2018
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Responding to Family Violence
Last night at the 2018 Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, Northern Health won the award for ‘Whole-of-hospital model for responding to family violence’Â for the initiative, ‘Partnering with the north: evaluating and building capacities for strong families’. Northern Health partnered with Kilmore District Hospital to tackle family violence in Melbourne’s northern suburbs, including the local government
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Dr Stephen Duckett: Safer care saves money
Northern Health Research Week was proud to host Dr Stephen Duckett, as the morning session speaker on the topic Safer care saves money. In front of the full lecture theatre, Dr Duckett emphasized how important it is to measure all complications that occur in hospitals and tracking them over time. According to Dr Duckett, Australia
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A family caring for our community
Today marks National Emergency Nurses Day, an opportunity for Northern Health to honour the commitment and hard work of our nurses in Victoria’s busiest emergency department. As part of the celebrations, the Emergency Department launched their new motto – ‘we are a family caring for our community’ – a department-wide initiative, which underpins the team
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How does research impact on Indigenous health?
Northern Health’s Research Week kicked off with guest speaker, Professor Sandra Eades presenting on the role of research in improving health for Indigenous Australians. “In terms of Aboriginal health, the number one thing is partnerships with local Aboriginal people and building an agenda with them around improving health outcomes,” she said. Professor Eades is Associate Dean
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One Good Street: connected communities reducing hospitalisation
What if the power grid of care, safety and support for our elderly citizens lies in the communities, and not in hospitals? Matiu Bush, a clinician, had an 83 year old retired GP living on his street. The GP’s daughter and Matiu’s friend used to call him for help often. The full-time working daughter and
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Research Week Presents: Dr Yin Lim
Dr Yin Lim, Northern Health’s Consultant Haematologist has embarked on a research journey looking at blood clot formations and a test which would predict an impending event before it happens. “When patients ask us if they will get a blood clot again, we can tell them that there is a 30% chance of getting a clot in the next 10 years. This test aims
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Polaris: Our New LMS
Ladies and gentleman, we are excited to announce the winning submission from the ‘Name our new Learning Management System’ competition. And the winner is….Polaris! Northern Health’s eLearning Manager, Bec Gilbert, tells us they wanted to brand it with a name that represents our organisation – that’s where staff came in. “The new LMS will be
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Respiratory Function Lab Turns One
This week marks Northern Health’s Respiratory Function Laboratory’s first birthday! Located at Northern Hospital Epping and having completed over 4,400 tests in its first 12 months, the service continues to grow. Jane Poxon, Acting Chief Executive, congratulated the team on their expansion of services over the first year. “Well done to Katharine See and the