Dr Jane Fitzgibbons1, Ms Lia Traves1
1Children’s Health Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Queensland’s targeted surveillance program for children with risk factors is currently under redesign. To provide better value care and to improve geographical service equity, a new model of care is being piloted whereby Allied Health Assistants conduct hearing screening under the delegation of a supervising Audiologist.
This presentation will describe a digital workflow that has been designed to (a) simplify decision making for the Allied Health Assistants via inbuilt logic and (b) ensure efficient and paperless transfer of screening data and documentation between the Allied Health Assistant, Audiologist and the electronic medical record.
Biography:
Jane Fitzgibbons is a senior audiologist at Queensland’s Healthy Hearing Program. She holds a Master of Audiology qualification from the University of Auckland and a Doctorate in Audiology from A.T. Still University in Arizona. Jane is currently managing a project which is redesigning Queensland’s hearing surveillance program for children with risk factors, with the goal of providing higher value health care and more geographically equitable services for children and families across the state.
jane.fitzgibbons@health.qld.gov.au