Publications by authors named "Michael Plaister"
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- The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network developed the Asthma Follow up Integrated Care Initiative in 2016 to reduce pediatric asthma-related emergency department visits and hospital admissions by 50% through coordinated care.
- The initiative involved a two-phase implementation where care coordinators worked with families to ensure better asthma management, including follow-up GP visits and educational resources.
- Results showed a significant reduction in emergency department visits (43% in Phase I, 41% in Phase II) and hospital admissions (not fully detailed) within 6 and 12 months after enrollment in the program.
Children in hospital are frequently prescribed intravenous antibiotics for longer than needed. Programmes to optimise timely intravenous-to-oral antibiotic switch may limit excessive in-hospital antibiotic use, minimise complications of intravenous therapy and allow children to go home faster. Here, we describe a quality improvement approach to implement a guideline, with team-based education, audit and feedback, for timely, safe switch from intravenous-to-oral antibiotics in hospitalised children.
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