Victoria (Vicki) Morwood
Coordinator Safety & Risk - Coronial & Death Management at Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Bachelor Laws (1st Class Honours); Bachelor Business- Health Information Management; PRINCE 2 Foundation & Practitioner Project Management
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Experience
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Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service
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Australia
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Hospitals and Health Care
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500 - 600 Employee
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Coordinator Safety & Risk - Coronial & Death Management
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Feb 2017 - Present
As the Coordinator for Safety & Risk, I am the key liaison point between Queensland Health - Sunshine Coast Hospital & Health Service (SCHHS) and the Coroners Office/Queensland Courts. I assist in managing the storage, access and dissemination of all clinical & administrative documentation relevant to all in-hospital coronial deaths across all facilities within the Sunshine Coast Hospital & Health Service. I play an important role in managing a death database that captures all in-hospital deaths, inclusive of both coronial and non-coronial hospital deaths. This information is used by the Health Service to evaluate their standard of care against best practice measures, identify opportunities for improvement and assess risks associated with clinical practice. This position assists the CNC Risk and Safety and the Medical Lead in managing an organisation wide Morbidity & Mortality Review framework to support clinical staff in fostering a best practice mortality review culture. This position is a central administrative liaison point between medical, nursing, allied health, administrative, patients, families, mortuary technicians and legal stakeholders in effectively managing our deceased population with care, dignity, respect, integrity and efficiency ensuring all sensitive confidential information relevant to the deceased is managed within the Queensland State Government legislative framework and QHealth policies, procedures and standards.
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Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service
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Australia
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Hospitals and Health Care
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300 - 400 Employee
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Manager, Health Information Services
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May 2016 - Jan 2017
I am an expert point of reference within the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service (CHHHS) interpreting and providing advice to Business and Service Managers on compliance with ethical, legal, regulatory and best practice standards, relevant to clinical records management informing ongoing business requirements. I play a key role in managing the eHealth agenda overseeing the transition from paper-based to electronic records, record business classifications and as Data Custodian for CHHHS, I operationally manage the integration of electronic records into clinical business areas within the Health Service. I am responsible for the provision of efficient health information management including clinical records management, clinical forms design, data quality management to ensure statewide strategic objectives are met, patient safety is optimized and clinical records management meet best practice standards. I am responsible for management, dissemination, storage, retention, access and privacy of clinical records. I oversee the departmental budget with approximately 35 administrative staff reporting to the position. I aim to drive the business towards future technologies associated with information management including centralized records scanning, integrated systems maintenance and associated training. I also hold expertise in administrative records management, tailoring business classifications to suit operational needs in compliance with the Public Records Act 2002 (Qld), Queensland State Archives and QHealth Governance requirements.
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James Cook University
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Australia
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Bachelor of Laws (1st Class Honours)/University Academic Medal (Coursework)
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Feb 2013 - 2017
I hold a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from James Cook University. I completed my Honours Thesis attaining a High Distinction. I have a keen interest in the tort of Negligence, Personal Injury and Health Law, Consumer Information Access, Administrative Law, Commercial and Criminal Law. I would like to work in a challenging and rewarding environment, where I can combine my information management expertise with my legal skills to give value back to the community. I hold strong values of social justice and would like to work in a practice that is passionate about supporting the community both locally and globally. For an indication of my current areas of legal strength please refer to Honours, Awards and publications as listed below.
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Supreme Court Librarian - part-time
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Oct 2015 - May 2016
Librarian duties, filing, assisting local professionals, research, cataloguing. Librarian duties, filing, assisting local professionals, research, cataloguing.
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Queensland Health
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Australia
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Information Architect
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2010 - 2011
I was the Information Architect responsible for the clinical and administrative information architecture requirements for the Sunshine Coast University Hospital Project. Expertise in Health Information Management, encompassing both electronic and paper-based systems in the health arena. Expertise in casemix analysis. Played a pivotal role in assisting SCUH project management with information management and operational planning to support the corporate strategy. Tailored the QHealth Business Classification Scheme to manage administrative records across key priority areas to meet operational requirements. Developed Policies and Procedures to support administrative records management in compliance with Public Records Act 2002(Qld), Queensland State Archives and QHealth Governance.
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Health Information Manager
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1994 - 2011
My roles primarily focused upon leadership of administrative and health information management staff, implementation of the eDS (electronic discharge summary project), roll-out and implementation of ICD-10-AM, advice on the iEMR (integrated electronic medical record project), leading and training staff in medical terminology programs, the management, storage, retention, release, format, dissemination of all clinical information pursuant to relevant legislative and best practice standards for access and use, by both internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective and efficient Health Information Management business delivery.
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Education
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2017 - 2017
University of the Sunshine Coast
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (1st Class Hons), Law -
2013 - 2016
James Cook University
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (1st Class Hons)/ University Academic Medal (coursework), Law -
1990 - 1993
Queensland University of Technology
Bachelor Business Health Information Management, Health/Health Care Administration/Management -
1985 - 1989
Immanuel Lutheran College
Senior Schooling
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