2023
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Meet your EMR Trainers
The Electronic Medical Record (EMR) team is excited to introduce you to our 14 EMR Trainers! With EMR going live in less than seven months, along with testing the system from end-to-end, it will also be the team’s top priority to engage and prepare our leaders and staff for the implementation. EMR Trainers will play
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Making a difference to the health outcomes of our smallest patients
For over 30 years, the Humpty Dumpty Foundation has been providing essential, and often life-saving, medical equipment for sick and injured children in hospitals across Australia. The Humpty Dumpty Foundation is the largest charitable supplier of children’s medical equipment behind state and territory governments across Australia, and is working hard with health officials and communities
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Get to know: Dr Peter Cheng
#WeAreNorthern Meet Dr Peter Cheng, Emergency Department Physician Q: Tell us about a career highlight for you while you’ve been with Northern Health. A: Working in ED is full of drama and highlights, so it’s hard to pick just one! I don’t ask for much: for me it’s the basic things like reduction of a
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NEPHU: North Eastern Public Health Unit at Northern Health
Northern Health is part of the North Eastern Public Health Unit (NEPHU), led by Austin Health and working in collaboration with Eastern Health. NEPHU is one of nine public health units across metropolitan and regional Victoria, representing 27 per cent of the Victorian community. It has the largest catchment size of the public health units
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Northern Health nurses save a life at a local restaurant
In December 2022, Lloyd Filer attended his work Christmas party at Saluti Restaurant at Pacific Epping, where he suffered a heart attack. Seated nearby was a table of Northern Health nurses, who attended to him, performed CPR and brought him to Northern Hospital for further care. One of the nurses who provided medical attendance to
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New mental health building marks completion
This morning, Premier of Victoria Daniel Andrews and Minister for Mental Health Gabrielle Williams MP visited Northern Health to announce the completion of our new acute mental health building. “This new facility will allow people in Melbourne’s growing northern suburbs to receive the support they need close to their homes, families and support networks,” Mr
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Community Visitors Scheme: Making meaningful connections
The Community Visitors Scheme (CVS) Program provides one-on-one friendship and companionship to residents of Australian Government funded residential aged care services. Northern Health has been an auspice for this wonderful program for 30 years, with over 25 aged care facilities in our catchment area that we work in partnership with. Volunteer visitors make regular visits
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Get to know: Brigid Algie
#WeAreNorthern Meet Brigid Algie, Nurse Unit Manager (Acting) Victorian Virtual Emergency Department (VVED). Q: What do you enjoy most about your job? A: I enjoy that I get to be part of a new, innovative mode of delivering healthcare. Due to VVED being a new service, there are constant changes and challenges occurring. I really