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This advisory describes the minimum requirements for Actions 8.05, 8.06 b, c, d and e and 8.12 that health service organisations must undertake to demonstrate work towards establishing effective processes for recognising and responding to deterioration in a person’s mental state.

This week’s issue includes items on leadership, culture, imaging, communication, mental health, Aboriginal people’s experience of health care, BRCA-related cancer, electronic health records, bundled payments, progressive neurological conditions, falls, asthma, clinical decision support systems and more

Also covered are new issues of BMJ Quality & Safety and Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and latest from the UK’s NICE.

This week’s issue includes items on ENT surgery, shared decision making, data linkage, hospital associated complications of older people, sepsis, Choosing Wisely and children and young people’s mental health and more.

Also covered are new issues of the Journal for Healthcare Quality and Nursing Leadership, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

Updated review of peer-reviewed and grey literature on mental state deterioration published since the completion of Recognising Signs of Deterioration in a Person's Mental State: Final Report.

This issue includes items on women’s health, human rights, general practice, mental health, culture, medication safety, clinical quality registries  and more.

Also covered are new issues of the International Journal for Quality in Health Care, Healthcare Quarterly, Healthcare Papers, Health Affairs, and BMJ Leader, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from NICE and the National Institute for Health Research in the UK.

This issue includes items on technology and mental health, value based health care, medication safety and more.

Also covered is the latest issue of the Future Leaders Communiqué and the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care along with the latest guidance from NICE in the UK.

This issue includes items on de-implementation of low value care, value-based care, complaints, mental health and more.

Also covered are the latest issues of International Journal for Quality in Health Care and Pediatric Quality & Safety along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care along with the latest guidance from NICE in the UK.

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) has developed draft National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health (NSQDMH) Standards.

The Commission invites consumers and carers, clinicians, service providers, and interested stakeholders to provide feedback on the NSQDMH Standards during a public consultation from March - May 2020. 

This issue includes items on draft National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health Standards, infection prevention and control, falls and more.

Also covered are the latest issues of BMJ Quality & Safety and the Journal of Patient Experience along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE.

This presentation by Dr Peggy Brown AO, Senior Clinical Advisor for the Digital Mental Health project at the Commission, was developed for the public consultation of the draft National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health (NSQDMH) Standards.

The Commission invited consumers and carers, clinicians, service providers, and interested stakeholders to provide feedback on the NSQDMH Standards during the public consultation period from March - April 2020. 

This issue includes items on COVID-19, mental health and substance use, inpatient harm, health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, nursing care, communication and resolution, open disclosure, and more.

Also covered is the latest issue of BMJ Quality & Safety along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) and the USA’s AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality).

This fact sheet gives service providers an overview of the National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health (NSQDMH) Standards, what constitutes a digital mental health service, and how service providers can use the NSQDMH Standards.

The National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health (NSQDMH) Standards aim to improve the quality of digital mental health service provision, and to protect service users and their support people from harm.

This fact sheet gives digital mental health service providers an explanation of what good clinical and technical governance is; why it is important; how service providers can meet this standard and what can be done to implement this standard to assure the delivery of safe, effective, integrated, high quality and continuously improving digital mental health services.

Please see safetyandquality.gov.au/dmhs for further information about the NSQDMH Standards.

This fact sheet gives digital mental health service providers an explanation of the Partnering with Consumers Standard; why it is important; how service providers can meet this standard and what can be done to implement this standard to assure the delivery of safe, effective, integrated, high quality and continuously improving digital mental health services.

Please see safetyandquality.gov.au/dmhs for further information about the NSQDMH Standards.

This fact sheet gives digital mental health service providers an explanation of the Model of Care Standard; why it is important; how service providers can meet this standard and what can be done to implement this standard to assure the delivery of safe, effective, integrated, high quality and continuously improving digital mental health services.

Please see safetyandquality.gov.au/dmhs for further information about the NSQDMH Standards.

This fact sheet gives digital mental health service providers an overview of why a risk management approach is important when implementing the National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health (NSQDMH) Standards.

For further information about the NSQDMH Standards please see safetyandquality.gov.au/dmhs.

This fact sheet gives digital mental health service providers information on conducting a self-assessment against the National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health (NSQDMH) Standards.

This fact sheet gives consumers and carers an overview of the National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health (NSQDMH) Standards and how they support the safety and quality of digital mental health care.