2023
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Get to know: Sophie Dodson
#WeAreNorthern Meet Sophie Dodson, Operations Manager, Northern Imaging Victoria. Q: Firstly, what is your coffee order? A: Strong skinny latte – one coffee a day, so it needs to do the job. Q: Tell us about your role at Northern Health. A: Initially, I came across from radiology to Northern Health as a project manager
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Northern Health welcomes our first EMR baby!
Today, Wards 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13 MAC, MITH, NITH, Oncology Medical Day Unit, NOAH, MOAH, Maternity Specialty Clinics in Epping, Broadmeadows, and Craigieburn are going live with the EMR. We also welcomed our first EMR baby, Noah Kochatt, at 11.45 pm last night. Mother, Reshma Kochatt, is a Mental Health Social Worker at
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We’re here to hear: R U OK? Day
On R U OK? Day, and every day, Northern Health is committed to supporting the psychological health and wellbeing of all our staff. Today is R U OK? Day, a national day of action to remind everyone that every day is the day to ask ‘R U OK?’ and to start a meaningful conversations whenever
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Donation that warms both milk and hearts
Thanks to the generous fundraising efforts of UBC – Uncle Bobs Club, a local north-west Melbourne branch of the Victorian charity, Northern Hospital Epping has been fortunate to receive four Medela Milk Warmers, valued at just over $5,600. These warmers have proven to be a valuable addition for nursing staff and new parents, providing them
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Northern Hospital Epping is going live with the EMR today!
The wait is over – Northern Hospital Epping is finally live with the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) today! The first wards to go live with the EMR are Wards 2, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, Operating Theatres, Recovery, Cath Lab, Endoscopy, Day Procedure Unit, HITH, and Transit Lounge. We are expecting to transition more than
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Step on Sepsis at Northern Health
This Wednesday, 13 September, is World Sepsis Day – an annual event to raise awareness and reduce the worldwide burden of sepsis. Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that arises when the body’s response to an infection damages its own organs and tissues. This process, if left untreated or incorrectly treated, can lead to septic shock
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Broadmeadows Hospital is now fully transitioned to the EMR!
Today, we welcome Broadmeadows Hospital Unit 2 and 3 under the wings of EMR. Today also marks the end of week one EMR go live! Lucia Bento, Site Director and Director of Nursing at Broadmeadows Hospital, recognised the importance of the preparation pre-go live. “The preparation, organisation and lead up to EMR, is what we
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Get to know: Tony McGillion
#WeAreNorthern Meet Tony McGillion, Divisional Director, Education and Training. Q: Tell me about your career before you started at Northern Health earlier this year? A: Gosh, at my age that could take a while! I trained as a Registered Nurse in the UK in 1985 then spent a couple of years working in Saudi Arabia,