Social work intervention helps avoid complex complications
A unique new social work position is having significant impact on reducing the risk of patients developing longer-term complex health complications.
Why am I hearing things that aren’t there?
STARS Audiologist Katrise Eager explains the common condition tinnitus.
Our stories
Hooked on ‘The Pitt’? Here’s what a trauma doctor thinks.
Director of Emergency Dr Sean Rothwell draws parallels between hit hospital drama The Pitt and life at the frontline in Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Emergency and Trauma Centre.
We unpacked International Women’s Day with some of Metro North Health’s brightest and most accomplished women, and this is what they told us
This year’s theme, Give to Gain, celebrates a mindset of generosity and collaboration. So, what better way to give than advice from some of the brightest women in Metro North.
Simulating Code Stroke for faster and better care
Redcliffe Hospital’s emergency doctors and clinicians are conducting realistic training simulations to sharpen their skills and shorten response times for when the minutes really matter.
Rebuilding lives through reconstructive surgery at RBWH
Plastic surgery is often associated with movie stars and facelifts, but at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH), it is about rebuilding lives after trauma, cancer and serious illness.
Social work intervention helps avoid complex complications
A unique new social work position is having significant impact on reducing the risk of patients developing longer-term complex health complications.
Patient stories
RBWH brings cardiac service to the heart of Queensland
Queenslanders living in remote and rural areas can now access specialist cardiac imaging closer to home, thanks to a pioneering tele-echocardiography service led by the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.
Caboolture’s Midwife Navigator supports more than 1,200 vulnerable women through pregnancy
Unique Midwife Navigator plays vital role in supporting socially and medically vulnerable pregnant women at Caboolture Hospital.
Roze’s aspiration journey will help diagnose other kids with swallowing trouble
Roze's aspiration journey will be used to guide the development of a digital app to help diagnose swallowing impairment and aspiration in children.
STARS Rehabilitation Engineering brings wedding bliss to patient Roy
STARS Rehabilitation Engineering Centre and physio Angela Williamson collaborated on custom wheelchair seating for patient Roy, allowing him to attend his granddaughter's wedding to take on 'flower girl' duties.
Staff profiles
Research at Caboolture Hospital aims to detect serious heart conditions earlier
Dr Pyi Naing, a Clinical Cardiologist and Echocardiologist at Caboolture Hospital, is advancing the use of sophisticated heart imaging to better identify heart failure and pulmonary hypertension before symptoms progress.
Love is in the Allied Health team
Kirsch and Kersha Jacobs share the same last name and passion for Allied Health care at Caboolture Hospital.
Allison’s focus on patient experience at RBWH
Allison Moffatt is Patient Experience Manager at RBWH
Carer’s advice leads to occupational therapy career
We know that life doesn’t always go to plan, but thankfully for thousands of patients across Metro North, Tegan Button chose a career in occupational therapy.
