A Nursing Leadership-Driven Collaborative to Improve Acute COPD Care: Practice lessons from ten Victorian hospitals - ACHSM Asia-Pacific Health Leadership Congress in Darwin 2025

Abstract

Hospitals are increasingly focused on strengthening systems and workforce capability to deliver consistent, evidence-based care for people admitted with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to align with the COPD Clinical Care Standard (1). Although national guidelines exist (1)(2), many health services continue to face challenges in translating these recommendations into routine practice (3). Persistent difficulties in operationalising standardised processes, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, and developing workforce capability to reliably implement best-practice care contributes to ongoing variation in care delivery. These challenges highlight the need for system-level reform that strengthens leadership, reduces variation, and supports sustainable redesign....