Acute (emergency) care
17/04/2024 @ All Day –
Hospital at Home – a structured, multidisciplinary comprehensive geriatric assessment approach, integrating community-based services and acute hospital care. Hospital admission should only occur when someone needs acute medical care.
20/03/2024 @ All Day –
Integrated care for older people with frailty has a growing evidence base. This webinar compared and contrasted three very different services, all making a unique contribution to care closer to home: a Hospital at Home and intermediate care team from Barcelona, an early supported discharge and community stroke rehabilitation service from Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, and a day hospital based rehabilitation service from SE Sydney, Australia.
08/11/2023 @ All Day –
Proactive care identifies and targets people at risk of poor health and social outcomes and provides coordinated and tailored support to help them stay well. Part of Integrated Care Matters Series 8.
11/10/2023 @ All Day –
Optimising flow to deliver early Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) by a multidisciplinary team skilled in managing frailty is highly cost-effective. Proactive acute care enables safe and timely transfer of care closer to home.
Learning from the development of two Integrated Care Pathways for dementia
Anne-Marie Brady, Trinity College Dublin, IE
Mairead Bracken-Scally, Trinity College Dublin, IE
Louise Daly, Trinity College Dublin, IE
Geralyn Hynes, Trinity College Dublin,
Referral Patterns to Psychiatry Intensive Care Unit: Phoenix Care Centre
Authors: Shaeraine Raaj Pararajasingam , Roy Browne, Anisha Bawagan, Twomey Pauline, Murad Firdouas, Ernest Nwarie, Sujesha Navanathan
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Background: Phoenix Care Centre i
Integrated Acute Healthcare Commissioning Pathway in Ireland
Authors: Michael W Power , Derek Cribbin, Una Quill
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The survival of the critically ill patient depends on timely access to a structured critical care pathway. Arising from historic
The Development of a Respiratory Nurse Led Clinic in St Michael’s Hospital
Author: Peter O’Toole
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Introduction: Patients referred by their GP with a suspected respiratory problem have a long wait for a specialist respiratory review which can
MICAS: An Integrated National Critical Care Retrieval Service
Authors: David Menzies , Anna Marie Murphy, Rory Dwyer
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Introduction: The reorganisation of health services and the delivery of the ‘hub and spoke’ Model of Care for Adult Critical
Development of an education programme – ‘Transporting critically ill adult and child’
Authors: Anna Marie Murphy , Lorraine Heery, David Menzies, Cormac Breatnach, Rory Dwyer
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Introduction: The reorganisation of health services and the delive
Chronic Disease in the Emergency Department: The weakest link in integrated care?
Authors: Kelly Janssens , Tim McDonnell, Gerry McCarthy
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Objective: Chronic disease (CD) accounts for two-thirds of emergency medical admissions and approximate
Reducing the incidence of pressure ulcers in fractured hip patients
Authors: Sinead Mc Gee , Miriam Malik, Alison Reynolds, Patrick Mc Carthy
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In Ireland, approximately 3,000 patients present to the Emergency Department (ED) with hip fracture
National Clinical Programme in Surgery – General Surgery Minor Ops “See & Treat” Clinic
Authors: Mary Flynn , Paul Ridgway, Amy Gillis, Amy Carswell, Ita Hegarty, Brendan O’Shea
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Introduction: General Surgery is currently ranked number 3 for
Are the Wards in St Vincent’s University Hospital Dementia Friendly?
Authors: Aisling Jane Davis , Sarah Mc Nally
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Introduction: A significant proportion of the inpatients in SVUH have a dementia diagnosis. These individuals have complex care
Development of Recommendations for a Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip screening programme integrated with the implementation of an ultrasound service to support the pathway
Authors: Caroline Mason Mohan , John Murphy, Helen McDonald, Grace Turner
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The Evergreen Programme Revisited- Making a Therapeutic Programme for Older Adults Fit for Purpose
Authors: Declan Christopher Lyons , Roisin McCafferty
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Introduction: The Evergreen programme is a group based psychoeducational therapeutic pro
Electronic documentation for Health and Social Care Professionals: The patient perspective
Authors: Marie L Byrne , Joanne Dowds, Deirdre Gilchriest, Aine Higgins, Patricia Reilly, Fiona Dunlevy, Neans Ni Rathaille
Abstract
Introduction & Practice Ch
Integrating Care and Improving Flow for Frail Older Adults through the Development of an Acute Inpatient Frailty Service
Authors: Rónán O’Caoimh , Maria Costello, Conor Judge, Laura Morrison, Zaq Ghafar, Bushra Ali, Edel Mannion, Orla Sheil, Pauline
An Exploratory Study of Nurses’ Attitude towards Peer Review in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
Author: Ejiro Ohare Stratton
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Aim: The objective of this research is to explore the attitude of nurses’ at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital towards pee
Can we predict your future? Using scores to predict length of stay and discharge destination
Authors: Sarah Mc Nally , Roisin Howlin, Annette Kehoe, Sarah Murphy
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Background: This audit was completed within a large teaching hospital in Dublin
Timely identification of frailty & comprehensive multidisciplinary assessment on a newly established specialist geriatric ward
Authors: Grace Corcoran , Gillian Gavaghan, Carol Lyons, Elaine Moloney
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Introduction: Beaumont Hospital catchment
Pathway Granularity and solutions to Barriers to Sepsis diagnosis and treatment on a Surgical Ward
Authors: Sinéad Patrica Horgan , Grace Reidy, Claire Costigan, Deirdre Feehely
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Background: “Sepsis is a life threatening condition that arises
Clinical Microsysytems in the Emergency Department
Authors: Lisa Anne Toland , Breda Naddy, Philip Crowley
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Introduction: Clinical Microsysytems is an improvement approach which was originally introduced in Ireland in 2013/2014 in Emergency D
Assessment and Management of Self Harm in Emergency Departments in Ireland: The National Clinical Programme
Authors: Margo Wrigley , Rhona Jennings, Siobhan MacHale, Eugene Cassidy
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In 2014, more than 11,000 people came to Irish general hospi
An algorithm to be used nationally for delirium screening and treatment in acute hospital wards: lessons from the development process
Authors: Suzanne Timmons , Deirdre Lang, David Meagher, Niamh O’Regan, Niamh McMahon, Jackie Sexton, Cathy McHale, G
Creating an integrated tracheostomy care pathway for patients in an Irish regional hospital setting – the feasibility and effectiveness of a dedicated tracheostomy team
Authors: Anne Claffey , Chloe Heslin, Grace Donnelly, Ron Charles, Sharon Gorman
Improving integration and care through clinical audit: The Irish Hip Fracture Database
Authors: Louise Brent , Emer Ahern, Conor Hurson, Aisling Connolly
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Background: Hip fractures are an increasing socio-economic burden. They are the leading
Strategy for the Design of Integrated Outpatient Services 2016-2020
Authors: Oliver Plunkett , Ita Hegarty, Colette Nugent, Trina Dunne, Vincent Crossan
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Introduction: Much of the acute healthcare that Ireland’s population receives is deliver
National Patient Flow Improvement Programme
Authors: Pat Nash , Helene Horsnell, Irene O’Connor, Paul Burke, Veronica Devlin, Sinead Fitzpatrick, Grace Rothwell
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In 2016 the HSE Clinical Strategy and Programmes Division and the Acute Hospital
National Theatre Quality Improvement Programme (TQIP) Ireland
Authors: Jeremy Smyth , Ken Mealy, Kieran Tangney, Grace Reidy, Charlie Dineen, Aileen O’Brien, Sinead Fitzpatrick
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In late 2016, a collaborative between the HSE Integrated Care Pr
Implementation of a Critical Care Nurse Career Pathway
Authors: Derek Cribbin , Una Quill, Michael Power
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The aim of this organisational development project is to put in place an implementable plan for the delivery of a standardised critical
Criteria Led Discharge – The Irish Journey
Authors: Richard Patrick Walsh , Garry Courtney, Sinead Fitzpatrick
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Problem: Improving patient flow and patient experience, reducing Average Length of Stay and readmissions to hospital are key polic
Evaluating and Improving the Quality of Patient Care in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at University Hospital Waterford
Authors: Alma O’ Connor , Edel Cronin, Christina Lambert, Ralph Morris, Karen Glynn, Paul Lawrence, Eithne Mackey
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