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care FULLY EPWORTH HEALTHCARE ANNUAL REPORT 2014 1 To treat a patient CAREFULLY is to address ALL ASPECTS of their PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL wellbeing It’s about DIGNITY COMPASSION & RESPECT. 2 3 About us / 4 President’s report / 6 Group Chief Executive’s report / 8 Year at a glance / 10 Our Executive and Board / 12 Our Patients / 14 Contents Our Staff / 24 Our Doctors / 34 Strategic service development / 42 Education / 50 Research / 62 Robust governanace and risk management / 76 Caring for our community / 82 Epworth Medical Foundation / 90 49 “I HAVE AN EXCELLENT RAPPORT WITH GRAHAM... WE TALK ABOUT THE SCIENCE OF THE BRAIN, HE’S ALWAYS VERY POSITIVE ABOUT THE 81 FUTURE AND KNOWS HOW 23 IMPORTANT THERAPY, SKILLS 52 17 “IT’S WONDERFUL THAT AND STRATEGY ARE.” EPWORTH CAN OFFER “I FEEL A LOT BETTER NOW. SUCH NEW TECHNIQUES I’VE BEEN TRAVELLING A LOT FOR TO HELP PREVENT ANY MY WORK, SO I WOULDN’T HAVE POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS FELT LIKE DOING THAT OTHERWISE.” IN THE FUTURE.” 55 59 “PATIENTS AVOID UNNECESSARY EXPOSURE TO BLOOD PRODUCTS, MINIMISE 37 BLOOD LOSS AND OPTIMISE THEIR 21 BLOOD VOLUME AND TOLERANCE 61 72 “PEOPLE WHO I OF ANAEMIA.” HAVEN’T TOLD “THE IDEA IS TO REDUCE THE RISK ABOUT MY CANCER OF MISSED CARE, WHICH HAPPENS WOULDN’T KNOW I BECAUSE OF UNPREDICTABLE WAS GOING THROUGH EVENTS IN WARDS AND PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY.” 28 32 GETTING BUSY.” 96 “WE SAW THE WORK THAT EPWORTH WAS DOING 47 AND WE KNEW THAT’S 41 WHERE WE WANTED 45 “THE NEW CT 70 TO MAKE A DONATION.” “I SPENT FIVE DAYS AT ENSURES WE EPWORTH RICHMOND PROVIDE 88 85 AFTER MY SURGERY AND OUTSTANDING I REMEMBER WAKING IMAGE QUALITY UP AND REALISING THE WITH GUARANTEED PAIN THAT I HAD WAS ULTRA-LOW COMPLETELY GONE. RADIATION FOR IT WAS INCREDIBLE.” PATIENTS.” 75 4 5 About Us CONTINUING OUR TRADITION OF PATIENT CARE Epworth HealthCare has remained dedicated to providing More recently, Epworth Pathology has collection centres outstanding patient care since its founding in 1920, as a at every Epworth site and our new partnership with Sonic 25-bed Methodist hospital. Epworth’s development into Healthcare and Epworth Medical Imaging, provides patients Victoria’s largest private not-for-profit healthcare provider with access to advanced medical imaging services at during its more than nine decades serving the Victorian Epworth Freemasons and Epworth Camberwell. Likewise, community has only strengthened its commitment to caring. Epworth’s new mental health service, Epworth Clinic, provides comprehensive mental health care and All aspects of Epworth’s development during this time rehabilitation from its base at Epworth Camberwell. have been about creating improved facilities and services, comprehensive clinical education and world-leading Since establishment of the nursing school in 1921 Epworth research to improve patient outcomes. has retained its focus on professional development and its history as a teaching hospital means the organisation Epworth has a proud history of innovation in technology attracts and retains a team of dedicated, high-calibre and services, achieving many medical ‘firsts’ and introducing staff and doctors. Epworth partners with key universities new technologies to Victorian, and Australian healthcare. and TAFE colleges across Victoria as well as healthcare From the first specialist area, established in the mid-1960s, providers internationally, to offer unparalleled opportunities Epworth now has more than 40 clinical specialities that in clinical practice, research and education. draw medical specialists with nationally, and often internationally, recognised reputations for excellence. Epworth’s commitment to research as a means to continually improve patient outcomes is also undertaken Significant building projects and investment in equipment in partnership with leading universities and research bodies and technology have been undertaken over the years, within Victoria, Australia and worldwide. Research activity growing Epworth from a small facility on Richmond Hill at Epworth is also supported by the Clinical Institutes, to a multidisciplinary healthcare service spread across the Victor Smorgon Epworth Education and Research metropolitan Melbourne. This includes Epworth Institute, the Clinical Trials and Research Centre and Richmond, Epworth Freemasons, Epworth Eastern, Epworth’s affiliation with the Cleveland Clinic. Epworth Camberwell, Epworth Brighton and Epworth Hawthorn. Epworth also now operates a range of For more than 90 years patients and doctors alike have specialty clinics, including the Women’s and Men’s chosen Epworth. Today Epworth is setting the standard Health Clinics, the Breast Clinic, Epworth HealthCheck for private healthcare in Victoria – for the next 90 years and Epworth’s Specialist Centres. and beyond. 6 7 President’s REPORT The 2013/14 financial year was a period of improving This will be a world class health precinct; delivering Ms Judy Leitch retired from her Board position and as the care we provide our patients through extending our a new approach to healthcare, teaching and research a member of the Audit and Compliance Committee and reach and services, enabling our staff and doctors to be incorporating purpose-designed training programs Chair of the Patient Care Committee in November 2013. their best, delivering excellence in clinical services and and integrating learning facilities within clinical areas Judy commenced on the Epworth Board of Management building the facilities that support these goals. of the hospital. in September 2008. Epworth’s new mental health service, Epworth Clinic, New consulting suites and retraining centre at Both Judy and Peter provided sound advice, guidance has provided Victorian patients with a 63 bed facility Epworth Hawthorn and the refurbished rehabilitation and support during their time on the Board and I extend and team of highly-experienced consultant psychiatrists, Unit B at Epworth Camberwell have significantly my sincere thanks to them on behalf of the Board. mental health nurses and allied health staff. The clinic, broadened and enhanced the service we provide In November, we welcomed Ms Janet Matton to the located at Epworth Camberwell, creates unique treatment our rehabilitation patients. Epworth Board of Management and also as a member programs tailored to individual patient needs. Likewise the many milestones reached in our of the Finance Committee and Patient Care Committee. Our first medical imaging service, Epworth Medical redevelopment of Epworth Freemasons and Epworth Janet previously held the role of Vice President of Imaging, in partnership with Sonic Healthcare, has Richmond in 2013/14 are moving Epworth closer to Operations and Transformation for IBM Australia/New grown significantly since its launch. With sites at Epworth delivering the advanced clinical and diagnostic facilities Zealand and brings to Epworth her extensive international Freemasons and Epworth Camberwell, the service is required for the changing needs of tomorrow’s patients. experience in the IT industry and in business management. providing our patients with the latest in diagnostic As part of our process to periodically review the Dr John Zelcer joined the Epworth Board of Management imaging that is producing excellent results. Strategic Plan, the Board and Executive are currently in April 2014 and also as member of the Patient Care During the 2013/14 financial year, Epworth has working to build on and refine the plan to further reinforce Committee. John is a medical practitioner and healthcare broadened its horizons to increase collaborations our commitment to our patients. The Epworth Strategic strategy consultant whose distinguished record of service with leading medical research institutes, universities Plan 2015–2017 will centre on creating a clear vision of, spans more than 35 years, covering the private, public and research groups. Our partnership with the Ovarian and a shared commitment to our patients, with a focus and not-for-profit sectors. Cancer Research Foundation (OCRF) has allowed on care and experience, research and teaching As a not-for-profit organisation, we rely on the support of cancer researchers direct access to Epworth clinical Our Group Chief Executive, Alan Kinkade and Executive our donors, beneficiaries and ongoing fundraising efforts facilities, to help expedite lab-based research into team are working to articulate the agreed strategic priority to ensure we are able to continue caring for our patients better outcomes for patients. areas into goals, objectives, actions and measures. well into the future. The Epworth Medical Foundation has A Commonwealth grant of $6.4 million in 2013 is Epworth’s revised Vision for the next three years involves facilitated a tremendous level of support for the organisation supporting the work of the Epworth Prostate Centre into creating the Epworth Experience for our patients through in 2013/14 and I would like to thank them for their efforts. 2017. These funds will help to translate research into caring with excellence, compassion and dignity. At the I would also like to thank Group Chief Executive, Alan more effective and efficient diagnosis, prognosis and core of Epworth’s refreshed Purpose remains a dedication Kinkade and the Executive team for their hard work and treatments for prostate cancer – the most commonly to improving the patient experience, their health and all of our staff and doctors who deliver each day on our diagnosed cancer in Australia – and deliver substantial wellbeing, through integrating clinical practice with commitment to excellence in patient care. benefits to patients, their families and the community. education and research. Likewise our continued investment in our facilities The Board farewelled two members during the 2013/14 ensures we are able to meet our strategic research financial year, after five years each of dedicated service and teaching objectives, for the benefit of our patients. to the organisation. Our shared vision with Deakin University to develop an Mr Peter Hay retired from his Board position and also academic teaching hospital for the Geelong region is as a member of the Finance Committee in October Mrs Janet Latchford being realised, with the project achieving significant 2013.