Hospital Avoidance: Alternatives to Emergency Department Care


Session 1
  • Dr Tony OConnell
    Welcome: Redesign for Hospital Avoidance [download]
  • Dr Ian Sturgess
    Ambulatory Emergency Care - what is it, why do we need it and how to do it [download]
  • Judith Roberts
    Alternatives to the Emergency Department: Community Matrons and Long Term Conditions in the UK [download]
Session 2
  • Dr Jan Potter
    Unrecognised health needs in elderly users of an Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) [download]
  • Dr Robyn McCarthy
    APAC -Aged Care: Acute/Post Acute Care for the Frail Aged [download]
  • Wendy Venn, Stella Dohle & Dr Mary-Ann Ryall
    RADAR: Rapid Assessment of the Deteriorating Aged at Risk [download]
  • Frank Whittaker & David Meldrum
    Electronic communities of care, better coordination of care in community settings leading to reduced hospital admissions [download]
Session 3
  • Mary Roberts
    24 Hour Hotline For Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Reduces Hospital Presentations [download]
  • Victoria Henstridge & Virginia Bullock
    Home Support Services: implementation of large-scale hospital avoidance programs in Australian cities [download]
  • Gary Bruderlin & Helen Tuxworth
    The Community Response Project (CRP). A Project utilising case management to support clients with complex health and social needs in the community [download]
Session 3a
  • Matthew Kropman
    Managing emergency demand: a case-control study of ED fast track [download]
  • Nadia Yazdani
    Fast Track to Radiology. A plan to reduce unnecessary waiting time in Emergency Department (ED) for Nursing Home patients presenting post witnessed fall [download]
  • Mark Wheeler & Kath Harrison
    Single Points of Access: systems change towards total care navigation [download]
Session 4
  • Dr Mark Foster
    ED Impact of an Integrated System of After Hours Care [download]
  • Jairo Herrera
    Hospital Avoidance and Hospital Admission Avoidance Primary Care Interface: Integration with General Practitioners (GP) [download]

Session 5
  • Raj Verma
    New Ways to Access Acute Care [download]
  • Dr Mike Burrows
    Partnership Working As A Means of Redesigning Unscheduled Care Services [download]
  • Jeanette Walters
    Pathways to Independence, a demand management strategy [download]
  • Mike Burrows - Press Release
    Salford PCT Press Release [download]
Session 6
  • Tom Bennett
    Reducing Emergency Admissions by 10%+. The Cambridge experience of up-front care [download]
  • Dr Paul Collett
    Medical Assessment Units and Ambulatory Care. The Interface [download]
  • Kevin Clark
    EMUs. They are appear on our coat of arms. But, do they have a place in our healthcare system? [download]
Session 7
  • Rebecca Smith
    Making the impossible possible - Allied Health getting the EMU off the ground [download]
  • Denise Krklec
    Physiotherapy in the Early Assessment Medical Unit. More than Mobility [download]
  • Nicola Graham
    Making Mouth Care Assessment Relevant at the Front Door [download]
Session 7a
  • Roslyn Martin & Leanne Boase
    Can the role of Emergency Nurse Practitioner be adapted to work in an Urgent Care Centre and reduce Emergency Demand? [download]
  • Dr Simon Cooper
    The UK role of the Emergency Care Practitioner (ECP): Clinical and collaborative components [download]
  • Sharee Carse
    The Power of Pedal [download]
Session 8
  • Dr Tony OConnell
    What are the opportunities? [download]
  • Prof Ron Penny AO
    Protecting a limited and valued resource - our hospitals - A window of opportunities [download]