Research projects
Better communication in nursing clinical handover at St Vincent’s Hospitals
About the project From 2018 to 2022, Diana Slade and the ICH team have collaborated with St Vincent’s Hospital Group to undertake a translational research and training across nine wards in three...
Improving consent procedures and shared decision making for dialysis consumers
About the project Around 13,000 Australians are currently receiving dialysis, but informed consent procedures for dialysis have received limited attention. Funded by the Canberra Health Services...
End-of-life communication at the Canberra Hospital
About the project In 2018, ICH received funding from the ANU Research School of Humanities and the Arts to conduct a pilot study on end-of-life communication in the intensive care unit (ICU) at the...
Communicating in hospital emergency departments
About the project This project investigated communication between patients and clinicians in five representative emergency departments (EDs). It recorded, analysed and described spoken interactions...
Effective communication in clinical handover
About the project This project focused on clinician-to-clinician communication in clinical handover in five hospitals across Australia. In collaboration with partner organisations and clinicians,...
Communication in acute to primary transitions of care
About the project The aim of this project, “Driving health care efficiencies and patient care outcomes by improving communication in acute to primary transitions of care,” led by Philip Della at...
Communicating for diagnostic excellence
About the program of work Diagnostic errors are a common patient safety blindspot and often involve communication breakdowns. Uncertainty is ubiquitous in the diagnostic process. Clear, accurate and...
The emergency communication Hong Kong pilot
About the project The Emergency Communication Hong Kong Pilot (also called “The patient journey through accident and emergency departments: The critical role of communication”), funded by the Hong...
Harnessing the health communication power of the early childhood sector
About the project A multidisciplinary team of internationally recognised early childhood, health and Indigenous education researchers, in partnership with influential early childhood education and...
Assessment and communication excellence for safe patient outcomes (ACCELERATE)
About the project Nurses have an important role in patient safety. Sub-optimal assessment and communication practices can lead to higher incidence of adverse events such as clinical deterioration,...
