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The Emergency Department Clinicians' guide to My Health Record in EDs and its supporting resources have been developed to support hospital and ED clinicians to use the My Health Record to inform their clinical decision making.
The My Health Record system collects documents from a range of healthcare providers. Some of this information may not be the most up-to-date patient data at the time of access.
Contact your clinical information system support team or hospital trainer for information on how to access patients records, navigate the My Health Record system, or troubleshooting.
A My Health Record is an electronic collection of patient health information that helps to inform and improve clinical decision making. Commonly asked questions are answered below.
Vulnerable population groups often access the healthcare system through the ED.
Explore some of the key benefits of the My Health Record system.
As healthcare in Australia moves into an electronic age, emergency department (ED) clinicians need to be aware of recent developments in digital health to help achieve the best outcomes for their patients.
This guide aims to provide ED clinicians with essential information about the features and capability of My Health Record.
Responses have been prepared to frequently asked questions (FAQs) to support auditing and other aspects of implementation of the National Hand Hygiene Initiative (NHHI).
Please let us know if you have further questions to include.
Data on hand hygiene compliance are collected by states and territories for all public health service organisations, and by many private health service organisations, and reported nationally three times per year for the National Hand Hygiene Initiative (NHHI).
The National Hand Hygiene Initiative (NHHI) operates a Help Desk to support users of the NHHI Learning Management System (LMS) and the Hand Hygiene Compliance Application (HHCApp).
The Help Desk team endeavours to respond to your enquiry as quickly as possible. You will receive a response within 5 business days.
A range of promotional materials are available to support implementation of the National Hand Hygiene Initiative (NHHI).
There are a number of tools available to support hand hygiene auditing in acute and non-acute healthcare settings.
Hand hygiene compliance auditing is conducted to assess the effectiveness of hand hygiene programs in Australia, as part of the National Hand Hygiene Initiative (NHHI). Hand hygiene compliance is assessed across both public and private Australian hospitals, consistent with AHMAC endorsed benchmark of 80 per cent.
Alcohol-based hand rub is the recommended product for hand hygiene in healthcare settings when hands are visibly clean.
The Commission works to improve the safety and quality of medication use in Australia. It leads and coordinates national initiatives to reduce medication errors and harm from medicines. Medication safety forms part of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards (second edition).
Information in these pages can help health service organisations and clinicians identify and implement strategies to improve medication safety.
The Charter describes rights that consumers, or someone they care for, can expect when receiving health care. These rights apply to all people in all places where health care is provided in Australia. This includes public and private hospitals, day procedure services, general practice and other community health services.
Serious adverse events such as unexpected death and cardiac arrest are often preceded by observable physiological and clinical abnormalities. Other serious events such as suicide or aggression are are also often preceded by observed or reported changes in a person's behaviours or mood that can indicate a deterioration in their mental state.
The health care that people receive in the last years, months and weeks of their lives can help to minimise the distress and grief associated with death and dying for the individual, and for their family, friends and carers.