In 2021-22, we saw an increase in sentinel events related to patient deterioration, particularly in children and young people. In response, we proactively brought together more than 100 health care leaders, clinicians, patients, and families to consider how we might improve the safety and quality of care for children accessing emergency healthcare in Victoria.
This resulted in three key recommended actions:
On June 26, representatives from 7 healthcare services participating in the Improving Childhood Asthma Management (ICAM) collaborative convened for their third learning session.
On June 4, the Safer Care Victoria Adult Sepsis Collaborative brought together 145 passionate healthcare professionals from 33 health services and Ambulance Victoria for its first in-person collaboration day.
In the last 12 months, the Safer Together Program (STP) has achieved strong early results across all four of its strategic priorities.
Healthcare-associated infections can be a serious complication that prolongs a patient’s hospital stay. Hand hygiene is the most effective way to limit the spread of infection.
Embedding strong hand hygiene practices aligned with national standards is essential to creating a safer environment for patients, staff, and visitors.
This helps health services to:
Safer Care Victoria
Over the past year, Safer Care Victoria has taken an important step forward in how we support health services to improve safety and quality of care. In 2024, we launched the Safer Together Program – a unified approach that brings together our improvement activities under a single program.
To improve cardiac rehabilitation completion rates by incorporating digital solutions.
The Digital Cardiac Rehab project aimed to improve attendance and completion of cardiac rehab (CR) through a digital cardiac rehab platform, Cardihab®, for patients in regional Victoria who had experienced an acute cardiac event.