Commission Publications
Publications produced by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Commission Updates
ACSQHC submission to the NHHRC
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) is pleased to respond to the call of the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (NHHRC) for submissions. The
ACSQHC Submission to the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission: including A Safety and Quality Framework for the Future, June 2008 (PDF 238 KB) presents comment on the NHHRC terms of reference, design principles and performance indicators. In addition this submission outlines the ACSQHC's vision for the year 2020, which forms a framework for safety and quality reform in Australia.
Falls Prevention Guidelines
Preventing falls and harm from falls in older people: Best practice guidelines for Australian hospitals and residential aged care facilities 2008 is a second edition of the original 2005 guidelines. It is now available with a new design, updated URLs and smaller files for easier downloading.
Open Disclosure Evaluation
The
Evaluation of the pilot of the National Open Disclosure Standard is now available. It demonstrates that the National Open Disclosure Standard is robust, practicable and of value to health care practitioners and consumers.
Open Disclosure Literature Review
The
open disclosure literature review (PDF 187 KB) provides an overview of recent Australian and international publications on open disclosure. It includes summaries of articles from the legal, ethics and communications literature, as well as analysis of empirical studies and policy documents on open disclosure.
Information Strategy
The Commission's
Information Strategy (PDF 250 KB) outlines how the Commission will lead and coordinate the improvement of information and data collection to advance safety and quality. The Information Strategy contains four streams of work, each comprising a suite of projects which will be carried out collaboratively with stakeholders and experts. The Strategy is an evolving document and comments are welcome.
A "pocket" version of the Information Strategy (PDF 32 KB) is also available for viewing or download.
Measurement for Improvement Toolkit
The Toolkit is in the form of a manual, or “menu book”, and provides a set of practical methods to measure the safety and quality of clinical health care services.
Improving data and information for safer health care is a priority for the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. Without a standard set of measures of clinical performance and mechanisms to identify when patient safety incidents (including "near miss" incidents) occur, it remains a challenge both to prevent or minimise incidents that should not occur and to measure the effect of interventions.
To address this gap, the Commission has completed development of a Measurement for Improvement Toolkit (the Toolkit). The Toolkit was produced in the form of a manual, or “menu book”, and provides a set of practical methods to measure the safety and quality of clinical health care services. It includes practical instructions to assist facilities to collect, analyse and interpret the measurements. The Toolkit is applicable to a wide range of health care facilities across Australia, in the acute, subacute and community care settings. It is a management tool for use at all levels within a health care organisation, and is a means for measurement, and to support local improvement activities.
Toolkit Body and Part A (PDF 841 KB)
Toolkit Part B (PDF 682 KB)
Toolkit Part C (PDF 1733 KB)
Sentinel Events in Australian Public Hospitals 2004-2005
The Sentinel Events report is the first joint report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) and the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.
The Sentinel events in Australian public hospitals 2004-05 report and
sentinel events media release are available from the AIHW website.
Page currency, Latest update: 26 June, 2008
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