Safer Care Victoria

We invite you to apply to participate in the first phase of a pilot project to improve delirium screening for people over 65 years (>45 for First Nations) on presentation to Victorian Emergency Departments (ED) and/or Urgent Care Centres (UCCs). 

DETECT 1 – Phase 1 is a pilot project designed to test change ideas to improve screening for delirium in ED and UCCs. We aim to improve data and to better understand the proportion of older people at high risk when receiving emergency care.

This opportunity will enable your health service to:

The Safer Care for Kids project aims to implement three recommendations:  

The Maternity and Newborn Learning Health Network (MNLHN) aims to bring together consumers, clinicians, health service leaders, academics and other thought leaders to support quality improvement work to improve experiences and outcomes for women and their families receiving maternity care in Victoria.

Our Acute Care Learning Health Network is seeking Victorian hospitals to participate in a pilot project to promote the involvement of families and carers in acute healthcare teams.

We are almost ready to launch

The long awaited Victorian Cardiovascular Dashboard (VCD) will provide a sector wide view of important safety and quality metrics for cardiac and stroke care provided across Victoria. It will draw on multiple data sources to provide regular risk adjusted data, where applicable, to allow for monitoring, tracking improvements and benchmarking health system performance across the state.

Safer Care Victoria is pleased to share a new Victorian guideline to address venous thromboembolism (VTE) in adult patients in hospital settings. VTE encompasses conditions like deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). It's a leading cause of preventable mortality and morbidity among hospitalised patients, highlighting the critical need for preventive measures.