The Hospital Research Foundation Group Impact Report - Flipbook - Page 81
IMPROVING CARE
Orthopaedics
Software
• Improving the early surveillance of orthopaedic
hip implants to identify poor performing
implants earlier
• Implementing research governance
software across SA Health to increase
efficiencies for researchers
• Improving the framework around orthopaedic
patient outcomes and experience scores
• Implementing a new software program
to support patients with inflammatory
bowel conditions
Professional development
• Supporting a ‘Visiting Fellowships’ program
to bring global experts to Adelaide to improve
collaboration and local knowledge in key
healthcare areas
• Sponsoring medical conferences to enable
collaboration and knowledge-sharing
Rhinosinusitis
• Developing treatments for chronic
rhinosinusitis and understanding the immune
cell and molecular pathways involved
• Understanding the role that viral
infections have in chronic rhinosinusitis
with nasal polyp disease
Sleep
• Investigating whether light treatments may
improve sleep and reduce pain sensitivity
• Helping treat depression in men by also
treating insomnia
Spinal cord injuries
• Designing an advanced mannequin neck to
improve spinal cord training for paramedics
Surgery
• Implementing a new ‘prehab’ program at the
RAH to better prepare patients for surgery
• Developing biosensor technology to measure
and predict post-surgical pain
• Exploring alternative anaesthetic medicines
to improve outcomes for infants undergoing
hernia surgery
• Improving the communication skills of
surgeons on ward rounds, in clinic and theatre
Women’s health
• Supporting social enterprise TABOO (above)
to help vulnerable women experiencing
period poverty by improving access to period
products and education.
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