WA Health Excellence Awards finalists

Congratulations to the 2018 WA Health Excellence Awards category finalists.

Principal sponsor

Health Excellence sponsor

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Category 1 - Managing resources efficiently and effectively

Managing resources efficiently and effectively – finalist summaries

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Pathology test reduction in ICU
Fiona Stanley Hospital
South Metropolitan Health Service

Early Episode Psychosis Program
Rockingham Peel Group
South Metropolitan Health Service
and Ruah Community Services

Choosing Wisely
Choosing wisely committee
Royal Perth Bentley Group
East Metropolitan Health Service

Complex Patient Transition Program
Medicine CSU
Perth Children's Hospital
Child and Adolescent Health Service

Category 2. Engaging with consumers, carers and the community

Engaging with consumers, carers and the community – finalist summaries

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Supporting family carers of older hospital patients experiencing delirium
Ward C16 team
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
North Metropolitan Health Service
and Curtin University

Getting to know You
Nursing and midwifery practice committee
Osborne Park Hospital
North Metropolitan Health Service

Consumer engagement in the 21st Century
WA Country Health Service Midwest
WA Country Health Service

Consumer cafès
WA Country Health Service South West
WA Country Health Service

Category 3. Achieving better health outcomes for Aboriginal people

Achieving better health outcomes for Aboriginal people– finalist summaries

Aboriginal centred care learning module
Aboriginal Person centred care collaboration group
TRACS WA
South Metropolitan Health Service

Social and emotional wellbeing for Aboriginal youth
Population health
Great Southern Aboriginal Health Service
WA Country Health Service

Kidney care - closer to home
Renal service
WA Country Health Service Goldfields
WA Country Health Service
and Fiona Stanley Nephrology Unit; Purple House Alice Springs NT

Implementing a public health response to meningococcal W disease
Population Health
Central Office
WA Country Health Service

Category 4. Developing sustainable solutions for out-of-hospital healthcare

Developing sustainable solutions for out-of-hospital healthcare– finalist summaries

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Complex care coordination service
Armadale Kalamunda Group
East Metropolitan Health Service

Assisted automated peritoneal dialysis program
Renal medicine
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
North Metropolitan Health Service
and Fresenius Medical Care Australia Pty Ltd

Urgent FBT Pathway
Mental health
Centre for Clinical Interventions
North Metropolitan Health Service
and Sydeny Children's Hospital Network Eating Disorders Service: The Children's Hospital at Westmead

Mobile Imaging Communication Exchange
MICE project team
Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital group
South Metropolitan Health Service

Category 5. Overcoming inequities

Overcoming inequities– finalist summaries

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Improving access to hepatitis C treatment in WA prisons
Sexual Health and blood-borne virus program
Public and Aboriginal Health
Department of Health
and Department of Justice; Hepatitis WA; South Metropolitan Health Service; North Metropolitan Health Service; East Metropolitan Health Service; WA Country Health Service

RPH homeless team
Royal Perth Hospital
East Metropolitan Health Service
and Homeless Healthcare GP Practice; Ruah Community Services

Hepatitis C infection in Albany Regional Prison
WA Country Health Service, Great Southern
WA Country Health Service
and Department of Justice

Rural acute TeleStroke service
TeleStroke and WA stroke services project
Innovation and Development - Clinical Telehealth Program
WA Country Health Service

Category 6. Improving safety and quality

Improving safety and quality– finalist summaries

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Free and simple - antibiotic approval codes
Microbiology and infectious disease and pharmacy department
Royal Perth Hospital
East Metropolitan Health Health Service

Oral liquid opioids - from bottles to unit dose pods
Fiona Stanley Hopsital pharmacy department
Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital group
South Metropolitan Health Service

PathWest SMART sepsis
Fiona Stanley Hospital PathWest SMART sepsis (phase 1)
Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital group
South Metropolitan Health Service

Rapid access for patient's imminent delivery
RAPID project team
Rockingham General Hospital
South Metropolitan Health Service

Category 7. Promotion of preventative health

Promotion of preventative health– finalist summaries

Edith Cowan University logo

Mobile in the suburbs
BreastScreen WA
Women and Newborn Health Service
North Metropolitan Health Service

Alcohol screening and brief intervention project
Alcohol screening and brief intervention project team
Clinical Service Planning and Population Health
South Metropolitan Health Service
and WA Primary Health Alliance; National Drug research Institute

Pilbara healthy eating and lifestyles
Health promotion
Pilbara Population Health 
WA Country Health Service
and EON Foundation

Squeaky clean kids
Central Office
WA Country Health Service
and Soap Aid; Environmental Health Directorate; Indigenous Eye Health Unit

Category 8. Excellence in policy development

Excellence in policy development– finalist summaries

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Guideline for the health management of leprosy
WA Tuberculosis Control Program
Mental Health, Public health and Dental Services
North Metropolitan Health Service

Patient reported change policy
WA Cancer & Palliative Care Network Clinical Implementation Unit
North Metropolitan Health Service

Mental Health Commissioner's Award - Finalists

RAPID - RPH, Addiction, Psychiatry, Intervention and Discharge
RAPID team
Royal Perth Hospital
East Metropolitan Health Service

Helping carers cope: Effective brief interventions to help carers of people with bipolar disorder and eating disorders
Centre for Clinical Interventions, partner Curtin University
North Metropolitan Health Service

Mental Health co-response
Mental Health Co-Response team, partner WA Police
East Metropolitan Health Service

Wellness clinic at Fremantle Hospital Mental Health Service
Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital Group, partner Curtin University
South Metropolitan Health Service

Jill Porteous Memorial Award - Finalists

Nick Waldron, Consultant Geriatrician, Head of Department - Aged Care and Rehabilitation, Armadale Kalamunda Group
East Metropolitan Health Service

Vivienne Welch, Regional Clinical Practice Improvement Coordinator - WACHS Kimberley - Derby Health Service
WA Country Health Service

Nerida Steel, Manager WA Cervical Cancer Prevention Program - Women's Health Genetics and Mental Health Directorate, Women and Newborn Health Service
North Metropolitan health Service

More information

Communications Directorate
Department of Health
Email: WA Health Excellence Awards
Phone: 9222 6425