The Centre for Education and Workforce Development (CEWD) is the organisation that provides staff training and education courses for the South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) and the Sydney Local Health District (SLHD). In 2013 the two districts, who originally shared a lot of the same resources and organisations, like CEWD, completed the split and…
In 2009 the Clinical Excellence Commission implemented a new patient observation chart system for use throughout the NSW public hospital system. The new charts use yellow and red coloured ‘danger’ zones, on the upper and lower portions of the chart, to show if a patient is deteriorating over time and to prompt nursing staff to initiate…
CIAP – or Clinical Information Access Portal – is a website that provides access to clinical information and resources help medical staff provide the best possible care at the bedside. It is available free to all NSW Health staff, although its mainly clinical information so is generally of interest to medical staff only. It was…
The Australian Resource Centre for Healthcare Innovations, or ARCHI for short, is a national information sharing and networking service for health professionals. health More than just a source of information, ARCHI actively supports the learning process for health professionals by promoting discussion, sharing tools and resources as well as connecting people. In 2010 they decided…
This project was designed for the Centre for Genetics Education. The CGE is a health agency of the NSW Department of Health that provides information and counselling on genetic testing and genetic conditions, and what treatment options are available. In 2009 they came to me asking for a new logo and branding for their suite of information booklets, brochures…
This was one of my favourite projects that I did while at the NSW Department of Health. In 2008 the department implemented a free vision screening program for kids in NSW when they are four years old, before they start school. The program aims to pick up any vision problems that kids might have and correct them…
This was a project that I worked on in 2008 at the NSW Department of Health to help promote the recently published Clinical Guidelines for Nursing and Midwifery Practice in NSW. In particular, the project officer wanted to highlight the guidelines for nurses working with patients with drug and alcohol issues and what care they…
One of the first projects I worked on when I first started as a graphic designer at the NSW Department of Health in 2007 was the Physical Health Care for Mental Health Consumer guidelines. The policy document outlined the benefits of exercise for people living with a mental health condition. The brief was to design…
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