This issue includes items on the forthcoming launch of the Psychotropic Medicines in Cognitive Disability or Impairment Clinical Care Standard, healthcare worker wellbeing, osteoporosis, primary care, medication safety, health systems, hospital-associated infection, staffing, COVID-19, and more.
CEO MESSAGE
On behalf of the Commission, I am delighted to welcome Professor Christine Kilpatrick AO as our new Board Chair for a five-year term.
- Conjoint Professor Anne Duggan, CEO
To provide guidance for accrediting agencies and general practices on implementing the new RACGP definition of a general practice for the purpose of accreditation.
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) welcomes the appointment of Professor Christine Kilpatrick AO as the Commission’s new Board Chair for a five-year term.
Minister for Health and Aged Care, the Hon Mark Butler MP, confirmed Professor Kilpatrick’s appointment as Commission Chair, effective 1 April 2024.
MEDIA RELEASE
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) welcomes the appointment of Professor Christine Kilpatrick AO as the Commission’s new Board Chair for a five-year term.
You are invited to the online launch of the first national Psychotropic Medicines in Cognitive Disability or Impairment Clinical Care Standard, hosted by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.
This fact sheet provides guidance on the requirements for out-of-cycle assessments of general practices.
This methodology describes how the triage scenarios in the Emergency Triage Education Kit (ETEK), second edition, were developed and validated.
The ETEK is a resource for nurses preparing for the emergency department (ED) triage role and for educators. Triage ensures patients with the most urgent clinical need are prioritised for care in the ED.
This issue includes items on telehealth, data, patient safety, cultural safety, burnout, pressure injuries, COVID-19, kidney disease and more.
Also covered are the latest from BMJ Leader, Health Policy, International Journal for Quality in Health Care, BMJ Quality & Safety, and the latest from the UK’s NICE.