1. 5th NSW Rural Allied Health Conference Port Macquarie Mid North Coast Local Health District
Kate Needham
Executive Director
Agency for Clinical Innovation
9 November 2011
Date of Presentation: 3 August 2011

3. Date of Presentation: 3 August 2011

4. ACI Clinical Networks Aged Health Musculoskeletal
Anaesthesia and Perioperative Care
Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Brain Injury Rehabilitation
Cardiac
Emergency Care Institute
Endocrine
Gastroenterology
Gynaecological Oncology
Imaging – Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Intellectual Disability
Musculoskeletal
Neurosurgery
Nutrition
Ophthalmology
Pain Management
Renal
Respiratory
Severe Burns
Spinal Cord Injury
Stroke
Transition Care
Urology
Date of Presentation: 3 August 2011

5. Governance Review
“A reformed Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI) will be structured to take on a greatly strengthened role as the primary agency for engaging clinical service networks and designing and implementing new models of care.”
Date of Presentation: 3 August 2011

6. Governance Review
“The current Department resources dedicated to clinical innovation and changes in models of care to be transferred to the Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI) in its strengthened form. This will include Department units responsible for: clinical redesign; out of hospital care; chronic disease management programs; acute care services.”
Date of Presentation: 3 August 2011

7. Governance Review
“The ACI is established to promote innovation in health service delivery and it has established an extensive network of clinicians working in this area.”
Date of Presentation: 3 August 2011

8. NSW Health and Medical Research Strategic Review
“Assign responsibility for identifying NSW priorities for translating existing research evidence into the implementation of clinical guidelines and population health programs to the Agency for Clinical Innovation and the NSW Population Health Network.”
Date of Presentation: 3 August 2011

9. ACI Clinical Networks > 50 consumers
10 May 2011
ACI Clinical Networks
> 50 consumers
Individual patients, carers and community members
Representatives – peak health and disability NGOs
ACI Consumer Council:
established February 2011
advises ACI Board
includes people with expertise and experience in community engagement
Date of Presentation:

10. Date of Presentation: 3 August 2011

11. Community Engagement Research Project (CERP)
looking critically at what we do
building capacity to engage communities
developing new community engagement and knowledge management models
test and evaluate

12. Sustainable projects spreading best practice
stroke care
dialysis capacity
safe sedation
cardiac monitoring, drug eluting stents and ICDs
orthogeriatric care
osteoporotic refracture prevention
parenteral nutrition
burn injury
eye emergency
Date of Presentation: 3 August 2011

13. System-wide best practice models in pipeline
Severe Chronic Respiratory and Cardiac Disease
Diabetes
Delirium
Osteoarthritis
Pain Management
Deep Brain Stimulation
Thrombolysis
Brain Injury Rehabilitation
Hepatitis B and C
Date of Presentation: 3 August 2011

14. Collaboration with pillars and other agencies
Sepsis Kills – ACI/CEC initiative
Between the Flags – ACI/CEC initiative
CHOPS – ACI, CEC and GP NSW
Avoidable admissions – ACI and BHI
Osteoporotic Refracture Prevention Implementation – ACI and CETI
Gynaecological Oncology – Cancer Institute NSW
Health Support Services – Nutrition Standards

15. OA Chronic Care Program Pilot in 8 sites Led by allied health
Date of Presentation: 3 August 2011

16. The Team & The Network ACI Stroke Network + Working Parties
Consumer Liaison
Community Education
Australian Aphasia Assn
Stroke Recovery Assn NSW
CALD Carer Framework NSW Health
Health System Quality,
Performance & Innovation
Statewide Partnerships
Research
Research training
Research applications
Academic engagement
ACI Stroke Network
Coordinating Committee
(90 clinicians) +
1,000 clinicians
on the
distribution list
NSW Rural Institute of Clinical Services & Teaching
Ambulance Service NSW
Clinical Excellence Commission
NSW Rural Stroke Care Coordinators Network
Stroke Recovery Assn NSW
National Heart Foundation
(NSW Division)
Stroke Society of NSW
Strategic Planning, including Workforce, Pre Hospital Emergency
Stroke unit development
Rural stroke services
Recruitment & retention
Pathway to tPA Project
Outcomes & Measurement
Minimum data set
NSW Key Result Areas
NSF / NSRI Audit results
AuSCR Project
Education & Professional
Development (including protocols)
Statewide Education & Training
Annual SNAHSF
Annual SMART STROKES Conference
Guidelines, Protocols & Models of Care
National Stroke Research Institute
National Stroke Foundation
National Partnerships
Australasian Stroke Unit Network
Australian Stroke Coalition
Stroke Society of Australasia
Stroke Rehabilitation & Stroke Recovery
Service gap delivery
Workforce

17. Join us and make a difference
ACI networks - include allied health
open to anyone working in NSW Health
Date of Presentation: 3 August 2011

18. Email: kate.needham@aci.health.nsw.gov.au
Executive Director
We’d welcome your participation in our networks
We will keep you updated as our new structure is confirmed
Tower A, Level 15, Zenith Centre
Pacific Highway, Chatswood NSW 2067
PO Box 699
Chatswood NSW 2057 T F
ABN
Date of Presentation: 3 August 2011