Hospitals

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Reviewed September 2008

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Title:   National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission - home
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   On 25 February 2008, the Prime Minister and the Minister for Health and Ageing announced the establishment of the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission. The Commission has been established to develop a long-term health reform plan for a modern Australia.
Date:   Jun 2009

Title:   Grouper software testing and licensing
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Grouper software development process, certification testing and contact information for software vendors.
Date:   Jun 2009

Title:   Media release. Calvary's seventh operating theatre is good news for elective and emergency surgery patients
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   A new operating theatre at Calvary Hospital, opened on 16 March, has been built from a $6.6 million contribution by the Australian Government that will also see two operating theatres built at Canberra Hospital.
Date:   Mar 2009

Title:   Submission on the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission interim report: a healthier future for all Australians
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   The CHF submission to the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission Interim Report provides health consumer comments on the Commission's proposals in each of the four themes, taking responsibility, connecting care, facing inequities and driving quality performance.
Date:   Mar 2009

Title:   Death in hospital
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   A death in hospital may or may not have been expected. The hospital will care for the deceased person until plans have been made with your chosen funeral director. You may need to check if a prepaid funeral has been organised or if there were special requests in regards to the funeral.
Date:   Feb 2009

Title:   Media release. Construction ready to commence for Sunshine Hospital's first class facilities
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Work on the Sunshine Hospital's new teaching, training and research facility is ready to commence after the turning of the 'first sod' on 29 January.
Date:   Jan 2009

Title:   Interventions for preventing critical illness polyneuropathy and critical illness myopathy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Neuromuscular problems are frequent complications in patients with severe disease that require admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). Weakness of limbs and respiratory muscles is most frequently due to critical illness polyneuro-and/or myopathy (CI...
Date:   Jan 2009

Title:   Pain management program 2004 - 2006
Publisher:   National Institute of Clinical Studies
Description:   In 2004, a unique Australian program brought together eight high volume cancer hospitals to take part in the first pain management improvement program in Australia, coordinated by NICS. The pilot program involved multi-disciplinary teams working together to improve the day-to-day assessment and management of pain, beginning with a focus on cancer services.
Date:   Dec 2008

Title:   Twenty-four hour care for schizophrenia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Schizophrenia is a long-term, chronic, illness with a worldwide lifetime prevalence of about one per cent. It has a high disability rate and the cost to individuals, their carers and health services is substantial.Although the majority of people with s...
Date:   Sep 2008

Title:   Media release. Funding boost for medical training at Sunshine Hospital
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, today visited the Sunshine Hospital to inspect plans for the hospitals new teaching, training and research facility.
Date:   Aug 2008

Title:   Chest physiotherapy for reducing respiratory morbidity in infants requiring ventilatory support
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   There is not enough evidence to determine whether active chest physiotherapy is of benefit to neonates on mechanical ventilation. Babies who require mechanical ventilation are at risk of lung collapse from increased secretions. Chest physiotherapy (patt...
Date:   Jul 2008

Title:   Welcome to the Cancer Centre
Publisher:   Royal Adelaide Hospital
Description:   Introduction to the Royal Adelaide Hospital Cancer Centre.
Date:   Jul 2008

Title:   Trial of instrumental delivery in theatre versus immediate caesarean section for anticipated difficult assisted births
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Most women give birth spontaneously, but some need assistance during the second stage of labour with obstetric forceps or the vacuum. The rates of instrumental vaginal births range from 5% to 20% of all births in high-income countries, with little infor...
Date:   May 2008

Title:   Post mortem
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   A post mortem, or autopsy, is the medical examination of a body after death. A hospital (or non-coronial) post mortem may be performed if the immediate family give their consent. A coroner's autopsy is performed if the coroner or police need information about the cause of death - for example, if the person was murdered or their death was suspicious. A funeral can take place after a post mortem.
Date:   Apr 2008

Title:   Being admitted to hospital
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   You should bring your admission letter from the hospital and any forms the hospital sent you to complete for admission, any letters from your doctor, X-rays, scans or copies of any recent tests, current medication, including any "natural" remedies you may use, Medicare card, Pensioner/veterans' Affairs card, Details of workers' compensation or third party claims, name and contact number for next of kin,a book or magazine, if desired, eye glasses, hearing aid, special toy, dummy or bottle for children if they,Plus for patients staying overnight or for a few days, bring nightclothes, and dressing gown if desired, non-slip slippers/footwear, underwear and toiletries (toothbrush & paste, hair brush, comb, soap etc).,Check that you know how to get to the hospital and decide on your travel plans (check times of public transport, enquire where to park if needed, check where in the hospital you need to go).
Date:   Apr 2008

Title:   Servo-control for maintaining abdominal skin temperature at 36C in low birth weight infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Low birth weight babies have a higher chance or survival if they are kept warm. The right conditions can be made by placing the baby in an incubator. The air can be heated to a desired temperature, or radiant heat lamps inside the incubator can adjust t...
Date:   Apr 2008

Title:   Project Grants
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   This section of the site contains information about the sub funding types available under the NHMRC Project Grants funding type.
Date:   Mar 2008

Title:   Preventing falls and harm from falls in older people: Best practice guidelines for Australian hospitals and residential aged care facilities
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The guidelines are designed to inform clinical practice and assist hospitals and residential aged care facilities to develop and implement practices to reduce falls and the harm sustained in falls.
Date:   Mar 2008

Title:   National Demonstration Hospitals Program
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The National Demonstration Hospital Program (NDHP) was a program whereby Australian Government funding was provided directly to hospitals to support the development of new innovative care initiatives. The program had four phases, each of which involved different hospitals and targeted different issues in the acute care sector.
Date:   Feb 2008

Title:   Government response to the Legislative Council Joint Select Committee on Royal North Shore Hospital
Publisher:   NSW Department of Health
Description:   The Committee was established to inquire into and report on the quality of care received by patients at the Royal North Shore Hospital. This document serves to provide a detailed response to each of the recommendations and outline the action initiated or planned to address the issues raised.
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