Press Releases

Alison forms part of the MIRI team as Principal Research Fellow in Research Capacity Development. She has a special interest in randomised controlled trials, falls prevention, rural and remote models of care and integration of primary and secondary care. We congratulate Alison on her recent publishing of the following articles: Occupational Therapist led environmental assessment… [Read More]

Mackay Base Hospital has recruited the highest number of randomised patients across a Australia and New Zealand wide clinical trial considering outcomes for elderly patients presenting with wrist fractures. Over 24 months the study, ‘CROSSFIRE’, ran across 19 hospitals in Australia and New Zealand and was one of the first trials to be supported locally… [Read More]

Clinicians in Dysart, Moranbah, Clermont, Proserpine, Bowen and Collinsville have recently completed their second round of high fidelity trauma/TEMSU Simulation Training, as part of the Glencore Rural Trauma Enhancement Project. This simulation training utilises the existing virtual emergency support system model, and is a combination of high fidelity simulation training in Trauma and coaching in the… [Read More]

MIRI partners with the University of Melbourne, the European Implementation Collaborative, the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration and others to support the Global Evidence and Implementation Summit – 22-24 October 2018. The Global Evidence and Implementation Summit 2018 (GEIS) will bring together experts from across the world to talk about their experiences in generating and… [Read More]

Rural health service practitioners have recently completed simulated trauma training as part of the Enhancing Rural Trauma Response Project. The project comes as a result of a partnership between the Mackay Institute of Research and Innovation (MIRI) and Glencore, who have invested $100,000 towards trauma care skills development for Mackay Hospital and Health Service (Mackay… [Read More]