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The National guidelines for on-screen presentation of discharge summaries specify the sequence, layout and format of the core elements of hospital discharge summaries, as displayed in clinical information systems.

These guidelines are intended for those developing, assessing, procuring and implementing IT systems for medication management and electronic prescribing to:

• Understand how design contributes to patient safety
• Apply the recommendations during software development and iteration
• Evaluate systems during procurement

This guide has been designed to help you when things don’t go to plan in your health care. It will also be useful if something hasn’t gone to plan in the care of a relative, friend, or someone you care for.

This guide talks about health services (including hospitals) and doctors and nurses, but also covers health care provided in other health facilities and by other healthcare providers.

This resource provides the key principles, elements, and processes to support the implementation of open disclosure in accordance with the Australian Open Disclosure Framework.

This tool has been developed to assist health service organisations implement open disclosure in accordance with the Australian Open Disclosure Framework.

This guide is designed to assist health service managers implement the Australian Open Disclosure Framework.

This resource is designed to assist clinicians and healthcare providers apologise or express regret in accordance with the Australian Open Disclosure Framework.

This resource provides ‘just-in-time’ information for clinicians and healthcare providers who participate in open disclosure.