by Stephanie Baker | 14 Oct, 2020 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff, Community, RAH, Research
Implementing world-best practice for spinal cord injury, and a project improving outcomes for Aboriginal patients on dialysis, are among the initiatives to receive CALHN CEO Clinical Rapid Implementation Project Scheme (CRIPS) grants. This year four projects will each...
by Stephanie Baker | 8 Oct, 2020 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff, Research, TQEH
Raising awareness of the risks prolonged sitting and lying in hospital – which can significantly worsen a patient’s condition – is the focus of new research involving older people at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Researcher and physiotherapist Jasper Unyime said...
by Stephanie Baker | 7 Oct, 2020 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff, Community
The Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN) is developing a Disability and Inclusion Plan that outlines the strategies and actions, which CALHN is proposing for implementation, to increase equity for employees, and members of the community, living with...
by Stephanie Baker | 1 Oct, 2020 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff, COVID-19, RAH
The Royal Adelaide Hospital’s emergency department has been bolstered by technical capabilities to help minimise the risk to frontine staff when treating suspected COVID-19 trauma patients. The CDI technology allows live view, patient vital signs, instant x-ray and...
by Stephanie Baker | 30 Sep, 2020 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff
Nine Central Adelaide LHN staff and teams have been named as finalists in the statewide SA Health Awards for 2020. The awards highlight the people, teams, programs and projects that have significantly improved the performance of the public health sector and the...
by Stephanie Baker | 28 Sep, 2020 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff, RAH
After becoming critically ill and needing a battery-powered device to keep him alive for 12 months, Graeme Klemm “couldn’t be happier,” 18 months on from receiving a new heart. It’s been a long road for the 57-year-old father of three. Now after getting through the...
