Annual Report 2015
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EPWORTH HEALTHCARE ANNUAL REPORT 2015 IN NOALLVA THATTION EXCEWE DOLL ENCE COMFOR POURASS ION CAPATIENTSRE EPWORTH HEALTHCARE ANNUAL REPORT 2015 IN ALL THAT WE DO FOR OUR PATIENTS At Epworth, our patients are at the centre of everything we do. We embrace innovation in clinical practice, education and research to provide our patients the best possible outcome and experience — everywhere, every day. THE ONE GOAL THAT DRIVES EVERYTHING WE DO IS IMPROVING THE LIVES OF PATIENTS. We are committed to providing the best in patient diagnosis and treatment, and delivering high quality clinical care and services. 2 CONTENTS ABOUT US DELIVERING OUR ↗ 5 EXCELLENCE THROUGH PATIENTS INNOVATION PRESIDENT’S REPORT ↗ 6 ↗ 18 ↗ 26 GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S REPORT ↗ 8 OUR STRATEGIC PLAN ↗ 12 YEAR AT A GLANCE ↗ 14 BOARD OF MANAGEMENT OUR OUR ↗ 16 PEOPLE DOCTORS GROUP EXECUTIVE ↗ 17 ↗ 36 ↗ 46 3 BUILDING IMPROVING FOCUS AND SERVICE HEALTHCARE THROUGH ON DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH EDUCATION ↗ 54 ↗ 66 ↗ 84 OUR COMMITMENT CARING FOR EPWORTH TO QUALITY AND RISK OUR COMMUNITY MEDICAL FOUNDATION MANAGEMENT ↗ 92 ↗ 96 ↗ 104 4 4 5 ABOUT US Delivering excellence in diagnosis, treatment, care and rehabilitation. Epworth is an innovator, embracing the latest evidence-based medicine to pioneer treatments to patient care. We have proudly delivered on our promise of providing Eastern, Epworth Freemasons, Epworth Hawthorn quality-focused healthcare to our community for 95 years. and Epworth Richmond, as well as specialist centres From our humble beginnings as a small intermediate hospital in Melbourne City, Berwick and Lilydale. In 2016 we will housed at Richmond Hill in 1920 we’ve grown to become extend this care as we open our new teaching hospital, Victoria’s largest not-for-profit private healthcare group. Epworth Geelong, in partnership with Deakin University. It is our exceptional standard of care that has taken We will continue to embrace new technologies, expand us this far and will continue to lead us into the future. our many services for patients that need them most and always put our patients at the centre of every decision Our patients have access to our care through our various and action. sites across Melbourne including Epworth Brighton, Epworth Camberwell, Epworth Cliveden, Epworth Excellence. Everywhere. Every day. 6 7 PRESIDENT’S REPORT Across a broad spectrum of measures, the past year has been one of much progress and success at Epworth HealthCare. As an organisation, Epworth is committed to the principle Through the Epworth Geelong development in partnership of continuous improvement and contained within this with Deakin University we will link clinical practice with Annual Report are the significant achievements that teaching and research. punctuate this year in review. We are also partnering with Barwon Health in the provision of some services for public patients. We have linked with From patient satisfaction scores to staff engagement local businesses to ensure the new Epworth Geelong is surveys, outstanding accreditation ratings, growth in our truly a site built by and available for the local community medical research and teaching capabilities and progress extending to the state’s western border. in the delivery of new state-of-the-art hospital facilities, This collaborative approach is also echoed through the our 5000 Epworth employees and 2000 doctors have South West Regional Cancer Centre project as we partner delivered with distinction again this year. with South West Healthcare to offer capacity for up to These achievements are consistent with the objectives 500 patients each year from 2016. of our strategic plan which was reviewed during the year. The Epworth Richmond Lee Wing redevelopment, due to open These objectives are encapsulated in our strategic vision, in early 2016, and the Epworth Freemasons renovations The Epworth Experience — consistently delivering patient- also ensure our patients will have access to state-of-the-art centred care with compassion and dignity. Our continued facilities enabling us to provide exceptional care for our patients. commitment to this vision will lead us to our goal of being the leading patient-centred and academic healthcare After nine years on the Epworth HealthCare Board (three organisation in the Victorian private sector by 2017, with as President and three as Deputy President) in November a reputation that extends far beyond our state borders. 2014 Janet Latchford retired leaving an immense legacy. 6 7 At the time of Janet joining the Board, she, together with Success such as detailed throughout this report is Board colleagues of her time and the new management led not achieved without a strong and committed leader, by Alan Kinkade, set about firstly building a sound financial and on behalf of the Board, I wish to thank and foundation and thereafter expanding the Epworth reach congratulate our Group Chief Executive Alan Kinkade through the provision of new facilities and embracing and his executive team who work tirelessly to our commitment to research and teaching. enhance our much-treasured reputation as a hospital group of excellence. It is through the outstanding service of Janet and her strong leadership that Epworth finds itself in the position we do today. We are fortunate that we have not lost Janet’s involvement with Epworth as, following her retirement from the Board, Janet agreed to continue as Chair of the Epworth Research Institute. Upon Janet’s retirement, we welcomed Ms Laura Anderson to the Board in November 2014. Laura brings a wealth of local and international corporate experience coupled with her passion for Epworth and our commitment to the Mr Rod Fitzroy highest standards of patient care. President 8 9 GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S REPORT Epworth has a proud tradition of clinical innovation. This has been an extraordinary year for innovation ↗ In December, Epworth introduced the Calypso system and service development, while developing our people’s treating our patients with higher accuracy radiation doses capabilities and the capacity of our facilities to meet our with less toxicity. Epworth is the Australian leader in this technology. patients’ needs. This tremendous investment will ensure In May, in an Australian first, Epworth corrected a young that Epworth remains at the forefront of meeting patients’ ↗ man’s congenital jaw deformity using a bespoke 3D printed expectations for the 21st century. jaw joint, designed, developed and manufactured in Australia. This technology will transform the Australian Epworth has a proud tradition of clinical innovation. healthcare system in the coming decade. Strategically, as an academic teaching hospital, we aim to be a learning organisation improving the health and ↗ Also in May, Epworth became the first hospital in experience of every patient by integrating clinical practice Australia to use ‘Elements’ stereotactic radiosurgery with education and research. to irradiate up to ten brain metastases at the same time, remarkably improving patients’ outcomes and reducing As a consequence of executing our strategies, we are the potentially deleterious effects of other treatments on witnessing an increasing pace of innovation. We are offering the patient’s memory and brain function. our patients access to novel treatments and therapies that In March, Epworth introduced deep brain stimulation are generally not available to them in the broader Australian ↗ to treat Parkinson’s and other diseases. Our first patient healthcare system. Some of the more notable innovations from Western Australia had a device implanted which this year include: delivers electric stimulation to precisely targeted areas ↗ The increase in clinical trials and our positioning as on each side of the brain. Once implanted, tremors the first to offer many trials with novel drug and device are controlled. The surgeries for the first patient and therapies, particularly for the treatment of cancer and subsequent patients have been a resounding success. cardiac disease. 8 9 ↗ Epworth Freemasons introduced a technique known During the year, we have invested significantly in our as PRA (posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy) people, our values and our culture. Highlights include: to remove tumours of the adrenal gland through small The Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) and Leadership incisions in the back of the body instead of the front. ↗ Development programs. These programs will enable This technique introduced by Associate Professor Julie Epworth to attract and retain the best NUMs and leaders Miller avoids the abdominal cavity altogether, eliminating in the industry through recognising, rewarding, developing common side effects of bloating, slowing of bowel and supporting our people to be the best that they can be. function and shoulder-tip pain. ↗ The inaugural Cleveland Clinic Internship saw eight senior In April, Epworth became the first private hospital in ↗ nurses participate in the development experience of a Victoria to use OCT (optical coherence tomography) lifetime with the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic. for clinical application in coronary arteries. ↗ The Epworth Scholarship Fund was created over the last This emerging technology gives unprecedented views few years and now has an endowed fund in excess of of what is going on in the coronary artery, helping $10 million. This was used to finance 58 scholarships cardiologists to differentiate tissue characteristics to provide our people the opportunity to participate in a and the type of plaque present in arteries and