Resource library

Information sheet for consumers outlining the importance of effective communication with healthcare providers at transitions of care.

This case study is one of eight, designed to assist other organisations working to embed person-centred care. It highlights the person-centred approaches and strategies that Alpine Health uses to partner with consumers.

The fact sheet aims to provide health service organisations with guidance on implementing the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Health Care Standards.

The purpose of this document is to provide practical guidance for managers and clinicians responsible for credentialing, and for determining and managing a clinician’s scope of clinical practice. This guide supports but does not replace or supersede state, territory or organisational policies, by-laws or rules on credentialing.

The purpose of this advisory is to clarify the requirements for the transition between the 2014 and the 2020 Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standards.

This document provides guidance from the National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council (NPAAC) on the use of point of care testing to support increased testing demand for SARS-CoV-2 during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak.

This case study is one of eight, designed to assist other health services working to embed person-centred care. It highlights the person-centred approaches and strategies that the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Sydney Local Health District uses to partner with consumers.

The 2021 Recommendations for the control of Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (2021 CPE Guide) provides updated guidance on recommended strategies to prevent, detect and contain CPE in Australian health service organisations.

By implementing the six end-of life care actions in the Comprehensive Care Standard, health service organisations are laying the foundations to support the delivery of safe and high-quality end-of-life care that is person-centred and comprehensively meets the needs of the patient. These six actions can be linked to the 10 essential elements of the Consensus Statements. This resource sets out some suggested implementation strategies.

This resource provides a summary of AURA 2021 data that may be of specific interest to medical practitioners.

This book tells you how to find good health information online.

The fact sheet aims to provide consumers with a brief introduction to the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards.

This planning resource is designed to support clinicians preparing for Antimicrobial Awareness Week; it is most suitable for the acute care environment but could be adapted for primary care settings.

To mitigate risks associated with assessors undertaking onsite assessments, accrediting agencies are required to routinely review the risks. This includes screening of assessors immediately prior to them commencing an onsite assessment.

This case study describes a collaborative approach to reducing inappropriate postoperative topical antibiotic use, supporting the launch of the Cataract Clinical Care Standard.

This case study is one of eight, designed to assist other health services working to embed person-centred care. It highlights the person-centred approaches and strategies that Western Health uses to partner with consumers.

The purpose of this checklist is to assist assessors when reviewing meeting minutes and other documentation during an assessment of clinical governance in a health service organisation. It provides a guide to the types of data that governing bodies should be reviewing.

This resource provides a summary of AURA 2021 data that may be of specific interest to hospital and community pharmacists.

There is a lot of health information online and it is not always easy to know what information is reliable, or who you can trust. These tips will help you.

This case study is one of eight, designed to assist other health services working to embed person-centred care. It highlights the person-centred approaches and strategies that St Vincent’s Private Hospitals, Brisbane and Northside, use to partner with consumers.

Antibiograms are tables of antimicrobial susceptibilities compiled according to a specific set of standards. The information provided supports clinicians working with their local antimicrobial stewardship teams to improve clinical practice in regard to infections. 

This brochure provides information for consumers regarding infections for which antibiotics may not be appropriate, and the role of antibiotics in the development of antimicrobial resistance.

This case study is one of eight, designed to assist other health services working to embed person-centred care. It highlights the person-centred approaches and strategies that John Fawkner Private Hospital uses to partner with consumers.

The Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights is for everyone. We are endeavouring to provide translations of the Charter in many community languages. Currently the Charter is available in 19 languages in a printable A4 poster format. 

The purpose of this fact sheet is to describe the requirements for implementation of the the Multi-Purpose Services Aged Care Module as part of the Australian Health Service Safety and Quality Accreditation Scheme.

To provide guidance on conducting hybrid assessments to the NSQHS Standards to accrediting agencies and health service organisations .

In order to provide Medicare eligible diagnostic imaging services, practices must be accredited under the Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation Scheme and have registered with Services Australia and have been allocated a Location Specific Practice Number.

This case study is one of eight, designed to assist other health services working to embed person-centred care. It highlights the person-centred approaches and strategies that the South Western Sydney Local Health District uses to partner with consumers.