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Acute Medical Assessment Units: Improving Care and Flow for Medical Patients - Melbourne

Published: 18 February 2009

The interface between hospital Emergency Departments and the inpatient medical wards presents many potential barriers to effective patient flow. In the context of increasing demands on hospital resources together with a reduction in the number of acute inpatient beds, many Australian and International hospitals have introduced Acute Medical Assessment Units/Medical Admission Planning Units to overcome these barriers. These units have been designed to enable rapid and effective assessment and planning for hospital admission. But do Acute Medical Assessment Units improve patient safety? How should they be integrated into existing structures? What resources are required to get them up and going and what are the barriers to successful implementation?

Time: 9.30 am to 4.30 am
Date: Friday 24 April, 2009 to Friday 24 April, 2009
Venue: Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne

For further information contact:
Name: Catherine Pound
Telephone: +61 03 9903 0891
Email: catherine.pound@med.monash.edu.au
Website: http://www.crepatientsafety.org.au/seminars/