2021
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Northern gets the Wellbeing Grant
Earlier this year, Northern Health applied for a ‘Healthcare Worker Wellbeing Grant’, from the Department of Health and is one of few Metro Health Services that received this grant. “When we were filling out the application, we were thinking how we can make most of the funding if we received it. What we wanted to
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ED Registrars pass with flying colours
For seven ED Registrars, a lot was riding on the outcome of the Emergency Registrar Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) Primary Exam. The exam tests student’s knowledge and understanding of the four basic sciences relating to emergency medicine – anatomy, pathology, physiology and pharmacology. There are two components to the exam, a written primary
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PreMETs coming to Medtasker
At Northern Health, Medtasker went live for inpatient routine clinical communication almost four years ago, and now the team is taking the next big step and adding the PreMET tasks, rolling out on April 13. “This is something coming in with high demand and a lot of people are quite excited about this. Staff will
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Egg-cellent time at the Children’s Ward
Easter has arrived early at Northern Hospital Epping Children’s Ward. Families were delighted with a special visit from Harcourts Real Estate, who donated bundles of chocolate eggs to eager children awaiting the arrival of the Easter bunny. Harcourts Director and Auctioneer Tony Lombardi said it was a humbling experience. “We are just trying to give
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EMR team visits sites across Northern Health
The EMR team has commenced site visits with walk-throughs to see workflows in practice and to learn more about ward and location layouts to start equipment planning. The team was pleased to meet with clinical staff and answer questions about the EMR. Gladys Thomas, EMR Clinical Documentation Analyst, said, “It was great to see the
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Key role of pharmacists at the pre-admission clinics
In November 2020, Northern Health trialled a 12 week program to have a pharmacist present in the pre-admission clinics. The trial was led by Jeff Khoshaba, Theatre Pharmacist, who co-leads the team of surgical pharmacists. “In the pre-admission clinics, there are a large number of high-risk patients that are seen weekly at Northern Health, in
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First Quarterly Staff Recognition Awards for 2021
On Friday, our first Quarterly Staff Recognition Awards Ceremony for 2021 was held online, with our staff showing incredible support and admiration for their colleagues after submitting almost 100 nominations. Siva Sivarajah, Chief Executive opened the virtual presentation and said through these Awards we recognise staff for their hard work and dedication to our patients,
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Standard 4: What you need to know
In the lead up to organisation wide Accreditation from 24-18 May 2021, each week Northern Health will be focusing on a different Standard. You will hear from the Chairs of each Standard Committee on what you need to know. This week we spoke to Vinod Chellaram, Director of Pharmacy, about Standard 4: Medication Safety “Everyone