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Adopting Innovative Technology Workshop

A health­care inno­va­tion expert, she co-designed the Inno­va­tion Mod­el and dri­ves change with human-cen­tered solu­tions. More recent­ly she was final­ist in the Women in Inno­va­tion Awards. Out­side work, she loves music, archi­tec­ture, and the beach!

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Vale Kathryn Hourigan

It is with great sad­ness we share with you that our dear col­league Kathryn Houri­g­an, co-lead for the Pal­lia­tive Care Statewide Clin­i­cal Net­work, died on Fri­day the 21st of Feb­ru­ary, after a very short peri­od of illness.

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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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