This issue includes items on learning health systems, workforce, heavy menstrual bleeding, social media, surgery, ethnicity, hospital in the home, aged care, resilience, and more.
Also covered are the latest from Residential Aged Care Communiqué, BMJ Quality &Safety, Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, Health Affairs, Health Policy, International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the USA’s AHRQ.
To clarify the applicability of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander specific actions in the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards.
To clarify not applicable actions for hospitals, day procedure services, multi-purpose services and Community Healthcare Services.
To clarify not applicable actions for all Services where cosmetic surgery is performed.
This fact sheet outlines the essential steps required to clean and disinfect ultrasound transducers used for percutaneous procedures. This fact sheet does not provide guidance on the management of specific clinical procedures as this guidance should be developed locally and informed by a risk assessment.
To describe the requirements for accrediting agencies to notify regulators and the Commission of significant patient risks identified during assessment to the Cosmetic Surgery Standards.
On the Radar Issue 687 is now available.
This issue includes items on general practice accreditation, oxygen therapy, virtual care, clinical incidents, the London Protocol, health care variation, telehealth, and more. Also covered are the latest from BMJ Quality &Safety, The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, Healthcare Policy and the UK’s NIHR and the USA’s AHRQ
Guidance for health service organisations and clinicians on processes to support appropriate documentation around the administration, and monitoring of oxygen therapy for adults in acute healthcare settings.