Strengthen our patient safety & quality improvement culture
The establishment of drive-through fever clinics, mobile satellite and hotel quarantine assessment clinics have been vital in the Metro North response to COVID-19. Six fever clinics were operating at the peak of COVID-19 screening.
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50%
REDUCTION
of persisent incontinence
in 2019–20
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METRO NORTH WON A NATIONAL AWARD FROM ACHS FOR ITS WORK ON REDUCING HOSPITAL ACQUIRED COMPLICATIONSover 1,100
academic peer-reviewed publications, co-authored with clinicians and academics locally, nationally and across more than
65 countries
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are attending more antenatal appointments and delivering healthier babies supported by Ngarrama Royal Midwifery Group.15%
decrease
In hospital acquired malnutrition
in 2019–20
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hospital acquired complications
ARE DOWN 4.2%
INCREASED BY 12 FROM LAST YEAR and will be a focus for improvementMobile dental vans are being fitted with digital x-ray to speed up treatment for school children. Metro North mobile dental vans and school clinics treat 33,000 adolescents and children each year.Read more
program.
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4Fs project streamlines patient care
A research project investigating the assessment and treatment of conditions which share common neurological symptoms is improving the way patients are managed during their hospital stay.Read more
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