
The eHealth Expo will not be taking place in 2020 due to the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19. We are excited to announce that the event will return in 2022 in a new and even bigger format. The event will be a combined Innovation Expo between eHealth Queensland and Clinical Excellence Queensland. More information including dates, venue and sponsorship opportunities will be made available at a later date.
The Advance Care Yarning app is the development of a culturally specific app to allow Aboriginal people to develop their own End of Life (EOL) care resource. The app started from a simple observation with health care staff noticing younger and older indigenous people interacting with technology when they were in the hospital setting, but they also knew there was no easy to understand culturally specific resource to help them develop an End of Life care plan. Putting the two together, the app provides a culturally sensitive way to engage with Aboriginal people to gather information about family, wishes and healthcare. The app development was a combined effort and drew on the expertise and input from multiple sources and agencies including nursing staff, drug and court support workers, Indigenous health workers, and other community and Darling Downs HHS staff.
The Darling Downs Health Pathways (DDHP) is a web-based, virtual health neighbourhood aimed at fostering collaboration between hospitals and community services, spanning both public and private systems; and primary healthcare services. This is an innovative, web-based, information portal. The pathway provides contemporary, effective, evidence-based and localised referral pathways and resources. These connect, inform, and empower primary health care clinicians and create referral efficiencies across the range of health care. The program is on track to deliver 300 pathways across the Darling Downs Region by June of this year.
The DEL-ICiUs initiative saw the development of an electronic ICU delirium screening tool by the Critical Care Research Group at the Prince Charles Hospital. Hospital-acquired delirium often occurs in patients within Intensive Care Units (ICU) with up to 80 per cent of patients experiencing the condition. Delirium is associated with multiple complications and prolonged hospital stays. It can result in falls or self-removal of catheters and lines by patients. Current screening processes for delirium are time-intensive and can lead to late diagnosis or missed cases. DEL-ICiUs is a patient-friendly, easy-to-administer electronic app which facilitates accurate and early delirium diagnosis via eScreening in ICU inpatients. Early diagnosis of delirium assists medical staff, patients and their families and ensures patients receive appropriate care.
The Advance Care Yarning app is the development of a culturally specific app to allow Aboriginal people to develop their own End of Life (EOL) care resource.
The app started from a simple observation with health care staff noticing younger and older indigenous people interacting with technology when they were in the hospital setting, but they also knew there was no easy to understand culturally specific resource to help them develop an End of Life care plan.
Putting the two together, the app provides a culturally sensitive way to engage with Aboriginal people to gather information about family, wishes and healthcare.
The app development was a combined effort and drew on the expertise and input from multiple sources and agencies including nursing staff, drug and court support workers, Indigenous health workers, and other community and Darling Downs HHS staff.
The Regional Information Via Electronic Record – RIVeR Sentiment Tracker is a tailored, culturally inclusive stakeholder change management tool that has been developed in collaboration with indigenous health workers, educators and Far North Queensland stakeholders to support one of the largest digital health programs undertaken in rural and remote Queensland.
Through a simple digital interface, it uses different learning styles; visual, auditory, reading and kinesthetic to support the change journey and provide practical guidance for local leaders and project team members about how best to support staff throughout implementation.
The customised tool ensured that the change approach is inclusive and respectful of all staff across Far North Queensland.
The Tele-Cardiac Investigations team aims to increase access to Cardiac Investigations in Queensland’s regional and rural areas through telehealth technologies. The Cardiology team based at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital use telehealth video technology, in conjunction with on-site regional support staff, to conduct cardiac testing on patients in regional/rural hospitals.
The Tele-Cardiac Investigations team are working collaboratively with 17 different hospitals across Queensland to help reduce waitlists, decrease patient travel and expedite the diagnosis of coronary artery disease and arrhythmias.
The collaboration and partnership with regional/rural hospitals has resulted in patients now able to get early, local, access to Cardiac Investigations, which aids in the timely identification of cardiac disease.
The Advance Care Yarning app is the development of a culturally specific app to allow Aboriginal people to develop their own End of Life (EOL) care resource.
The app started from a simple observation with health care staff noticing younger and older indigenous people interacting with technology when they were in the hospital setting, but they also knew there was no easy to understand culturally specific resource to help them develop an End of Life care plan.
Putting the two together, the app provides a culturally sensitive way to engage with Aboriginal people to gather information about family, wishes and healthcare.
The app development was a combined effort and drew on the expertise and input from multiple sources and agencies including nursing staff, drug and court support workers, Indigenous health workers, and other community and Darling Downs HHS staff.
The Regional Information Via Electronic Record – RIVeR Sentiment Tracker is a tailored, culturally inclusive stakeholder change management tool that has been developed in collaboration with indigenous health workers, educators and Far North Queensland stakeholders to support one of the largest digital health programs undertaken in rural and remote Queensland.
Through a simple digital interface, it uses different learning styles; visual, auditory, reading and kinesthetic to support the change journey and provide practical guidance for local leaders and project team members about how best to support staff throughout implementation.
The customised tool ensured that the change approach is inclusive and respectful of all staff across Far North Queensland.
The Tele-Cardiac Investigations team aims to increase access to Cardiac Investigations in Queensland’s regional and rural areas through telehealth technologies. The Cardiology team based at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital use telehealth video technology, in conjunction with on-site regional support staff, to conduct cardiac testing on patients in regional/rural hospitals.
The Tele-Cardiac Investigations team are working collaboratively with 17 different hospitals across Queensland to help reduce waitlists, decrease patient travel and expedite the diagnosis of coronary artery disease and arrhythmias.
The collaboration and partnership with regional/rural hospitals has resulted in patients now able to get early, local, access to Cardiac Investigations, which aids in the timely identification of cardiac disease.
The Advance Care Yarning app is the development of a culturally specific app to allow Aboriginal people to develop their own End of Life (EOL) care resource.
The app started from a simple observation with health care staff noticing younger and older indigenous people interacting with technology when they were in the hospital setting, but they also knew there was no easy to understand culturally specific resource to help them develop an End of Life care plan.
Putting the two together, the app provides a culturally sensitive way to engage with Aboriginal people to gather information about family, wishes and healthcare.
The app development was a combined effort and drew on the expertise and input from multiple sources and agencies including nursing staff, drug and court support workers, Indigenous health workers, and other community and Darling Downs HHS staff.
The Regional Information Via Electronic Record – RIVeR Sentiment Tracker is a tailored, culturally inclusive stakeholder change management tool that has been developed in collaboration with indigenous health workers, educators and Far North Queensland stakeholders to support one of the largest digital health programs undertaken in rural and remote Queensland.
Through a simple digital interface, it uses different learning styles; visual, auditory, reading and kinesthetic to support the change journey and provide practical guidance for local leaders and project team members about how best to support staff throughout implementation.
The customised tool ensured that the change approach is inclusive and respectful of all staff across Far North Queensland.
The Tele-Cardiac Investigations team aims to increase access to Cardiac Investigations in Queensland’s regional and rural areas through telehealth technologies. The Cardiology team based at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital use telehealth video technology, in conjunction with on-site regional support staff, to conduct cardiac testing on patients in regional/rural hospitals.
The Tele-Cardiac Investigations team are working collaboratively with 17 different hospitals across Queensland to help reduce waitlists, decrease patient travel and expedite the diagnosis of coronary artery disease and arrhythmias.
The collaboration and partnership with regional/rural hospitals has resulted in patients now able to get early, local, access to Cardiac Investigations, which aids in the timely identification of cardiac disease.
Digital health, also known as eHealth, is an emerging field in the intersection of medical informatics, public health and business, referring to health services and information delivered or enhanced through the web and associated technologies.