Integrated Healthcare

Miss  Kerri-Anne Von Deest1 Mr Robert Farquhar2 1Queensland Health, Rockhampton, Australia  2Queensland Health, Emerald, Australia Aim and Background: The Transition to Sub Acute project involves a Collaborative of allied health professionals across the central and north-west belt of Queensland with...
  • April 3, 2019
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Dr Annerley Bates1, Dr Lyndel Bates2, Mr Durc Fahrenhorst-Jones3 1Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service, Department of Social Work, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Queensland Health, , Australia, 2School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University, , Australia, 3School of...
  • April 3, 2019
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Mrs Lizelle Miller1, Dr Judith Hough1,2, Mrs  Sheridan Guyatt1 1Mater Hospital Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia, 2Australian Catholic University, Brisbane, Australia Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a genetic condition affecting about 3200 Australians. Coughing, which is a major feature of CF, is reported...
  • April 3, 2019
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Mr Steven O’Connor1 1Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia Background of the Project: For head and neck cancer patients, the radiation therapy treatment process can be a stressful one. While many patients experience significant side effects such as mouth and...
  • April 3, 2019
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Ms Jennifer Finch1 1Department Of Health, Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Background: Collaboratives are used widely as an approach to shared learning and improvement in healthcare, but how effective is this approach. In Queensland, a Collaborative has been formed between allied health...
  • April 2, 2019
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Mrs Angela Mucic1, Mrs Prue Deckert1 1Western Health, St Albans, Australia Background: An inpatient referral audit conducted in 2017 at a metropolitan public health service found that 43% of allied health referrals were inadequate and did not allow prioritisation, equating...
  • April 2, 2019
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Jana Havlis1, Nicolette Varvounis1, Dr Joanne Murray2 1Northern Adelaide Local Health Network, , Australia, 2Flinders University, South Australia The Australian Clinical Guidelines for Stroke Management (2017) recommend that people with acute stroke have their swallowing screened within four hours of...
  • April 2, 2019
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Miss Natalie  Kneubuhler1, Miss Maddison Adams1 1The Institute For Urban Indigenous Health, Windsor, Australia Maddison Adams is a proud Wulli Wulli woman from Brisbane. She completed her Bachelor of Health Science (Podiatry) at Queensland University of Technology in 2015. Maddison...
  • April 2, 2019
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Miss Rebecca Kwok-yee Pang1,2, Prof  Velandai Srikanth1,2, Mrs Belinda Berry1, Mr Faisal Husain1, Dr Gary Braun1, Mrs Erin Magee1, Dr Nadine E Andrew1,2 1Peninsula Health, Frankston, Australia, 2Monash University, Frankston, Australia Unwarranted hospital readmissions, particularly among people with chronic complex...
  • April 2, 2019
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