Clinical Excellence and Patient Safety Category
SA Medical Imaging, CALHN and Women's and Children's Health Network
Fast Advice and Access for Intravenous Routes with Imaging (FAAIRI) Service
Non-Clinical Service Delivery Category
Sydney Local Health District
Harnessing Byproduct Water: Advancing Sustainable Water Management in Local Community
Healthcare Measurement Category
Western Health
Piloting a Power Shift through Food
The QI Awards are an annual recognition of achievement and encouragement for quality improvement activities, programs or strategies that have been implemented into healthcare organisations.
Introduced in 1998, the QI Awards acknowledge healthcare organisations that achieve excellence and innovation in clinical care, organisation-wide practice, service delivery and performance measurement.
Judging panel consists of an ACHS Councillor, an ACHS assessor and a representative from an ACHS member organisation. Judging is conducted externally with separate panels of three judges for each of the three QI Awards categories.
The Clinical Excellence and Patient Safety Award recognises innovation and demonstrated quality improvement in the delivery of safe, effective consumer / patient care.
Previous winning submissions in this category have included:
The Non-Clinical Service Delivery Award acknowledges a demonstrated outcome in improvement and innovation to patient / consumer services and organisation-wide practice including services provided by community and allied health.
Previous winning submissions in this category have included:
This category recognises organisations which have measured an aspect of clinical management and/or outcome of care, taken appropriate action in response to that measurement, and demonstrated improved consumer / patient care and organisational performance upon further measurement.
Previous winning submissions in this category have included:
Clinical Excellence and Patient Safety Category
Central Adelaide Local Health Network
Hep C is Everyone’s Business – An Approach for Virtual Elimination of Hepatitis C from South Australian Prisons
Non-Clinical Service Delivery Category
Northern Sydney Local Health District - Primary and Community Health (NSLHD)
From words to images: Implementing Video Interpreting
Healthcare Measurement Category
Royal North Shore Hospital (NSLHD)
Parkinson Inpatient Experience (PIE) Project
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