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NurseWest nurses recognised in special tribute 10 August 2021 Two NurseWest nurses were recognised at this year’s WA Nursing & Midwifery Excellence Awards for their dedication and service to the national COVID-19 response. At the height of the Victorian COVID-19 outbreak last year, Daniel Ndegwa and Farah Masoomian answered the call and flew to Victoria to help some of our most vulnerable Australians by working in aged care facilities with COVID-19 positive patients. Growing up in rural Kenya in a vulnerable community, Daniel experienced firsthand the devastation that can occur if a healthcare system becomes overwhelmed by infectious disease. In many instances a little help, sooner could have gone a long way, so when Melbourne needed assistance, he knew he was the man for the job. Daniel was assigned to assist a memory support unit caring for residents with dementia and memory loss. This was a challenge as all the regular staff had been q...
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From grad to Junior Application Developer Meet Elena 27 July 2021 Meet Elena Velikichevska, a Junior Application Developer in our ICT Application Design, Development and Integration team. Elena works with our customers across the WA health system to design and develop web applications and websites to enable them to better communicate with their patients and the WA community. Elena began her journey with HSS as a graduate in 2020 through the WA Health Graduate Development Program. She first completed a four-month placement in our ICT Security and Risk Management Team where she helped with the cyber security uplift initiative. “Working from home and communicating online during the COVID-19 pandemic were the most challenging parts of the placement,” Elena reflected. “Despite the challenges, I had the chance to learn about a framework for web applications and apply this knowledge to the project I worked on.” During her second placem...
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Supporting WA hospital COVID-19 vaccination clinics 23 July 2021 COVID-19 vaccination clinics at WA public hospitals have been instrumental in protecting our frontline healthcare and high-risk workers since WA’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign commenced earlier this year. Typically established within a few short hours, set up of these vaccination clinic’s is no easy feat. As the shared services centre for the WA health system, various teams across HSS have risen to the challenge of supporting our customers to set-up these clinics and often at short notice. Teams from ICT, Procurement and Supply, Workforce and Organisational Development and the VaccinateWA Program all responded to the challenge and upheld the HSS value of making a difference together. This included ensuring clinics have had access to staff who can administer vaccinations IT devices and systems to record vaccinations and make bookings for second doses training on ...
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HSS helping Western Australians get vaccinated 25 June 2021 Congratulations to the HSS VaccinateWA project team who have been hard at work leading the development and launch of the VaccinateWA registration and online booking system to the general public. This milestone is a major step forward in enabling more Western Australians in the community to book and receive their COVID-19 vaccine. The project team, comprising representatives from ICT, Transformation and Strategy, Procurement and Supply and Customer Experience, have been working with the Department of Health and the Department of Premier and Cabinet since December 2020 to create an end-to-end solution to manage vaccine inventory, record vaccine administration and track registration and bookings. Following the initial release of the VaccinateWA system in February this year as part of WA’s COVID-19 vaccination program for Phase 1a (and later 1b) cohorts, the team have been focused on ...
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Breaking down stigmas for better men's health 18 June 2021 Men's Health Week 2021(14 to 20 June) is an opportunity to raise awareness of men's health and preventable health problems by encouraging early detection and treatment of physical and mental health issues among men and boys. The health status of males in most countries, including Australia, is generally poorer than that of females. More males die at every stage through the life course, more males have accidents, more males take their own lives and more males suffer from lifestyle-related health conditions than females at the same age. To mark Men’s Health Week at HSS, ICT Service Improvement Analyst, Kiel Adam, shares his story on the challenges and positive outcomes of living with his health issues, which he hopes might encourage other men in similar situations to also seek help. How long have you been managing your mental health issues? Over the past eight years I've engaged on-a...
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27/03/2024