Health Practitioner Regulation in Victoria
Pressure ulcers
Primary Care Partnerships (PCPs) - Information about the PCP strategy
Private Hospitals in Victoria - Information about Victoria's Private Hospitals. Includes advice & support for hospital proprietors
Private Practice - Rights of private practice within the Victorian public health system
Procurement Guidelines for Victorian Public Hospitals and Health Services
Public Health Awards
Public Hospitals and Health Services - Capital Projects
Public Hospitals and Mental Health Services Policy and Funding Guidelines
Public Hospital Governance
Public Hospitals - Victoria's Hospital System. Portal to a range of hospital related information

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Quality Council - The Victorian Quality Council is responsible for fostering better quality health services in Victoria

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Radiotherapy Services in Victoria
Redesigning Hospital Care Program - a four-year statewide initiative that will deliver significant health system improvements through applying process redesign methodologies in Victorian public hospitals
Related Sites
Renal Dialysis - Victorian Maintenance Renal Dialysis Program
Research Programs - Health and medical research strategy and policy development
Retrieval Services - Emergency retrieval services in Victoria are integral to the outcomes for time critical patients requiring retrieval
Rural Health - information about rural health services, community and workforce issues

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Safer Systems - Saving Lives - A national collaborative initiated by the Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care
Services - Directories of Health Services in Victoria
Statewide Emergency Program - The Statewide Emergency Program is a programmatic response to the successful initiatives trialled under the Hospital Demand Management Strategy (HDMS) and to continue innovation in managing emergency demand in the State hospital system.
Statutory Immunity - General Information for Victorian Public Hospitals
Sub-acute Care - Information about Victoria’s sub-acute care services
Supported Residential Services (SRS) - Information for SRS residents. Guidelines and forms for SRS operators
Surgery - Statewide Surgical Services Program
Surgical performance improvement - Information and reports about cardiac and vascular surgery in Victoria's Public Hospitals

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Telephone Counselling - Information about standards, service plan implementation, and program guidelines for telephone counselling and the Suicide Helpline.
Ten tips for safer health care - explains how and why things can go wrong, and how you can work in partnership with your health care professionals to get the best possible care.
Tobacco Reforms
Travelling Fellowship Program - gives health professionals, clinicians and managers presently working within the Victorian Public Health System a chance to conduct short professional investigations that will be of value professionally and personally

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Your Hospitals
An Overview of Public Hospital Activity - Information about the public hospital system and reports on individual hospital performance

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Veterans - Care in Victoria
Victorian Ambulatory Classification System (VACS)
Victoria's Health Workforce - All about the Department of Human Services involvement with the Victorian health workforce - information about planning and training, recruitment and retention and policies and programs
Victorian Drug & Alcohol Prevention Council
Victorian Public Healthcare Awards - At the heart of the public healthcare system are the people whose dedication delivers the best of care to the people of Victoria.
Victorian Medicines Advisory Committee (VMAC)
Victoria's Whole of Health ICT strategy 2009-13
Victorian State Trauma System (victrauma)

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Women's Health - Victorian Women's Health Program - Information on improving the health and well being of Victorian women
Last updated: 8 April, 2009
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