Resource library

Detailed security compliance checklists to be used by clinical quality registry (CQR) organisations to assess their business operations and CQR system hosting.

For 85-year-old Glenda Gartrell who lives with knee osteoarthritis, daily life revolves around keeping active. If she finds herself sitting down for too long, she will jump on her exercise bike to get her body moving. Glenda is an advocate of the Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Care Standard, released by the Commission on 15 August 2024.

There is a lot going on inside the head of forensic psychologist Tom Buttel when it comes to thinking about how to best manage his knee osteoarthritis. He is an advocate of the Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Care Standard, released by the Commission on 15 August 2024.

The quality statements for the Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Care Standard are based on best available evidence and guideline recommendations at the time of development. This summary describes the relevance of each evidence source to the quality statements.

This Implementation Guide describes activities and resources that are recommended for Primary Health Networks (PHNs) supporting local services and clinicians to implement the Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Care Standard.

These slides can be used to present to clinicians on the Osteoarthritis Clinical Care Standard. Content covers why the standard was developed, an overview of the quality statements, and one case study.

Primary health networks can adapt the presentation and are encouraged to invite local clinicians to present - and to include a local case study.

The updated Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Care Standard was released on 15 August 2024 to improve the assessment and management of patients in all healthcare settings, including primary care services, private practices and hospitals.

This infographic highlights the scale of osteoarthritis of the knee as a health issue in Australia, features data on health care for knee osteoarthritis patients, and summarises 4 key changes in the 2024 standard.

For more than a million Australians who live with pain and disability from osteoarthritis of the knee, surgery is often seen as an inevitable magic bullet.

Released 15 August 2024

This action plan is a simple one-page checklist for GPs and other clinicians to use with patients to create a tailored self-management plan.

If you have osteoarthritis, discuss this checklist with your healthcare provider. Together you can make an individual plan that suits your needs.

This quick guide for general practitioners is a one-page graphic summary outline of the guidance for assessing and managing knee osteoarthritis in the Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Care Standard.

A person-centred approach supports self-management and improved wellbeing for people with knee osteoarthritis. Careful use of language can empower people proactively self-manage in collaboration with health professionals and address any unhelpful beliefs.

This resource accompanies the Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Care Standard. It describes what the quality statements mean for clinicians.

The Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Care Standard (2024) contains eight quality statements. This guide explains each quality statement and what it means for you. 

This resource will assist healthcare services to implement the new requirements of AS 5369:2023 Reprocessing of reusable medical devices and other devices in health and non-health related facilities.

This resource will assist health service organisations to implement the new requirements of AS 5369:2023 Reprocessing of reusable medical devices and other devices in health and non-health related facilities.

The Commission has developed a summary of the status as at June 2023 of the priority actions in Australia's response to the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Patient Safety Challenge: Medication without harm.

The Commission has developed a Status report on Australia's response to the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Patient Safety Challenge: Medication without harm.

To harness the enormous benefits of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare, implementation and use must be done safely and responsibly. 

This fact sheet provides information for aged care service consumers on the basics of infection prevention and control.

This summary provides a concise overview of the Aged Care Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Guide. It includes links to individual chapters of the Guide for more information. 

This Guide supports implementation of the strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards and supplements the Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare for the aged care workforce and those providing care for older people. The Guide outlines the basic principles of infection prevention and control and explains how to apply these principles using a risk-based approach.

The draft Framework for Australian clinical quality registries second edition (the Framework second edition), developed by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) with input from the CQR Framework Review Advisory Group, outlines the future state for Australian national CQRs, and provides guidance to support CQRs to work towards achieving best practice governance, logical design, security and privacy compliance, reporting and outlier measurement.

The NSQMI fact sheet addresses frequently asked questions about the National Safety and Quality Medical Imaging (NSQMI) Standards and the Australian Safety and Quality Medical Imaging Accreditation (ASQMIA) Scheme that will accompany the NSQMI Standards.

The draft National Safety and Quality Medical Imaging (NSQMI) Standards details the actions and requirements for meeting the four NSQMI Standards.

The draft National Safety and Quality Medical Imaging (NSQMI) Standards and implementation resource details the actions and requirements for meeting the four NSQMI Standards. It includes a guide to assist imaging providers with implementing the NSQMI Standards.

The NSQMI Standards summary gives a high-level review of the draft National Safety and Quality Medical Imaging Standards and its 53 actions.

These Frequently Asked Questions provides answers to commonly asked questions about the web tool's purpose, features, update frequency, development, data sources, consumer enquiry pathways and the role of the Commission.

This fact sheet provides general information about the web tool. The tool allows consumers to access data from their local hospital, alongside information about how safety and quality is assessed in the Australian health system.

This report provides analyses of antimicrobials supplied under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and Repatriation PBS in 2023, and trends from 2015. The report highlights antimicrobial use in aged care and by local area.

Released August 2024

This report provides analyses of data captured by Australian Passive AMR Surveillance (APAS) on antimicrobial resistance trends in multidrug-resistant organisms (MROs) from 2006 to 2023. The MROs included are:

• Vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus faecium (VRE)
• Fluoroquinolone resistance in Escherichia coli
• Methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

Released July 2024