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Portfolio of Research

Research Project	Principal Investigator	Status
*Using Data to Monitor Quality of Care*
Quality indicators in trauma	Peter Cameron	Completed
Register of registries	John McNeil	Ongoing
Quality indicators in the private health sector	Sue Evans	Completed
Fall related adverse events in Victorian Public Hospitals 1998-2008	Caroline Brand	Ongoing
Pilot of a population-based cancer clinical registry	J Millar	Ongoing
Linking clinical and administrative data to evaluate intensive care outcomes	Caroline Brand	Ongoing
Trends in Use of Arthroscopy for Osteoarthritis of the Knee in Victorian Public and Private Sector Hospitals	Caroline Brand	Ongoing
Cancer Clinical Indicator Project	Damien Jolley	Ongoing
High Performing Health Care Organisations	Caroline Brand	Ongoing
*Improving Information Transfer*
Trauma reception and resuscitation	Mark Fitzgerald	Completed
Clinical Handover – obstetrics and gynaecology	Peter Cameron	Ongoing
Managing interruptions and distractions in anaesthesia practice	Penny Sanderson	Ongoing
Optimising trauma team performance in the Emergency Department	Peter Cameron	Ongoing
Enhancing communication transfer between ambulance service and the Emergency Department	Ian Patrick	Ongoing
*Patient Safety*
Warfarin complications in the community	John McNeil	Ongoing
Determining health risks in older persons from extreme hot weather	Joe Ibrahim	Completed
Management of venous ulcers	John McNeil	Ongoing
Patterns of stroke care in Victoria	John McNeil	Ongoing
Increasing demand for emergency patient services: underlying drivers, implications and solutions.	John McNeil	Ongoing
Reducing harm to older persons from Victoria from extreme hot weather	Joe Ibrahim	Ongoing
Advice on Methodology for Patient Safety Culture	Caroline Brand	Completed
*Medication Safety*
Clozapine and myocarditis	John McNeil	Ongoing
Factors contributing to bleeding risk in patients receiving warfarin therapy	John McNeil	Ongoing
Warfarin complications in the community	John McNeil	Ongoing

The key areas of research are:

Using data to monitor quality of care
Mission: to develop and maintain data and tools to measure health care quality and to facilitate data use and translation into useable information by external and internal stakeholders to inform decision making and quality improvement processes.

Improving information transfer
Mission: To identify barriers to effective transfer of information between healthcare workers across care boundaries and to implement and evaluate strategies to promote effective handover and referral.

Patient Safety
Mission: to promote effective, evidenced based and patient-centred care through research, information, dissemination, tool development and promotion of decision support processes.

Medication Safety
Mission: to improve health outcomes through the safe and effective use of pharmaceuticals. The most common intervention in health care is the administration of medication.