A study led by Professor John Mathews has indicated that there is a higher risk of a person developing cancer in later life if they were exposed to ionising radiation from a CT scan as a child.1
Dedicated Healthdirect paediatric CT resources page
A Topic Working Group made up of individuals with expertise in the management of stroke, experience in the Australian healthcare system, as well as consumer representatives, was convened to provide clinical advice, expertise and input into the development of the standard in 2015.
The following organisations have endorsed the 2020 Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standard:
Endorsing organisations
The Acute Coronary Syndromes Clinical Care Standard was endorsed by the following organisations:
Purpose
The Corporate Plan is updated annually, as part of the strategic planning activities of the Commission. The Commission reports on the key performance indicators and performance targets contained in the Corporate Plan in its Annual Report.
Our Corporate Plan
Mapping variation is an invaluable tool for understanding how our healthcare system is providing care. Maps of variation in care, derived from information routinely gathered by the health system, show how healthcare use differs across the country and raise important questions about why
The following organisations have endorsed the Clinical Care Standard:
Hospital-acquired complications list
The national list of 16 HACs was developed through a comprehensive process that included: