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A report prepared by Professor Caroline Homer AO and Dr Alyce Wilson from the Burnet Institute on behalf of the Commission.

A Topic Working Group has been convened to provide advice to the Commission on this standard. The group is comprised of individuals with relevant expertise and clinical experience as well as consumer representatives.

This document corrects a missing symbol referring to a footnote in Table 2: Minimum retention times for anatomical pathology.

This document supports the implementation of the Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Care Standard by highlighting what is known about the evidence, best practice and current practice, and the opportunities to bring these closer together.

Adoption and utilisation of SNOMED CT-AU and AMT: Safe use of medicines – allergies and adverse drug reactions

The purpose of this paper is to outline six strategies to update and improve the reliability of the accreditation process.

This Case for Improvement supports the implementation of the Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Clinical Care Standard by highlighting what is known about the evidence, best practice and current practice for managing the condition, and the opportunities to bring these closer together.

The quality statements for the Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prevention Clinical Care Standard were developed in collaboration with the Venous Thromboembolism Prevention Clinical Care Standard Topic Working Group and are based on best available evidence.

This paper has been prepared by the Commission and IHPA to supplement the research undertaken to date with regards to pricing for safety and quality in health care.

This document supports the implementation of the Acute Coronary Syndromes Clinical Care Standard by highlighting what is known about the evidence, best practice and current practice – and the opportunities to bring these closer together.

The presentation on the Acute Stroke Clinical Care Standard is an introduction for clinicians and health services. 

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission), working in collaboration with the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA), engaged Health Policy Analysis to analyse hospital-acquired diagnoses and their effect on case complexity and resource use.

Evidence Briefings on Interventions to Improve Medication Safety. Volume 1, Issue 3: August 2013