The Assessment and CommuniCation ExcelLEnce foR sAfe paTient outcomEs Plus (ACCELERATE Plus) builds upon our previous ACCELERATE feasibility Trial and is being led by Professor Sandy Middleton (ACU and St Vincent's Health Network Sydney), Adjunct Professor Anna Thornton (St Vincent's Hospital Sydney), Adjunct Professor Elizabeth McInnes (ACU and St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne) and Professor Diana Slade (Australian National University).
Eight local health services across two states (St Vincent's Hospitals in both Sydney and Melbourne, Prince of Wales Hospital, Lismore Base Hospital, The Sutherland Hospital, St George Hospital, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Fairfield Hospital) and six university partners (Australian Catholic University, Australian National University, University of Sydney, University of Wollongong, Southern Cross University and Western Sydney University).
This Trial is an exemplar of the interconnection between clinical practice, education, academia, and consumers.
The aim of the Trial is to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of an externally facilitated organisational ward-level intervention that will facilitate comprehensive and systematic patient assessment by nurses and improve clinical handover and communication.
Stepped-wedge cluster randomised control trial.
A convenience sample of seven metropolitan and one regional tertiary referral hospitals across two Australian states will participate.
Maridulu Budyari Gumal (SPHERE) Big Ideas Grant 2022:
https://www.thesphere.com.au/news/big-ideas-grant-recipient
New South Wales Nursing and Midwifery Strategy Reserve Funding 2021/2022
Nursing Research Institute
Professor Sandy Middleton, Adjunct Professor Elizabeth McInnes, Susan Whittam, Benjamin McElduff, Jake McMahon, Sarah Walsh, Mark Liu
Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (SPHERE)
Associate Professor Caleb Ferguson, Dr Gemma McErlean, Associate Professor Bronwyn Everett, Professor Steven Frost, Ainslie Cahill AM
New South Wales
Victoria
University Partners
We would like to acknowledge the valuable contribution of the nursing unit managers, nursing executives, nurses, doctors, and others who assisted with our trial. Without their contribution, this trial would not have been possible.
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