This issue includes items on World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, person-centred care, urban health, neurology, ECGs, handover, and more. Along with the latest from the American Journal of Medical Quality, BMJ Quality & Safety, International Journal for Quality in Health Care, Health Affairs, Health Affairs Scholar and The Milbank Quarterly.
Help protect our present, and secure our future by taking part in World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week 2025 (WAAW), held from 18 to 24 November.
The Commission is seeking your feedback on the draft Point of Care Testing (POCT) Standard.
To help GPs reflect on and strengthen their approach to managing COPD, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care will soon release Practice Reflections: COPD.
A new national framework has been released to support health services to reduce medication-related errors and hospital readmission rates for patients who are transitioning between care settings.
This document outlines the Features and Benefits of the MedicineInsight program and is designed to be printed and displayed.
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A new national framework has been released to support health services to reduce medication-related errors and hospital readmission rates for patients who are transitioning between care settings.
The Medication Management at Transitions of Care Stewardship Framework released in November 2025 provides the first coordinated, hospital-based approach to manage medicines during the high-risk period for patients who are transitioning between care settings.
The Framework was designed to support health services to reduce medication-related errors and hospital readmission rates for patients during transitions of care, when patients move between hospital and primary and aged care settings.
This issue includes items on air quality, reporting, maternity care, medication safety, and more. Along with the latest from The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, BMJ Quality & Safety, International Journal for Quality in Health Care, Emergency Medicine Australasia and JBI Evidence Synthesis. Also included are the latest from the Healthcare Excellence Canada and the UK’s NICE.
The Commission has released a new fact sheet on the Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation Scheme (DIAS) to support practices in understanding accreditation requirements and maintaining compliance.