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Case Studies of Clinical Variation in Health Care


The case studies below showcase best practice and innovation in the review of clinical variation, in a variety of different healthcare settings. 

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Developing an intervention package to optimise the management of vancomycin therapy using theory informed co-design
Antimicrobial stewardship
Medicines
Improving antimicrobial duration of therapy with the implementation of antimicrobial lanyard cards and education in a regional hospital
Antimicrobial stewardship
Medicines
Regional hospital
Implementation of a quality improvement strategy to optimise the management of community acquired pneumonia in a rural health setting
Antimicrobial stewardship
Medicines
Rural hospital
Check Again Collaborative
Antimicrobial stewardship
Medicines
A Collegiate Approach to: Surgical Stewardship The Surgical Antimicrobial Stewardship Sustainability Initiative (SASSI)
Antimicrobial stewardship
Medicines
Metropolitan hospital
Reducing incomplete treatment in the ED for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients
Emergency care
First Nations health
Variation in outcomes of cardiac surgery at a regional hospital
Cardiac care
Surgery
Collaboration a key factor in analgesic stewardship impact
Analgesics
Medicines
Reducing unplanned readmissions after paediatric tonsillectomy in Victoria
Paediatrics
Surgery
Reducing waiting time for surgery after hip fracture
Orthopaedics
Metropolitan hospital
Improving discharge planning after stroke
Stroke
Regional hospital
Increasing prescription rates for preventative medication after cardiac events
Cardiac care
Medicines
Reducing preterm and planned early term births
Obstetrics
Metropolitan hospital
Reducing severe perineal trauma in childbirth
Obstetrics
Metropolitan hospital
Improving end-of-life care at an adult acute hospital
End of life care
Metropolitan hospital
Reducing waiting time for colonoscopy after positive FOBT
Gastroenterology
Regional hospital
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