Maximising The Usefulness And Timeliness Of Trauma And Emergency Registry Data For Improving Patient Outcomes
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$189,384.00
Summary
The aim of my fellowship will be to develop and evaluate the processes and technological applications to make trauma registry data useful, relevant and timely for informing the care of the injured patient real-time i.e. during their hospital stay. Better use of accessible quality data will lead to better interventions and a reduction in deaths and disability. I will be working with world leading trauma system and trauma registry experts and the Alfred Hospital.
High-risk Doctors: Early Identification And Intervention To Protect Patients From Harm
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$224,786.00
Summary
When a doctor's health or performance falters, patient safety may be placed at risk. Previous research tells us that some doctors are at higher risk of running into difficulty than others. Regulators, like the Medical Board, collect masses of information, but this information is rarely used to try and identify and intervene early BEFORE harm occurs. Our research seeks to change this by identifying which doctors are at greatest risk and why, and how they can be supported back into safe practice.
Improving Linkages For Chronic Disease Prevention In Indigenous Communities: A Quality Improvement Approach.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$318,768.00
Summary
Primary health care and public health are often conceived as two entities providing complementary services within the health system. This research aims to better understand how to link these complementary services by using quality improvement methods and to identify successful interventions that facilitate these linkages in the prevention of chronic disease in Indigenous communities.
Developing A Service Integration Toolkit To Improve The Quality Of Adolescent Mental Health Promotion Services In Cape York: A Program Of Mixed Methods Research
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$314,644.00
Summary
Services can benefit from stronger integration to seamlessly meet the mental health needs of Indigenous adolescents. This project will map Cape York health, education and other services to identify availability and linkages; and consult to ascertain integration strategies to promote adolescent mental health and how they can be improved. From this, a Service Integration Toolkit will be developed and progressively refined, with impacts on adolescents' service uptake and satisfaction measured.
Vancomycin is the antibiotic we rely on for the treatment of major infections due to bacteria that are resistant to other antibiotics (MRSA). Vancomycin is monitored in each patient to individualise the dose. This is done to improve treatment efficacy, reduce adverse effects and to prevent antibiotic resistance. This project will introduce a vancomycin guideline and train hospital staff to use vancomycin safely, effectively and to minimise the development of resistance.
Uptake Of A Sexual Health Clinical Audit Tool And Its Impact On Sexual Health Service Delivery In Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Services
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$346,449.00
Summary
Reports of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have increased over the last decade; reasons for this include the lack of quality sexual health care services, particularly in rural and remote Australia. This project seeks to evaluate the uptake and impact of a sexual health clinical audit tool on quality of care, and to identify successful strategies for improvement to the current sexual health care delivery provided by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care services.
Improving Early Rehabilitation For Patients With Acute Stroke
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$149,782.00
Summary
The Australian stroke guidelines recommend that intensive rehabilitation (60 mins practice/day) should commence as soon as possible after stroke onset, however this rarely occurs in clinical practice. The proposed research will explore this evidence-practice gap, and develop a protocol to improve early rehabilitation for patients hospitalised with acute stroke. The early rehabilitation protocol will then be tested in four acute stroke units for safety and feasibility.
Polypharmacy In Elderly Australians - Can Deprescribing Improve Health Related Outcomes And Reduce Costs?
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$344,644.00
Summary
Medications are often inappropriately prescribed in elderly Australians. This research investigates whether reducing certain classes of medications results in improved patient outcomes, and what the cost implications are of inappropriately prescribed medications and the costs of a service which reduces drug useage.