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Metro North Health’s Herston Biofabrication Institute and Comprehensive Breast Cancer Institute have joined forces for a world-first breast scaffold surgery, set to pave the way globally for women requiring breast reconstruction with a safer alternative to silicone implants.Read more
Redcliffe Hospital has introduced Emergency Department Ambassadors trained in Mental Health First Aid to support people waiting for treatment.
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Metro North has launched our first Health Equity Strategy. The strategy aims to help close the health outcome gap for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and create more culturally appropriate and welcoming environments.
A new mental health short stay pathway has commenced at The Prince Charles Hospital. The pathway provides a safe inpatient service for adults in crisis for up to three days while they receive brief interventions and personalised recovery support.
I felt supported and cared for and the program really helped me learn how to cope in a time of need.
Room service using the patient engagement system at STARS is providing surgical patients with flexibility and choice. The model suits the patient’s food and nutrition needs and has reduced food wastage by 8%.
A new crisis support service is providing vital aid to patients who present to hospital emergency departments in mental health distress. The Safe Space at The Prince Charles Hospital allows patients with mental health concerns to be triaged into a separate area and paired with a Peer Assistant with a lived experience of mental illness, as well as a clinical staff member, to de-escalate the situation and minimise time spent in the Emergency Department.
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Streamlining care for patients with lung nodules
A new virtual nodule clinic at The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH) is streamlining care for patients with potentially malignant lung nodules.
Practice change gives patients more control over treatment
A change in blood management therapeutic practice at The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH) is allowing patients with immune deficiency to actively manage their health more effectively from home.
New heart treatment revolutionising patient care
Patients living with abnormal heart rhythm can now be treated more quickly and safely because of a revolutionary new form of treatment delivered for the first time in Australia at The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH).
STARS recognises food’s role in therapy
STARS Dietetics and Food Services is providing patients with individualised care through food choices and delivery methods.
mDRIFT streamlines orthopaedic care
Australia’s first orthopaedic infection specialist centre is making a huge difference to our patients, since its launch at RBWH in 2020.
Safe Space supports patients in distress
A new crisis support service is providing vital aid to patients who present to hospital emergency departments in mental health distress.
World-first breast scaffold offers safer reconstruction option
Metro North Health’s Herston Biofabrication Institute and Comprehensive Breast Cancer Institute have joined forces for a world-first breast scaffold surgery, set to pave the way globally for women requiring breast reconstruction with a safer alternative to silicone implants.