2020
Audio or video
Infectious diseases specialist Dr Kathryn Daveson discusses updates to the Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standard in 2020.
What is the EMT?
Members
| Adjunct Professor Cathy Balding |
Director, Qualityworks PL Adjunct Professor, Health Service Management, La Trobe University |
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2020
Newsletter
This issue includes items on COVID-19, the new national Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health Standards, extended consultation on the draft Acute Anaphylaxis Clinical Care Standard, antimicrobial resistance, improvement in care and health systems, patient-reported medical errors in ambulatory care, readmissions, diagnostic excellence and more.
The Commission is concerned for older people and people with disability in all settings where psychotropic medicines are being prescribed inappropriately as a form of restrictive practice to control behaviour.
2022
Audit, monitoring or reporting tool
The Escalation Mapping Template (EMT) is a quality improvement tool to assess the efficacy of health service providers’ systems to recognise and respond to deterioration in a person’s mental state.
The Excel version of the EMT can be downloaded below.
2020
Media release
On 30 November 2020, the Commission announced the introduction of Australia's first National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health (NSQDMH) Standards.
2020
Newsletter
This issue includes items on COVID-19, the new Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standard, National Safety and Quality Primary Healthcare Standards, hospital worker behaviour, patient perceptions and more.
Also covered are the latest issues of BMJ Quality & Safety, International Journal for Quality in Health Care, Journal of Patient Safety, and Healthcare Policy, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the latest from the UK’s NICE and NIHR and the USA’s ARHQ.
Purpose
To ensure that women who experience a third or fourth degree perineal tear receive appropriate follow-up care after leaving hospital, to optimise their physical, emotional, psychological and sexual health. To ensure that appropriate referral pathways are in place.