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Learn more about the incredible work CALHN nurses do each and every day
International Nurses Day (12 May) is an opportunity to celebrate the crucial role CALHN’s nursing workforce play in delivering quality care and improving health outcomes across the community. More than 7000 nurses work across a diverse range of roles at CALHN,...
Central Adelaide nurses honoured for excellence
Exceptional Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN) nurses have been celebrated for their significant contribution to healthcare in South Australia at the 2024 Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards. Three individuals and one team were among 14 winners...
Nursing education leaves a lasting legacy in SA and Timor Leste
CALHN Our People Season 1 Episode 6 Nurse Educator Joy Booth tell us about her passion for education, delivered through her roles in teaching nursing staff at Central Adelaide Local Health Network and upskilling health care workers in Timor Leste (also known...
Unique clinic has positive impact for irritable bowel syndrome
New data reveals the positive impact of a unique service designed for people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Delivered at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the referral-only FGiD (functional gastrointestinal disorders) clinic has improved patient experience and...
How research supports doctor-patient communication with Dr Matheesa Herath
Video series: Translating Research In this episode, we hear about research supporting effective communication between patients and doctors. We learn that Dr Herath and his colleagues are running a trial in hospital outpatient departments looking at a simple prompt...
Meet the ‘STARnurses’ coordinating a trial to reduce hospital readmission
The first days after going home from hospital can feel scary. Proactive healthcare to support people after they are released from hospital is the focus of a new nurse-led program being trialled at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (TQEH). Known as TToMMI (Telehealth...
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital redevelopment centrepiece nears completion
All major construction work on the 5-level purpose-built clinical services building is now complete.
Reducing radiation risk for patients with head trauma
Research Pulse podcast Season 2 Episode 8 Computed tomography scans, or CT scans, can save lives by enabling early detection of disease and faster diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions. But they also expose you to far more radiation than a traditional...
Revolutionary robotic surgeries now available at the Royal Adelaide Hospital
The Royal Adelaide Hospital is the first South Australian public hospital to offer robotic assisted surgery with the Da Vinci Xi robotic surgical system now available. The new robotic system provides three-dimensional high-definition vision allowing surgeons to do...
Improving mental health is key in prisoner rehabilitation. Nurses are part of the solution
SA Prison Health Service nurses are receiving specialist psychosocial training as part of a new research project to support the mental health needs of people in custody in rural South Australia. Conducted in partnership with the University of South Australia, the...
Real-time, video-based telehealth delivers multiple benefits: new research
"I caught the plane three times. I caught the ambulance two, three times up here too." That's one experience of a patient living in remote South Australia and having to travel to Adelaide for specialist healthcare. Telehealth can help, says new research. One-on-one...
RAH’s Survive and Thrive group: “I feel valued, understood and not alone.”
The Royal Adelaide Hospital recently hosted the first Survive and Survive group session for 2024 -- pictured are participants Tim and Tammy with physiotherapist Simone. Thanks to continual improvements in medicine, more critically ill patients survive a period in...
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