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How does practitioner burnout impact care, and therefore clinical governance? As Dr Stephen Parnis put it, from his perspective - and in his words - it “laid siege to my energy and my empathy”; “[D]ecisions and procedures that are usually second nature to me, now require considerable effort and cause more angst than they should”; and “[W]e are less efficient, and we are much more likely to make mistakes.”
Dr. Diana Badcock, Chief Medical Officer and Executive Director of Clinical Governance at Bendigo Health describes the steps they are taking to encourage a positive workplace culture in a stressful and volatile working environment and why this is important for safe and quality patient care.
Dr. Stephen Warrillow, Director of ICU at Austin Health discusses the level of collaboration it took to get a real-time view of all ICUs to help those responsible for deploying and co-ordinating resources during COVID-19.
Tess Vawser from the Epworth talks through the challenge of implementing a COVID-19 rapid education plan and hospital readiness systems testing across multiple sites.
Wanda Stelmach from Northern Health talks through the challenge of maintaining outpatient clinics during COVID-19.
Dr Hung The Nguyen talks through the challenge of providing accurate health information that is culturally appropriate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities and how his clinic addressed this challenge.
Professor Harvey Newnham talks through how Alfred Health is keeping patients suspected of having COVID-19 safe while in the hospital by reducing their time in isolation.
Professor Leanne Boyd talks through eastern health's current workforce plan, which has been designed to respond to a rapid rise (and drop) in the demand for health services.
Professor George Braitberg shares the challenges of accurate information and dissemination faced by Melbourne Health in the COVID-19 crisis and what strategies were implemented to mitigate the risk of misinformation.
