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Annie Simpson, a key member of our Innovation team, named Women in Innovation Award finalist

Our staff mem­ber Annie Simp­son was announced as a final­ist with­in the ​‘Gov­ern­ment’ cat­e­go­ry in the 2024 Women in Inno­va­tion awards. Annie plays a key role with­in the inno­va­tion port­fo­lio, nom­i­nat­ed for her pas­sion, ded­i­ca­tion, and professionalism.

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New SA Hospital Experience Survey (SAHIS) survey replaces the Measuring Consumer Experience Program

The PRM Pro­gram is enhanc­ing real-time patient feed­back via ZEDOC. Engag­ing 155,000+ patients, it enhances care across net­works. SAHIS replaces tele­phon­ic calls with dig­i­tal sur­veys, ensur­ing patient voic­es shape care.

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OPTIMAL care: Enhancing transitions for older persons in hospitals

The inter­ven­tion phase of this project is cur­rent­ly under­way in three wards in CAL­HN in Novem­ber 2024. The project is being imple­ment­ed over 14 months, with wards in SAL­HN join­ing from March 2025 and in NAL­HN by May 2025.

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Genomics Digital Pathway and Consent project wins SA Health award for innovation

An Aus­tralian-first dig­i­tal path­way re-imag­in­ing genet­ics con­sul­ta­tions in SA. It stream­lines pre-clin­ic data col­lec­tion, online con­sent, and more, improv­ing patient expe­ri­ence, reduc­ing con­sul­ta­tion times, and enhanc­ing acces­si­bil­i­ty and efficiency.

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Transforming Cancer Care: Release of the completed Cancer Navigation Framework 

We are excit­ed to announce that the Can­cer Nav­i­ga­tion Frame­work has been finalised! Ensur­ing equi­table access to can­cer care for all indi­vid­u­als, this essen­tial resource is designed to enhance can­cer care acces­si­bil­i­ty through­out South Australia.

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National call for effective pain management in primary care

Recent par­lia­men­tary meet­ings have empha­sised the need for bet­ter pain man­age­ment in Aus­tralia. Our opti­mal care sys­tem for low back pain offers an adap­tive mod­el to inform these dis­cus­sions and dri­ve improve­ments in pri­ma­ry care pain management.

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