Excellence awards
Background
Purpose and overview
Introduced in 2015,the Continuous Quality Improvement Excellence Awards highlight excellence and outstanding performance at both an individual and team/unit levels and are open to employees, non-government officers, and community members.
These awards celebrate the quality of care, engagement, dedication and compassion of all who are making a notable contribution to our diverse health service.
Nominations are assessed against criteria and the extent to which the nomination aligns with the organisations vision “Healthy people and healthy communities in the Torres Strait, Northern Peninsula Area and Cape York.”
Categories - nominations may fall under one of these suggested categories
- Improvement in Consumer and Community Engagement
- Improvement in Partnership/s Development
- Improvement in Chronic Disease Management
- Improvement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
- Improvement in Health Service Delivery
- Improvement in Health Service Communication and Collaboration
- Innovative Health Care Improvement
- Improvement in Patient Safety
- Improvement in Health Service Quality
- Exemplary Health Care Leadership
- Improvement in Health Service Efficiency
How to nominate
- Complete the Nomination form (PDF, 705 kB).
- Collate any supporting evidence.
- Send your nomination form and supporting evidence to:
email: TCHHS-QSR@health.qld.gov.au
post: Quality Safety and Risk Unit, PO Box 5607, Cairns QLD 4870
Hall of fame
2019 | ||
|---|---|---|
 Alex Monckton (right) Improvement in Health Service Communication and Collaboration |  Richard “Ollie” Olearzyck (right) Improvement in Health Service Communication and Collaboration |  Primary Health Care Information Systems and Support team Improvement in Health Service Communication and Collaboration |
2018 | ||
 Barbara Moffatt and Phillipa Sibley, Medical Record administrators for Improvement in Health Service Quality |  Margaret Whitehead, CNC Diabetes Educator for Improvement in Chronic Disease Management |  Bamaga Primary Health Care Centre for Improvement in Health Service Delivery |
2017 | ||
 Quality Data Officer Thomas Meredith and Occupational Health and Safety Senior Advisor Nareen Edmonds for Implementing RiskMan software across the Torres and Cape HHS |  Pathology Unit Thursday Island for Improvement in Health Service Delivery | |
2016 | ||
 Telepharmacy Project Group for Improvement in Health Service Quality |  ENT Working Group for Improvement in Health Service Delivery |  Badu Island Adult Health Checks for Improvement in Health Service Efficiency |
2015 | ||
 Bamaga Hospital for Improvement in Health Service Quality |  John Dick, Kowanyama PHCC for Safety and Quality |  Cooktown Hospital for Improvement in Patient Safety |
 Napranum PHCC for Improvement in Consumer and Community Engagement | ||
Last updated: 15 February 2019
