(From Left) Prof. Anna Rosamilia, Dr Victoria Buckley, Natalie Heriot from APFPR, Natalie Irish Nurse Manager, John Liman, from APFPR.
Monash Health has been awarded the Top Contributor in Australia to the Australasian Pelvic Floor Procedure Registry (APFPR).
The award recognises ‘early adopters’ who enter patient data into the registries and influence the successful growth of the registry. It was a multidisciplinary team effort, with Urogynaecology Fellow Dr Victoria Buckley and Surgical Liaison Nurse Manager Natalie Irish playing important roles in this impressive result.
The registry is designed to safeguard the health of people undergoing procedures which include prostheses for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP).
Professor Anna Rosamilia, Principal Investigator at Monash Health, who was instrumental in her team’s contribution, says she’s very grateful to her team for their extra work in data entry and their patients’ high participation rate.
“The registry will help inform the healthcare system and the wider community of success rates and alert for any potential areas of concern,” she adds.
Although participating in registries is voluntary and requires time and effort in addition to their regular duties, Monash Health doctors and their teams contribute to 66 Clinical Quality Registries.
Newly established registries such as the APFPR rely significantly on the engagement of early adopting clinicians to support the initial growth of the registry.
In 2023, the APFPR launched the Health Service Awards to recognise the effort and commitment of early adopting hospitals, clinicians and employees who contribute data to the APFPR.
“Hard-working clinicians are the backbone of all clinical registries. They provide clinical leadership and frequently contribute to the data collection themselves. We know and appreciate the effort it takes to find time to do this.
“Every time a patient is entered into the registry, the APFPR evolves from an early stage to a mature registry with all the opportunities that this brings,” says APFPR Chair and health services academic Professor Susannah Ahern.
The APFPR is approaching 1,000 registered patients and will release its 2023 Annual Report shortly.
Congratulations to Professor Rosamilia and the team at Monash Health for their contribution to the APFPR registry and safer, quality care for women across Australasia.
The APFPR is supported by funding from the Australian government, Department of Health and Aged Care, under the National Clinical Quality Registry Program.
Approved by: Anjali Dhulia, Chief Medical Officer