This issue includes items on medical devices, antimicrobial resistance, insulin, menopause, medicine safety, value, sepsis, and more. Along with the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, Healthcare Policy, Public Health Research & Practice, Journal of Primary Health Care and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care. Also included is the latest from the UK’s NHS and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the USA’s Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

This issue includes items on digital health, cancer care, dementia, long term care, antimicrobials, medicines safety, medical devices and more. Along with the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, JBI Evidence Synthesis, and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care. Also included is the latest from the TGA, the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the OECD.

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, in consultation with the National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council (NPAAC), advises of an amendment to the language in Action 1.01 of the Requirements for Medical Testing for Human Genetic Variation.

The wording of Action 1.01 has been amended to clarify intent and improve consistency.

The amendment recognises nurse practitioners and midwives as providers of referrals for medical human genetic testing to accredited laboratories.

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, in consultation with the National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council (NPAAC), advises of an amendment to the confirmatory testing for HIV and HCV of the Requirements for laboratory testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV).

The amendment is to support:

To provides users with updated information on reflective questions and examples of evidence for the 2021 Preventing and Controlling Infections Standard.

This issue includes items on quality and efficiency, safety, artificial intelligence and technology, chronic conditions, environmental sustainability, primary care and more. Along with the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, American Journal on Medical Quality, The Lancet Primary Care, and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care.

The Commission is seeking feedback from the medical imaging sector on the proposed changes to the Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation Scheme (DIAS). More information on the consultation can be found in the consultation document.