Michael South

A call to focus on digital health technologies in hospitalized children's pain care: clinician experts' qualitative insights on optimizing electronic medical records to improve care.

Nicole Pope, Ligyana Korki de Candido, Dianne Crellin, Greta Palmer, Mike South, Denise Harrison

Journal article  |  2023  |  Pain

Most hospitalized children experience pain which is often inadequately assessed and undertreated. Exposure to undertreated childho..

Changing Epidemiology of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Australia-Delayed Re-Emergence in Victoria Compared to Western Australia/New South Wales (WA/NSW) After Prolonged Lock-Down for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Sarah McNab, Lien Anh Ha Do, Vanessa Clifford, Nigel W Crawford, Andrew Daley, Kim Mulholland, Daryl Cheng, Mike South, Greg Waller, Ian Barr, Danielle Wurzel

Journal article  |  2021  |  CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Decreased in-hospital mortality rate following implementation of a comprehensive electronic medical record system

Mike South, Daryl Cheng, Lauren Andrew, Nicholas Egan, John Carlin

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH

AIM: To evaluate changes in in-hospital mortality rate following implementation of a comprehensive electronic medical record (EMR)..

Neonatal Bacille Calmette-Guerin Vaccination and Infections in the First Year of Life: The MIS BAIR Randomized Controlled Trial

Nicole L Messina, Laure F Pittet, Kaya Gardiner, Bridget Freyne, Kate L Francis, Christel Zufferey, Veronica Abruzzo, Clare Morrison, Katrina J Allen, Katie L Flanagan, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Roy Robins-Browne, Frank Shann, Mike South, Peter Vuillermin, Susan Donath, Dan Casalaz, Nigel Curtis

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

BACKGROUND: Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination has beneficial off-target effects that may include protecting against non-my..

A digital approach in the rapid response to COVID-19-Experience of a paediatric institution

Daryl R Cheng, Andrew Coote, Mike South

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INFORMATICS

INTRODUCTION: COVID-19 has radically changed the delivery of healthcare in Australia. Central to a tertiary paediatric institution..

Electronic Task Management System: A Pediatric Institution's Experience

Daryl R Cheng, Mike South

Journal article  |  2020  |  APPLIED CLINICAL INFORMATICS

BACKGROUND: Electronic medical task management systems (ETMs) have been adopted in health care institutions to improve health care..

Action plans into action - An electronic action plan generation tool at a paediatric centre

Mark G Elliman, Peter Sloman, Mike South, Daryl R Chenga

Journal article  |  2020  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INFORMATICS

BACKGROUND: Individualised Action Plans (APs) are a key management tool for paediatric asthma, allergy, anaphylaxis and eczema. Th..

Study protocol for the Melbourne Infant Study: BCG for Allergy and Infection Reduction (MIS BAIR), a randomised controlled trial to determine the non-specific effects of neonatal BCG vaccination in a low-mortality setting

Nicole L Messina, Kaya Gardiner, Susan Donath, Katie Flanagan, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Frank Shann, Roy Robins-Browne, Bridget Freyne, Veronica Abruzzo, Clare Morison, Lianne Cox, Susie Germano, Christel Zufferey, Petra Zimmermann, Katie J Allen, Peter Vuillermin, Mike South, Dan Casalaz, Nigel Curtis

Journal article  |  2019  |  BMJ OPEN

INTRODUCTION: BCG vaccination reduces all-cause infant mortality in high-mortality settings by more than can be attributed to prot..

Does discharging asthma patients after one hour of treatment if clinically well affect emergency department length of stay

Debbie Lenko, Rachael Purcell, Mike Starr, Penelope A Bryant, Michael South, Amanda Gwee

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH

AIM: Asthma is a major contributor to direct and indirect health-care costs and resource use. In May 2015, the Royal Children's Ho..

Biological sex influences antibody responses to routine vaccinations in the first year of life

Petra Zimmermann, Kirsten P Perrett, Nicole Ritz, Katie L Flanagan, Roy Robins-Browne, Fiona RM van der Klis, Nigel Curtis, Veronica Abruzzo, Katie Allen, Rhian Bonnici, Dan Casalaz, Hannah Elborough, Bridget Freyne, Kaya Gardiner, Susie Germano, Tobias Kollmann, Nicole Messina, Clare Morrison, Helder Nakaya, Anne Louise Ponsonby, et al.

Journal article  |  2019  |  ACTA PAEDIATRICA

AIM: We investigated the effect of early-life factors, namely sex, delivery mode, feeding method and antibiotic exposure, on antib..