This issue includes items on global patient safety, mental health, cancer screening, inequity, and more.  Along with the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, HealthcarePapers, Health Policy, Health Affairs and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care. Also included is the latest from the USA’s Agency for Healthcare...

This issue includes items on medication management, nurse staffing, postpartum haemorrhage, acute coronary syndrome, and more. Along with the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, Nursing Leadership, Health Expectations, Emergency Medicine Australasia, JBI Evidence Synthesis and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care. Also...

This issue includes items on aged care, medication safety, menopause, trauma-informed practice, environmental sustainability, cultural safety, primary care, and more. Along with the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, Residential Aged Care Communiqué, Health Policy, Health...

This issue includes items on air quality, reporting, maternity care, medication safety, and more. Along with the latest from The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety,  BMJ Quality & Safety, International Journal for Quality in Health Care, Emergency Medicine Australasia and JBI Evidence Synthesis. Also included are the...

This issue includes items on violence against women and girls, electronic record systems, nursing, surgical mortality, and more. Along with the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, Nursing Leadership, Residential Aged Care Communiqué and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 

This issue includes items on the NHMRC’s Good institutional practice guide, just culture, evidence-informed decision-making, medication safety, maternity and neonatal care, and more. Along with the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety and International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the USA’s AHRQ.

This resource accompanies the Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Clinical Care Standard. It describes what the quality statements mean for clinicians and provides indicators to support local quality improvement activity.

This six-page Highlights Report on heavy menstrual bleeding outlines key findings and recommended actions from the online interactive Women’s Health Focus Report, including trend data from across Australia on hysterectomy and endometrial ablation hospitalisations. The report also summarises best practice guidance in the revised Heavy Menstrual...

National trend data published today by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care reveals a 20% fall in hysterectomy rates over eight years – an encouraging sign that women may be opting for less invasive treatments to manage heavy periods.  Released 13 June 2024

The revised Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Clinical Care Standard was released on 13 June 2024. This table showcases the range of potential treatment options to manage heavy menstrual bleeding. It is important that women living with this condition understand their options, so they can make informed choices to meet their own needs and preferences.