Celebrating virtual care Clinicians working in virtual care recently celebrated Virtual Care Awareness Week through a series of webinars. The week, which ran from October 16 to October 22 brings attention each year to virtual care and the increasingly important role it’s playing across healthcare. Acting Clinical Director NSLHD Virtual Care Service Pearl Wang said the week brings important attention to the role virtual care currently plays as well as the role it has in the future of healthcare. “Virtual Care Awareness Week allows us to reflect on our successes, but also to learn from the experience of others so we can NSLHD Chief Executive Anthony Schembri visited the Virtual Hospital based at Royal North Shore Hospital
continue to develop our services to better meet the healthcare needs of Australians,” she said. Pearl said that virtual care enables improved accessibility to healthcare, and she hopes that it will continually enable those in the community to receive the appropriate care from the comfort of their living areas. “I’m very passionate about the potential virtual care has to improve access to healthcare for vulnerable groups, people living in rural areas and those with weakened immune systems or mobility issues,” she said.
RNSH steps up its investment in research pipeline A collection of up-and-coming research leaders will have the chance to travel and extend their professional development thanks to an injection of funds from the RNSH Scientific Staff Council. The council has awarded 11 grants to scientists working within the district and the Kolling Institute. The group of young leaders is driving
research into cancer, chronic pain, and heart disease, as well as gynaecology, spinal cord injuries and musculoskeletal conditions. Their work is helping to broaden our understanding of these complex conditions, and importantly, improve long term health outcomes. The funding will go to cancer researchers Lionel Leck, Bilal Malik and Josef Gillson, pain researchers Karin Aubrey and Alessandra Marcelo, and gynaecology investigator Helena Obermair. Funding will also go to musculoskeletal
Investigative research at the Kolling Institute
researchers Xiaoqian and Elham Vafa, heart disease scientist Weiqian Lee, physics specialist Danielle Chrystall and neuro psychology investigator Ilaria Pozzato, who is driving some innovative research into spinal
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