2005-06 program
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2005-06 Fellows
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| Fellow / Health Service | Study area | Project title |
Project description | Final Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Susan Brumby |
Quality improvement & patient safety | Sustainable Farm Families (SFF) – the human resource in triple bottom line. Understanding the triggers and opportunities for improving farming family health. | The investigation of particular healthcare practices; tools and strategies used in the successful farmer engagement projects in the USA and UK. In particular, how overseas work informs the SFF project in understanding the triggers and opportunities for improving farming family health, minimising poor health outcomes and decreasing the risk of harm. |
Sustainable Farm Families – the human resource in the triple bottom line - Susan Brumby (701kb,pdf) |
 Sandra Davis |
Quality improvement & system measurement | An investigation of the successful components in the implementation, support and evaluation of the person centred approach across care settings. | The project is aimed at informing, facilitating and supporting key components of a strong person-centred approach to the provision of care, services and health promotion across different settings. The emphasis will be on components that facilitate consumer involvement; foster partnerships in care across care settings and empower older people to remain living independently in the community. | An investigation of the successful components in the implementation, support and evaluation of the person centred approach across care settings (608kb, pdf) |
 Felicity Lawrence |
Quality improvement, workforce redesign & system measurement | Co-occurring mental illness and intellectual disability: An international investigation of service models, systemic relationships and clinical best practice that effectively and efficiently improves the mental health and well being of people with a dual disability. | The purpose of the project is to acquire knowledge and practical experience from services that are internationally renowned for making significant contributions to improving mental health of people with a dual disability. | Models of services and indicators of organisational effectiveness in the specialist field of dual disability - Felicity Lawrence (124kb, pdf) |
 Angela Murray |
Patient safety | Patient safety systems in emergency healthcare. | Benchmarking safety systems and disseminating innovative ideas to help improve patient safety systems in Victorian emergency departments. The project involves visiting emergency departments or trauma centres in the USA and evaluating their patient safety systems. | Report on patient safety systems in emergency healthcare – June 2006 Angela Murray (524kb, pdf) |
 Melita Van de Vreede |
Quality improvement & patient safety | Improving medication safety in hospitals. | The purpose of this project is to improve medication safety and reduce risk of harm through the study of lead international organisations in medication safety and quality improvement, bringing back to the Victorian healthcare services the latest ideas, techniques and initiatives. | Improving medication safety in hospitals - Melita Van de Vreede (370kb, pdf) |
 Fiona Whitecross |
Quality improvement | Development of an evidence based model of care for psychiatric intensive care units. | The project will facilitate the investigation of options for service provision to patients in the psychiatric high dependency unit, balancing the need for safe, least restrictive care, to those new to psychiatric services. | Psychiatric intensive care: developing an evidenced based, least restrictive model of inpatient care - Fiona Whitecross (196kb, pdf) |
Frances Wise |
Quality improvement & workforce redesign | The successful and innovative management of overweight and obese patients in cardiac rehabilitation programs. | This project will involve the study of innovative models of cardiac rehabilitation to reduce a major and preventable cardiac risk factor – obesity. This study will be conducted in the USA and UK, in facilities that have reported success with a variety of interventions, including behavioural and dietary interventions, internet case management and home-based therapy. | The successful and innovative management of overweight and obese patients in cardiac rehabilitation programs - Frances Wise (90kb, pdf) |