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Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane

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The P.A. Hospital Foundation is located at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. The foundation raises money for medical research on the P.A. Hospital campus. In April 2008, the Diamantina Institute for Cancer, Immunology and Metabolic Medicine was opened at the hospital. In July 2011, the Diamantina
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It was the first hospital in Queensland to be fully digitised in 2016, a process led by Dr Stephen Ayre, a former general practitioner, who was then the executive director. Observations and vital signs from patient monitoring devices are automatically uploaded to patient records. All records are
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Major milestones for the hospital included: opening of its first short-stay medical assessment unit in 1960, dialysis unit in 1963, ICU in 1964 (which was a 12-bed bay in the operating theatre recovery area), spinal unit in 1965, renal transplant unit in 1969, and coronary care unit in 1971.
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Academic Health Science System, also housed within the Translational Research Institute on the Princess Alexandra Hospital campus. The hospital is the state centre of excellence for renal transplant, liver transplant, trauma surgery and spinal injuries.
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Queensland's spinal injuries unit and the liver and kidney transplantation services are based at the hospital. The Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit opened in 1998. In the following years the unit performed more than 10,000 operations.
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and by buses on Ipswich Road or Cornwall Street. A taxi rank is also located on Ipswich Road. In March 2008 a new 1400 bay car park was opened to service visitors and staff parking needs.
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on the P.A. Hospital campus. In mid-2014, the Diamantina Health Partners joined with the Mayne Health Science Alliance and Children's Health Queensland to form the
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teaching hospital with all major medical and surgical specialities onsite except for obstetrics, gynaecology, paediatrics, and
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From 2009 to 2011 major expansion works were undertaken, including the doubling in size of the
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In 1959, it became the Princess Alexandra Hospital and was opened by and named after HRH
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visible to all clinicians. Within a year this resulted in significant benefits:
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The hospital is built on the site of the 1883 Diamantina Orphanage, named after
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early identification of deteriorating patients went up by 59%.
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17% fewer emergency readmissions within 28 days of discharge,
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drug costs per weighted activity unit came down by 14%,
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14% fewer drug administration and monitoring errors
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Princess Alexandra Hospital (Brisbane)
Queensland Health
Government of Queensland

Ipswich Road
Woolloongabba
Coordinates
27°29′57″S 153°02′00″E / 27.4993°S 153.0332°E / -27.4993; 153.0332
Type
Teaching hospital
Tertiary
Affiliated university
University of Queensland
Network
Queensland Health
Helipads
Helipad
ICAO
metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au
Hospitals in Australia
teaching hospital
University of Queensland
Brisbane
Queensland
tertiary level
medical genetics
Magnet Recognition
Ipswich Road
Woolloongabba
History of the Princess Alexandra Hospital

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