Johanna Westbrook

Patient safety and health informatics

[Magda Raban @magdazr]

Very exciting news! We found out last week that our #ARC Discovery Project #DP25 was successful. We'll be setting up a digital platform to capture #consumer experiences of #agedcare.

Shout out to the team: @JWestbrook91 @DrAmyDNguyen A/Prof Annie Lau

https://t.co/HAiv5YSS7M

[Australian Institute of Health Innovation @AIHI_MQ]

Come and visit us at the @gerontologyau conference! Look for the big red sign (booth 20) and chat with us about how research is improving the safety and quality of aged care. We will be here everyday! @nas_wabe @DrAmyDNguyen
#ageingwell #patientsafety #agedcare

[Australian Institute of Health Innovation @AIHI_MQ]

A lot of people at #ISQua2024 have asked us about optimising eMM systems. Here’s how from Prof ⁦@JWestbrook91 and ⁦@magdazr⁩ Macquarie University - Health Innovation Series https://t.co/u8PnEokebS

[Magda Raban @magdazr]

📢Hot off the press:

Consumer perspectives of #antibiotic use in residential #agedcare - a mixed methods review (led by Dr Raj Gyawali):

https://t.co/QTkyrYOL2b

#antimicrobialresistance #AMR #nursinghomes

[Australian Institute of Health Innovation @AIHI_MQ]

This systematic analysis from @JBraithwaite1 and @YvonneZurynski assesses the current and projected capacity for health systems to cope with climate change. In Nature Climate Change with @JWestbrook91 @EnricoCoiera K-Lynn Smith @Nature #climatechange

https://t.co/tNrynxE0nF

[Australian Institute of Health Innovation @AIHI_MQ]

'The dangers of copying a previous order. Don’t be a copycat.'
New electronic medication system 'system optimisation' and 'user tips' from @JWestbrook91 @magdazr #Medtwitter #patientsafety
https://t.co/Rqv4pek7FA

[Magda Raban @magdazr]

Important work from @MeulenbroeksI

@AIHI_MQ @JWestbrook91

[Nature Medicine @NatureMedicine]

#LLMs can translate the archaic language of pharmacy prescriptions into plain English, but reducing medication errors will require interventions that go further. News & Views from Johanna Westbrook & colleagues @JWestbrook91 @AIHI_MQ @Macquarie_Uni
https://t.co/91ghSzvaMI

[Australian Institute of Health Innovation @AIHI_MQ]

Read about the first dynamic fall risk prediction and monitoring tool for #agedcare. Real-time fall risk predictions, personalised insights, and actionable recommendations. By integrating it into e-health records, we’re revolutionising fall management.

https://t.co/La7ixjmrlU

[Prof Jill Maben @nursingpolicy]

Our new paper- free to access just published- 2 year realist synthesis- NIHR Care Under Pressure 2 Project- causes of poor psychological health in nurses, midwives and paramedics and interventions to mitigate: https://t.co/3M3i3lU0fM @WOW_Surrey @CathTaylor72 @KarenMattick

[Amy Nguyen @DrAmyDNguyen]

Quality of life is now one of the quality indicators in aged care. Translating tools that measure it into various languages is important to ensure all perspectives are more accurately captured. Here’s how we did this: https://t.co/sEO6lz5G4b

[Amy Nguyen @DrAmyDNguyen]

Quality of life is now one of the quality indicators in aged care. Translating tools that measure it into various languages is important to ensure all perspectives are more accurately captured. Here’s how we did this: https://t.co/sEO6lz5G4b

[Nas Wabe @nas_wabe]

Fresh off the press! Check out our newest paper on dynamic falls prediction in JAMIA! @ACER_MQ @AIHI_MQ @JWestbrook91

Development and internal validation of a dynamic fall risk prediction and monitoring tool in... - https://t.co/M14tR9PFuN #ScholarAlerts

[Johanna Westbrook @JWestbrook91]

Our new paper on: Risk factors associated with medication administration errors in children highlights the dangers of IV medications, oral medications requiring solvents and increased errors among children >11 @magdazr @AIHI_MQ @lli_sydney
https://t.co/bASyXWsrWr

[Medication Safety @meds_safety]

New paper from Dr Adam Sutherland @MedsSafety and @GM_PSRC has provided insights into the complex system of medication safety for children in hospital and has facilitated the identification of potential contributory factors to adverse drug events
.https://t.co/uXBeRbRCxx

[Iain Buchan @profbuchan]

Time to move from passive, ad hoc surveillance to active, data-driven management of medicines-related harms in health systems: https://t.co/F8KP2VX1Bc

[Australian Institute of Health Innovation @AIHI_MQ]

Are people in #agedcare receiving the right care at the right time? Our research, published today in @BioMedCentral, shows there's room for improving the evidence-based care we offer our most vulnerable. @JBraithwaite1 @peter_hibbert @JWestbrook91 https://t.co/juhFCJMWXq

[Prof Jill Maben @nursingpolicy]

See our new FREE open access realist review paper re what drives unprofessional behaviours between staff - focussing not only on individual characteristics! @Graham_P_Martin @MaryDixonWoods @WOW_Surrey @JWestbrook91 @KarenMattick @AmyCEdmondson

[Ryan D McMullan @RDMcMullan]

In this study we examined data from an online reporting tool across 8 Australian hospitals to learn more about who reports what about whom when it comes to unprofessional behaviour. @lli_sydney @JWestbrook91
https://t.co/iZ3i1Xp5JL

[Johanna Westbrook @JWestbrook91]

Congratulations to Prof Reema Harrison and her team awarded a Premier’s outstanding cancer research award for improving equitable outcomes through cancer research for the CanEngage project @AIHI_MQ @reemaharrison @JBraithwaite1