Improvement and Innovation Showcase Series 19: Improving Care Through Quality Insights

Our Improve­ment and Inno­va­tion Show­case brings togeth­er teams from across the health sys­tem to con­nect, share and explore their expe­ri­ences of work­ing towards bet­ter health­care for all South Australians.

Clin­i­cal reg­istries play an impor­tant role in improv­ing health­care by col­lect­ing and analysing patient out­comes. They help clin­i­cians and ser­vices under­stand where care varies, com­pare per­for­mance and use these insights to improve care over time.

That’s why clin­i­cal reg­istries are a key focus with­in the CEIH’s Pri­or­i­ty Focus Area on data-dri­ven clin­i­cal deci­sion mak­ing. This reflects our com­mit­ment to improv­ing how clin­i­cal reg­istries are devel­oped, con­nect­ed and used across South Aus­tralia.

Across the series, speak­ers from South Aus­tralia and beyond will share prac­ti­cal clin­i­cal, data and gov­er­nance insights, show­ing how well-designed reg­istries are being used in real set­tings to sup­port evi­dence-based deci­sion mak­ing and con­tin­u­ous qual­i­ty improve­ment.

The show­case is a free, tick­et­ed online webi­nar series held week­ly in June and July. The first episode will be held on Thurs­day 18 June 2026.

Please note: This event will be record­ed and pub­lished, how­ev­er we will ensure none of the attendee details will be revealed.

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Beyond the Dash­board: How Reg­istries Improve Sys­tems and Out­comes (Episode 61)

Date: 2 July 2026
Time: 1.00 pm — 2.00 pm (ACST)

Clin­i­cal reg­istries can do more than report results — they can help health sys­tems learn, adapt and improve care.

This episode explores how inte­grat­ed data from nation­al plat­forms such as the Reg­istry of Senior Aus­tralians (ROSA) data plat­form is being used to analyse the safe­ty and qual­i­ty of care for old­er Australians.

Pro­fes­sor Maria Ina­cio high­lights how this approach can help iden­ti­fy gaps in care, inform pol­i­cy and sup­port improve­ments across aged care settings.

This episode also exam­ines how clin­i­cal qual­i­ty reg­istries, such as the Aus­tralian and New Zealand Inten­sive Care Soci­ety Cen­tre for Out­come and Resource Eval­u­a­tion reg­istry, are being used beyond report­ing out­comes in crit­i­cal care settings.

Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor Paul Sec­ombe demon­strates how reg­istry data can not only sup­port bench­mark­ing iden­ti­fy vari­a­tion in care, but can also inform learn­ing, improve­ment and deci­sion mak­ing across the health system.

Speak­ers:

• Pro­fes­sor Maria Ina­cio, Direc­tor, Reg­istry of Senior Aus­tralians Research Cen­tre, SAHMRI
• Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor Paul Sec­ombe, Senior Con­sul­tant, Inten­sive Care Unit, CALHN

Reg­is­ter for the event.

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Why Clin­i­cal Reg­istries, Why Now? (Episode 62)

Date: 9 July 2026
Time: 1.00 pm — 2.00 pm (ACST)

Clin­i­cal reg­istries are cen­tral to the CEIH’s Pri­or­i­ty Focus Area on data dri­ven clin­i­cal deci­sion making.

This ses­sion intro­duces the Clin­i­cal Reg­istries Project and its role in strength­en­ing how data is used to sup­port bet­ter care across South Aus­tralia. It out­lines the CEIH’s strate­gic intent to enhance coor­di­na­tion, improve data qual­i­ty and max­imise the val­ue of new and exist­ing registries.

Pro­fes­sor Stephen McDon­ald, Clin­i­cal Lead of the Clin­i­cal Reg­istries Project, dis­cuss­es the role that reg­istries play in mon­i­tor­ing out­comes, iden­ti­fy­ing vari­a­tion and dri­ving con­tin­u­ous improve­ment in care. He also out­lines cur­rent work to strength­en reg­istry capa­bil­i­ty across SA Health and embed reg­istries more effec­tive­ly into rou­tine clin­i­cal practice.

Speak­er:

• Pro­fes­sor Stephen McDon­ald, Clin­i­cal Lead, Clin­i­cal Reg­istries Project, CEIH

Reg­is­ter for the event.

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Want to learn more?

Watch past Improve­ment and Inno­va­tion Show­cas­es here.