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David Southern Merit Award This entitles the winner to $1500 towards attending the national conference and one year membership. (Not awarded in 2011)
Health Management Prize.
This is awarded annually by the Flinders University Department of Health Care Management Examinations Board, on the recommendation of the Head of the Department of Health Care Management and the team of Health Care Management staff involved in supervising health care management projects and research.
The 2011 winner was Anne-Marie Gillard from Aged Care and Housing Group.
Anne-Marie receiving her award from David Swan CE SA Health. EFM Innovation and Excellence Award
Innovation is about the implementation of new and improved practices within a sector of an industry or across the industry value chain. Innovation is not solely about invention. It is about realising the creativity of people by embracing and capitalising on doing things in a different way to bring about beneficial and sustainable change. This new and important award recognises innovation and excellence by individuals and teams working in health and aged care in South Australia that have made an outstanding contribution to improving the health management operations of an organisation or system within an organisation. The award comprises $1000.00 cash. The aims of the Award are to: • encourage people to write up their own work • foster awareness of innovative ideas and concepts that lead to excellence in health management service delivery • promote discussion and learning among health service management practitioners.
This year's winner - the team from the Central and Northern Adelaide local health networks led by Gillian Bartley for the implementation of integrated falls assessment clinics servicing older people in the that resulted in less ambulance calls, emergency department presentations and admissions. The Council felt that this award crossed over all of the health care sectors.
SA Branch Merit Award for Innovation and Excellence.
We also awarded an extra award as we found it hard to pick one winner and that was the ACHSM SA Branch Merit Award for Innovation and Excellence. It was awarded to the Women’s and Children’s Hospital physiotherapy project that improved the health and fitness and reduced admission for cystic fibrosis patients through targetted intensive ambulatory physiotherapy.
Angela Potter from WCH receiving the award from Ellen Nobbs and Mark Diamond.