2021
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Get to know Andrew Gay, Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Gay, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), is new to the Northern Health Executive Team, and says there is never a typical day for those in a CFO position. “You need to digest lots of information about the health service including activity, employees, financials, risks and opportunities. There are lots of meetings and discussions driven by
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Telehealth: Q&A with Tracey Webster
We spoke to Tracey Webster, Telehealth Project Officer, about the digital transformation journey Northern Health is on. Read on to find out how Northern Health is using digital transformation to give patients real choice in their modality of care. What’s your coffee order? I love English breakfast tea. There is not much that a cup
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Bringing a wealth of experience to our EMR Project
We are continuing our series on introducing the staff members who are bringing together expertise and a wealth of experience to the Northern Health EMR Project. The EMR Project will be a fully integrated digital patient record that will provide clinicians help to support high quality care for patients. Over the next two years, nearly
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Q&A with Stephen Whittaker: Wellbeing is everything
In this week’s Q&A, we had a chat with Northern Health’s new Wellbeing Team Leader, Stephen Whittaker. What’s your coffee order? I’ve never had a sip of coffee in my life. I drink a lot of tea and, if I’m out at a café, a hot chocolate. Tell us why you decided to go for
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Going dry this July for cancer patients
This year, Northern Health is once again taking part in Dry July to raise vital funds to provide at-home care and comfort to more cancer patients in the north. The service called NOAH@Home was launched last year and provides oncology and haematology patients the opportunity to receive certain chemotherapy or supportive treatments in the comfort
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Reaching out to patients in a pandemic
Northern Health has reinstated a successful COVID-19 telephone monitoring service to support patients in the community who tested positive to coronavirus. Through the service, nursing staff and allied health staff from community programs monitored Northern Health patients or patients that live in the northern suburbs, who have tested positive to COVID-19 and are recovering at
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New COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic opens at South Morang
Northern Health has this morning commenced operating a new COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic at the Plenty Ranges Arts & Convention Centre (PRACC) in South Morang. PRACC is located at 35 Ferres Boulevard, South Morang and will be open from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm, seven days a week. Jan Kourlis, pictured above who was first in
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What is your big idea?
They say the best ideas come from simple insights. ‘What’s the Big Idea?’ invites staff to submit their creative ideas that will be turned into successful projects in just 90 days. Ariana Carrodus, Project Manager, explained the team is looking for ideas that help answer the most burning questions. “We are looking for innovative and