Improving The Safety And Quality Of Emergency Nursing Care
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,498,877.00
Summary
Failure to assess, treat comprehensively and escalate emergency patient care can be catastrophic. However, there is no emergency nursing framework in use for the 29,000+ emergency nurses working in Australia. We aim to improve access, consistency, safety and quality of emergency care for the best possible patient outcomes through system wide implementation of HIRAID - the only validated framework designed to teach emergency nurses how to systematically assess and manage emergency patients.
Improving The Management Of Obstructive Sleep Apnea And Insomnia In General Practice
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,439,100.00
Summary
The two most common clinical sleep disorders, insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), affect >4 million Australians, costing Australia over $66 billion annually. People with sleep disorders are receiving care that is far from best practice and is potentially dangerous. This novel partnership study represents a major step towards improving management of sleep disorders in primary care (PC) using new, evidence-based, models of care for insomnia and OSA, designed specifically for PC.
The Who, Why, What, Where And When Of Primary Youth Mental Health Care: The 5W Research Program
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$857,288.00
Summary
headspace has been an international pioneer for primary mental health care for young people. However, we need to better understand how to match the range of services headspace provides to the diverse needs of its clients. In the 5W research program, we will use a range of big data techniques, machine learning, data linkage, discrete choice experiments and economic modelling to develop an acceptable, equitable and efficient stepped care model for headspace.
Midwives And Obstetricians Helping Mothers To Quit - The MOHMQuit Trial
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,035,071.00
Summary
Smoking is the most important preventable cause of negative pregnancy outcomes. These outcomes are reduced if pregnant women stop smoking. Unfortunately, delivery of quitting support by health care professionals is currently poor. In this project we will trial an innovative program, MOHMQuit, which uses a whole-of-system approach to improve support provided to pregnant smokers and thus increase quitting among this critical group.
Unifying And Quality Assuring Disparate Health Silos With A Common Data Model
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$735,795.00
Summary
Australia has silos of disconnected data holdings across various domains in community, primary and secondary care settings, with disparate terminologies, data models and data quality assurance mechanisms. Mapping MedicineInsight, a national general practice data repository, to a common data model can contribute to unifying Australia's digital data assets. There are cost-efficiencies and benefits from sharing interoperable data and tools for large-scale multicentre and multisystem data analytics.
The Personalising Acute Myocardial Infarction Care To Improve Outcomes (PAMICO Project)
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,499,234.00
Summary
The modern management of heart attacks has improved survival dramatically, however, not all patients receive the best care available, leading to variation in quality and health outcomes. The PAMICO Project (Personalising Acute Myocardial Infarction Care to improve Outcomes) aims to bridge this gap using sophisticated electronic data systems and integrated care teams to produce personalised clinical management pathways so that care is patient-centered and aligned with best practice.
Improving Interpreting For Dementia Assessments: The MINDSET Study
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$271,586.00
Summary
The MINDSET Study aims to improve the quality of communication in an interpreter mediated cognitive assessment for dementia. Working with interpreters, clinicians, culturally and linguistically diverse people with dementia, and their carers we will co-design, trial, and implement national online training targeted at interpreters. This training will enable interpreters to be prepared and confident in performing their role impartially, effectively, and accurately.
A Randomised Trial Of An Intervention To Sustain Schools’ Implementation Of A State-wide Physical Activity Policy
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,054,151.00
Summary
Sustaining effective health programmes in community-based settings is a considerable public health challenge. This study, the first RCT of its kind, will test the effectiveness of a sustainability strategy on the proportion of primary school classes that sustain implementation of a physical activity policy as mandated by the NSW Government. The trial could provide a model for supporting schools to sustain school health or education policies, which seek to improve wellbeing of students.
I-HEART - Implementation Of HEArt Failure Guidelines In Regional AusTralia
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,266,173.00
Summary
Heart failure (HF) is a common disease of the heart with a high rehospitalisation and mortality rate. Regional HF patients rarely receive the full benefits of evidence-based care simply due to inaccessibility to a HF specialist team. This translational project will implement key recommendations from clinical guidelines in regional health services and improve access to specialist services. It has the potential to keep patients out of hospital and save lives.
A national collaboration to generate new knowledge, co-design, implement, evaluate and measure individual and organisational level interventions that will address key barriers to leadership across capacity, perceived capability and credibility and cultural diversity, to successful advance women in healthcare leadership. This work is highly prioritised by partners and in a policy context.