Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health

Cardiac Care Statewide Clinical Network

About the network

The Car­diac Care Statewide Clin­i­cal Net­work works to make car­dio­vas­cu­lar care acces­si­ble, equi­table, and respon­sive for every South Australian.

We bring togeth­er clin­i­cians, health ser­vices, and part­ners across the state to deliv­er care that is coor­di­nat­ed, sus­tain­able, and focused on what mat­ters most to patients.

By using data and inno­va­tion, we improve ser­vices and intro­duce new tech­nolo­gies to achieve bet­ter out­comes. Togeth­er, we strength­en care, teach­ing, and research for indi­vid­u­als, fam­i­lies, and communities.

Our net­work sup­ports the entire car­diac care path­way – from pre­ven­tion and ear­ly detec­tion to emer­gency treat­ment and rehabilitation. 

Our role

  • Pro­vide clin­i­cal lead­er­ship and expert advice on car­diac health across SA Health.
  • Pro­mote best prac­tice, evi­dence-based care, and equi­table access for all South Australians.
  • Sup­port col­lab­o­ra­tion between met­ro­pol­i­tan, region­al, and remote car­diac services.

Our focus

  • Improv­ing mod­els of care for car­diac patients across the continuum.
  • Sup­port­ing statewide car­diac data col­lec­tion and benchmarking.
  • Reduc­ing vari­a­tion in clin­i­cal prac­tice and outcomes.

Our peo­ple

Associate Professor Christine Burdeniuk

Cardiac Care Statewide Clinical Network Clinical Lead - B.Sc.(Hons) BMBS, FRACP, FCSANZ

Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor Chris­tine Bur­de­niuk is a Senior Staff Car­di­ol­o­gist at SAL­HN, bring­ing a wealth of expe­ri­ence and exper­tise to this role, hav­ing ded­i­cat­ed many years to advanc­ing car­diac care through her clin­i­cal prac­tice, edu­ca­tion and research. 

Her com­mit­ment to improv­ing patient out­comes and her inno­v­a­tive approach to car­diac care will be invalu­able as she embarks on a new jour­ney as Clin­i­cal Lead for the network. 

Since 2009 Chris­tine has been pro­vid­ing care to patients with advanced heart fail­ure and pul­monary arte­r­i­al hyper­ten­sion through­out SAL­HN and estab­lished a ter­tiary lev­el heart fail­ure ser­vice in Mt Gambier.

She has worked with the CAL­HN Cen­tre of Advanced Heart and Lung dis­ease as the Car­diac Lead to devel­op and stan­dard­ise the man­age­ment of advanced heart fail­ure and heart trans­plant patients in CALHN. 

She is active­ly involved in deliv­er­ing edu­ca­tion on a broad range of car­diac relat­ed top­ics, and is involved in heart fail­ure clin­i­cal tri­als and Aus­tralian heart fail­ure guidelines.

Chris­tine strong­ly believes it is impor­tant to focus on the ear­ly detec­tion of car­diac dis­ease and opti­mi­sa­tion of car­diac risk fac­tor con­trol to pre­vent and min­imise the devel­op­ment of heart failure. 

Cardiac Care Statewide Clinical Network Members

Chris­tine Burdeniuk 

Senior Staff Car­di­ol­o­gist, SAL­HN; Car­di­ol­o­gist, CAL­HN; Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor, Flinders University

Car­olyn Astley

Vice pres­i­dent: Aus­tralian Car­dio­vas­cu­lar and Reha­bil­i­ta­tion Association

Ali­cia Chan

Con­sul­tant Car­di­ol­o­gist, CAL­HN and NALHN

Luan Huynh

Car­di­ol­o­gist, Lyell McEwin Hos­pi­tal, NALHN

Graeme Klemm

Con­sumer Representative

Simon Lock­wood

Pri­vate GP; Chair Ade­laide PHN

Claire Gard­ner

Gen­er­al Man­ag­er, Heart Foundation

Ani­ta Lymn

Clin­i­cal Nurse Researcher, Flinders Uni / FMC

Cyn­thia Papendick

Emer­gency Con­sul­tant, RAH

Andrea Pap­i­ni

Inten­sive Care Para­medic, SAAS

John Den­ton

Oper­a­tions and Research Man­ag­er, Inte­grat­ed Car­dio­vas­cu­lar Clin­ic Net­work SA, Rur­al Sup­port Service
Andrew Kel­lyPae­di­atric Car­di­ol­o­gist, Med­ical Unit Head of Car­di­ol­o­gy, WCH
Ajay Sin­halDirec­tor of the Car­diac Catheter Labs, FMC; Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor, Flinders University
Phil Cat­leyCon­sumer Representative
Mar­garet ArstallDirec­tor of Car­di­ol­o­gy, NALHN

Mem­ber­ship is reviewed every 2 years and appli­ca­tions are open for any­one involved in or inter­est­ed in improv­ing car­diac care in South Australia.

Our work

  • Car­diac Reha­bil­i­ta­tion Mod­el of Care: Iden­ti­fy­ing bar­ri­ers and improv­ing refer­ral path­ways to pro­vide evi­dence based best prac­tice car­diac reha­bil­i­ta­tion services. 
  • Car­diac Heart Fail­ure Mod­el of Care: Bring­ing togeth­er mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary teams to improve care coor­di­na­tion for peo­ple liv­ing with Chron­ic heart fail­ure (CHF). 
  • Advanced Heart Fail­ure Mod­el of care development
  • Facil­i­ta­tion of Statewide Organ Retrieval Roster
  • Statewide Impel­la project
Key documents and resources

Peer Groups

Con­sumer Resources

Guide­lines

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Get involved

To learn more or get involved in the Car­diac Statewide Clin­i­cal Net­work, email cardiacnetwork@​sa.​gov.​au.