CANTERBURY DHB QUALITY & PATIENT SAFETY COUNCIL

2008 Canterbury DHB Quality Improvement and Innovation Awards

The sixth annual Canterbury DHB Quality Improvement and Innovation Awards attracted 19 projects (detailed in the 2008 Canterbury DHB Quality Improvement and Innovation Awards Project Entrees Summary Booklet), which were honoured at an awards ceremony on 11th November 2008. This year the awards were broken into three categories; 1) Community Based Services, 2) Hospital and Specialist Service, and 3) Systems Improvement. To access any copies of the projects listed below, please contact Emma Kenagy.

The Winners were as follows:

Supreme Award Winner
The 'Joint' Approach: Streamlining the Elective Hip and Knee Pathway, Elective Orthopaedic Service Group, Burwood Hospital
Community Based Services Category Winner Supported Early Discharge: A Community Nursing Response to Hospital Patient Flow: The 'Meet and Greet' Service, Nurse Maude, Healthcare of New Zealand and Christchurch Hospital
Runner-up Quality Improvement Initiative to Assist Long Term Care Facilities to Manage and Contain both Norovirus Outbreaks and Multidrug-resistant Organisms Within Their Facilities, Medlab South Infection Control Service
Hospital and Specialist Service Category Winner Play with a Purpose, Child Health/Child Acute Assessment Unit, Women's and Children's Health Service
Runner-up The Burwood Orthopaedic Screening Tool: "Screening Joints Not Screaming Joints", Physiotherapy Department, Burwood Hospital
Systems Improvement Category Winner The 'Joint' Approach: Streamlining the Elective Hip and Knee Pathway, Elective Orthopaedic Service Group, Burwood Hospital
Runner-up Project RED: Rejuvenating the Emergency Department, Emergency Department, Christchurch Hospital
Highly Commended Award
Walking in Another's Shoes: Dementia Education in Community Dementia Resthomes, Psychiatric Service for the Elderly, Older Persons Health Service
Improving the In-patient Management of Acute Pancreatitis using Evidence Based Guidelines, Department of General Surgery, Christchurch Hospital
Establishing Dedicated Education Units for Undergraduate Nursing Students, A Collaborative Project between Canterbury DHB and CPIT

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Other entrants from the Canterbury DHB were:

The Pandemic Survival Roadshow, Community and Public Health and Civil Defence and Emergency Management
The South Island Regional Project for the Treatment of Eating Disorders: 'A Quart from a Pint Pot', South Island Eating Disorders Service, Specialist Mental Health Service
Safer for Surgery, Lighter for Life, Nutrition Services, Burwood Hospital
Pet Therapy: A Therapeutic Intervention for Dementia Inpatient Clients, Ward K1, Psychiatric Service for the Elderly
Nutrition Support: A Multi-Disciplinary Team Approach, Nutrition Support Team, Christchurch Hospital
Outpatient Urology Service: Local Service for Local People, Ashburton and Rural Health Services
Enhanced Gynaecology and Obstetric Outpatient Services, Ashburton and Rural Health Services
Christchurch Hospital After Hours Project: Evaluation of Stage One of the Christchurch Hospital at Night Team Process, Medical and Surgical Services, Christchurch Hospital
PowerScribe Speech Recognition for Canterbury District Health Board Radiology Services, Radiology Department, Christchurch Hospital
An Integrated Model of Care for the Ashburton Health Services: 'Doing it Differently' 2005, Ashburton and Rural Health Services