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Prison Hepatitis C Videocall Treatment Program: a 2019 WA Heath Excellence Awards Finalist 01 November 2019 Everything we do at EMHS is done so with our community in mind, including delivering services that are helping to improve health outcomes for some of the most isolated individuals in our community. The RPH Liver Service was recently recognised as a finalist in the 2019 WA Health Excellence Awards for developing the innovative Prison Hepatitis C Videocall Treatment Program – the only one of its kind in Australia. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) affects approximately 230,000 people throughout Australia.It is treatable but disproportionately prevalent in prisons. HCV is a common cause of end-stage liver failure and liver cancer and is a leading sign for liver transplantation. Prisoners with HCV still require hospital treatment which involves waiting lists and high costs in transportation. The RPH Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, in consultation with RPH Outpatient and Telehealth... -
Improving the Delivery of Care after Discharge for Aboriginal Cardiac Patients: a WA Health Excellence Award Finalist 29 October 2019 At EMHS we are committed to supporting cultural diversity, including continuing to expand our understanding and knowledge of Aboriginal culture to reduce health gaps. Recently two EMHS projects that are committed to achieving better health outcomes for Aboriginal people were recognised as finalists in the 2019 WA Health Excellence Awards. Read about a very special project that is delivering culturally appropriate cardiac follow-up appointments and support services to allow our rural and remote Aboriginal patients to remain closer to home and country during their healthcare journey. The attendance rate for post discharge medical follow-up in RPH cardiology clinics was noticeably lower in Aboriginal patients (63%) compared with the general population (85.9%), increasing the risk of future cardiac events for these patients. The RPH Aboriginal Discharge Optimisation Project team investigated... -
Walk a Day in my Shoes: a WA Health Excellence Award Finalist 29 October 2019 At East Metropolitan Health Service (EMHS) we are committed to delivering health care that exemplifies our organisational values of kindness, respect and collaboration. The Walk a Day in My Shoes (WaDiMS) program is helping us to ensure our patients and consumers are treated with kindness, are welcomed as a partner in their healthcare journey and our staff are appropriately trained to deliver compassionate care. Read about how this body of work is helping us to ensure we maintain a high standard of communication with our patients, and our colleagues, to ensure we show empathy, compassion, patience and respect to every individual in our community. Walk a Day in My Shoes (WaDiMS) EMHS delivers health care to over 700,000 people through an array of hospital, outpatient and community based services with each member of our community having unique story to tell. The WaDiMS program was develop... -
WA Health Excellence Award Finalists: Aboriginal Acute Care Coordination Program 24 October 2019 At EMHS we are committed to supporting cultural diversity, including working collaboratively to improve the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal people and communities in WA to improve their healthcare journey. Recently two EMHS projects that are committed to achieving better health outcomes for Aboriginal people were recognised as finalists in the 2019 WA Health Excellence Awards. The Aboriginal Acute Care Coordination Program (AACCP) is available when patients are admitted to RPH, registered into the program and are discharged with an acute condition into the Perth metropolitan area or regional Western Australia. The program aims to identify gaps in the Aboriginal patient journey when clients are presenting to hospital with an acute care requirement and are required to return to a follow up outpatient appointment at RPH. The patient journey for Aboriginal people from hospital admission w... -
Choosing Wisely Program at RPBG: A WA Health Excellence Award Finalist 17 October 2019 At East Metropolitan Health Service (EMHS) we strive to achieve the best outcomes in everything we do, and we are always working to improve the way we deliver our services as part of our commitment to our vision of healthy people, amazing care. Everything that we do is done so with our community in mind, and the 11 very special EMHS projects that were recognised as finalists in the 2019 WA Health Excellence Awards demonstrate what it means to deliver amazing care to our community each and every day. Read about the Choosing Wisely - Eliminating Unnecessary Tests, Treatments and Procedures program and why it has been recognised for Managing resources efficiently and effectively and helping us to improve the way we deliver our services. Royal Perth Bentley Group (RPBG) joined the national Choosing Wisely initiative in 2016 to ensure tests, treatments and procedures prescribed to our patien...
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21/05/2025