The Commission is now operating in accordance with the Caretaker ConventionsExternal link pending the outcome of the 2025 federal election.
The first national Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Clinical Care Standard was released on 17 October 2024 to outline best practice care for people with COPD in community and hospital settings.
This infographic highlights the scale of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as a health issue in Australia, features data on the burden of COPD for the healthcare system, and summarises 5 key steps to manage the condition.
One in 13 Australians over the age of 40 have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but alarmingly only half of them know they have it.
Released 17 October 2024
This issue includes items on clinical trials, learning health systems, hospital-acquired complications (HACs), surgery, COVID-19, decision support and more. Also covered are the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, Australian Health Review, Health Affairs, JBI Evidence Synthesis, International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the UK’s NHS.
This resource is designed to assist primary health providers identify and manage patients with Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) in the community.
The report outlines the findings and recommendations from the 2022 National Standard Medication Chart (NSMC) national audit.
Next week, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care is releasing the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Clinical Care Standard.
CEO MESSAGE
On behalf of the Commission, I'm delighted to announce that we have signed an historic Joint Statement to reduce the health system’s carbon emissions.
- Conjoint Professor Anne Duggan, CEO
There's still time to secure your place at the National Medicines Symposium on 19 November 2024.
The Commission’s theme for IPC Week 2024, from 13 to 19 October, is ‘Move the needle on IPC by breaking the chain of infection!’
This issue includes items on health impacts of climate change, medication safety, medication management at transitions of care, diagnostic safety, trauma, hip fracture, resilient health care, adverse events, COVID-19 and more. Also covered are the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, Pediatric Quality & Safety, HealthcarePapers Health Affairs Scholar, International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the UK’s NIHR.