Alan, Ada and Eva Selwyn Emergency Department
Head: Associate Professor Katie Walker Cabrini Emergency Research Department is interested in novel and innovative attempts to improve patients’ and staff experiences and outcomes of attending and working in an emergency department (ED). Our focus is on using novel technology or novel system design to solve the complex and often vexing problems encountered in Emergency Medicine.
Director of Emergency Medicine Research Associate Professor Katie Walker Director of Emergency Medicine Associate Professor Michael Ben-Meir Clinical Director of Emergency Medicine Dr Rohan Laging Emergency Physicians Dr Gabriel Blecher Associate Professor Keith Joe, IT lead Dr Christine Jackman Directors of Emergency Medicine Training Dr Dane Horsfall Dr Ian Turner PhD Candidates Troy McGee, Monash University Alexandra Mullins, Monash University ACEM trainee Dr Melanie Stephenson, Monash University Medical Students David Cui, Monash University Ian Shijie Tan, Monash University Acknowledgement of Staff who have left (2019-2020) Anne Loupis, Project Manager
We are interested in partnering with university and industry colleagues to investigate novel and emerging technologies, as well as new service design approaches. By collaborating with experts in diverse areas, such as mathematics, data analytics, visualisation, aged care, graphic design and consumers we hope to generate, investigate and implement improvements that can positively affect the experience, safety and efficiency of attending an ED. Our aim is to increase the research complexity and output of our department over the coming years. The highly successful year we have had in terms of publications, presentations and grants success demonstrates significant progress towards our goal.
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MRFF grant Gilroy Potts award for best original research paper: Scribe BMJ publication ACEM research registrar rotation ED wait time project and its progress so far
Our Research Wait time visibility for emergency medicine patients RESEARCHERS: WALKER K (PI), STEPHENSON MEL, BEN-MEIR M, JOE K, LOUPIS A, STEPHENSON MICH, LOWTHIAN J, HUTTON J, BLECHER G, BUNTINE P, ET AL
Patients attend emergency departments seeking urgent care. Most have to wait to see a doctor. The majority of patients aren’t provided with any estimate of how long they are likely to wait, which causes major issues for them, their families and their paramedics. A $250,000 Monash Partners grant from the Medical Research Futures Fund is being used to determine whether consumers want access to wait times, how they should be displayed and how to accurately predict their wait times. It will also allow us to go live with predicted wait times at some of our local hospitals, improving health service transparency and the patient experience.
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