This fact sheet explains how PICMoRS can be applied to the National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health (NSQDMH) Standards to help assessors conduct a thorough evaluation of the safety and quality systems and clinical governance operations of a health service organisation.
This resource was updated in August 2025. Prior versions of this document are no longer in effect.
This resource provides a guide to the process involved for assessments to the National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health Standards.
This fact sheet outlines the outcomes of the national survey conducted by the Australian Commission on Quality and Safety in Health Care.
The user guide supports implementation of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards.
The NSQHS Standards include six specific actions to improve safety, quality and experience of care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The User Guide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health provides further information for health service organisations to implement the six actions. The Commission undertakes to continually improve the evidence base and resources which inform these actions and to support health service organisations to implement the actions.
The National Alert System for Critical Antimicrobial Resistances - CARAlert - Annual Report for 2021 is available.
The Bimonthly Data Update 27 provides data submitted to National Alert System for Critical Antimicrobial Resistances (CARAlert) for the reporting period 1 March 2022 to 30 April 2022. This data is able to be used to inform strategies to prevent and contain antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
On the Radar is a summary of some of the recent publications in the areas of safety and quality in health care.
The patient information brochure provides useful information for patients and carers. It defines what sepsis is, the causes and prevention of sepsis, and how it is treated. The brochure also outlines the groups at higher risk of developing sepsis.