Low Res MH Quality Account 2018 FINAL

04 Monash Health
About Monash Health
Monash Health provides
care to around a quarter
of Victorians at every
stage of their life. With the
health and wellbeing
of so many people in
our hands, we strove to
provide every patient with
excellence in each of the
3.9m episodes of care in
2017-18 (3.6m in 2016-17).
With more than
17,000
employees
operating across over
40 sites
Monash Health is Victoria’s largest
public health service.
Monash Medical Centre began
operation 30 years ago with the
amalgamation of Prince Henry’s and
Queen Victoria Hospitals to serve
Melbourne’s expanding population
in the south east. Now, along with
Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre,
Dandenong, Casey, Kingston, Monash
Children’s and Moorabbin Hospitals,
Monash Health provides the full range
of emergency and acute services from
birth to end of life.
We improve the health of our community through:
Our values:
integrity
compassion
accountability
respect
excellence
• Prevention and early intervention
• Community-based treatment and rehabilitation
• Highly specialised surgical and medical diagnosis, treatment and
monitoring services
• Hospital and community-based mental health services
• Sub-acute, aged care and palliative care programs
• Research, education and teaching the next generation of healthcare
professionals
• Regional and state-wide specialist services.
The Monash Health Translational Precinct (MHTP), an alliance between
Monash Health, Monash University and the Hudson Institute of Medical
Research, had 1135 active research projects in 2017-18. Funding includes $15.3
million from the National Health and Medical Research Council and $20
million for commercially-sponsored clinical trials from leading pharmaceutical
and biotechnology companies. Life changing medical research is being
brought to the bedside with innovative projects - such as home-based cancer
treatments and the use of virtual reality to alleviate anxiety in our youngest
consumers - just two examples of the new thinking fuelling our work.
Monash Health is a major provider of education and training for the next
generation of doctors, nurses and other health professionals. This is achieved
through our partnerships with Monash, LaTrobe and Deakin Universities.