2025
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Speech Pathology Week 2025: Impact Through Communication
Communication is more than just talking. It’s how we use our voices, bodies, behaviours, and minds to share what’s inside us. Now, imagine waking up one day unable to speak. You try to write, but the words are gone. You attempt to gesture, but your body won’t cooperate. Even when you try to draw, all
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Kilmore District Hospital Launches Electronic Medical Record System
Tuesday, 26 August, will mark a historic milestone for Kilmore District Hospital with the official launch of its Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system. This digital transformation follows months of stakeholder engagement and weeks of comprehensive super user and end-user training, ensuring all employees are equipped to deliver safer, more efficient, and coordinated care. The EMR implementation
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Get to know: Caroline Walters
#WeAreNorthern Meet Caroline Walters, Enrolled Nurse, Dianella Hostel. Q: First, let’s start with your coffee order? A: I love a Singapore breakfast tea. Q: Tell us about your journey at Kilmore District Hospital (KDH), specifically Dianella Hostel? A: I started at KDH in August 2014, and my current role is an Enrolled Nurse
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Our Identity, Our Impact: Celebrating Health Information Management Awareness Week 2025
From Monday 18 August to Friday 22 August, Northern Health will join colleagues across Australia in celebrating Health Information Management Awareness Week. This year’s theme, “Our Identity, Our Impact: Demonstrating Our Value,” highlights the shared professional identity of Health Information Managers (HIMs) and the vital role they play in delivering safe, high-quality care. At Northern
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Craigieburn Community Hospital opens its doors
This morning marked an important milestone for the people of Craigieburn and surrounding suburbs, with Northern Health officially opening the new Craigieburn Community Hospital. The new facility, which builds on the foundation of the Craigieburn Centre, represents a major step forward in delivering more health services, closer to home. It will ease pressure on nearby
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Baked, Prayed, and Loved: Albina’s Century
“I’m Violeta, I’m 75 years old. I’ve been looking after Mum for the last 34 years. I’m honoured to do so.” It’s a simple statement, but one that carries the weight of a lifetime. And now, as Albina celebrates her 100th birthday in the Palliative Care Ward at Northern Hospital Epping, surrounded by grandchildren, great-grandchildren,
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Hacking for hope: Northern Health supports mental health innovation at RMIT-Apple Hackathon
How can we address mental health problems before they become a crisis? That was the powerful challenge posed to students at the Health iOS Hackathon. The hackathon was a two-day innovation sprint hosted last week by RMIT School of Health and Biomedical Sciences in collaboration with Apple and strongly supported by Northern Health. Bringing together
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Get to know: Mary De Gori
#WeAreNorthern Meet Mary De Gori, Allied Health Director. Mary rejoins Northern Health, having previously served as Interim Director of Allied Health and Director of Capital, Planning and Development from 2014 to 2019. Let’s start with your coffee order please Mary? Skinny, weak latte – even though many often comment, “Why even bother, that’s not a