The Commission's Innovate RAP focuses on empowering and strengthening relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and piloting strategies for further reconciliation commitments.

This issue includes items on consultation on the third edition of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, nursing, discharge summaries, oral healthcare, co-design, mental health, artificial intelligence, health communication, and more. Along with the latest from International Journal for Quality in Health Care, BMJ Quality...

This issue includes items on mental health, antimicrobials, surgery, maternity care, cultural security, and more. Along with the latest from The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, BMJ Quality & Safety, The Lancet Primary Care, HealthcarePapers, Health Affairs Scholar and the USA’s AHRQ

This issue includes items on suicide prevention, innovation, patient experience, brain injury, primary care, virtual care, sepsis, delirium, and more. Along with the latest from Australian Health Review, Health Affairs, BMJ Quality & Safety, International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the UK’s NICE and the USA’s...

Despite the unique challenges of caring for sepsis in remote parts of Australia, Gove District Hospital - a small regional hospital in NT - has implemented ongoing improvement in sepsis care over several years, contributing to sepsis pathway development for small hospitals statewide. Learn about the significant changes to culture and processes at...

The patient information brochure provides useful information for patients and carers. It defines what sepsis is, the causes and prevention of sepsis, and how it is treated. The brochure also outlines the groups at higher risk of developing sepsis.

The NSQHS Standards include six specific actions to improve safety, quality and experience of care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The User Guide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health provides further information for health service organisations to implement the six actions. The Commission undertakes to continually...

This fact sheet outlines the outcomes of the national survey conducted by the Australian Commission on Quality and Safety in Health Care.

To inform the development of Standard 5 – Clinical Care (Standard 5) and associated implementation resources, the Commission sought a rapid review of peer-reviewed research and grey literature related to the experiences, priorities and clinical care needs of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.  The review was conducted...

The Commission's Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) is a first step towards reconciliation and importantly, improving the safety and quality of healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia.