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This issue includes items on patient reported outcome measures (PROMs), low back pain, the forthcoming launch of the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Clinical Care Standard, diagnostic safety, telehealth, mental health, medication safety, antimicrobial resistance, artificial intelligence (AI), COVID-19 and more. Also covered are the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, HealthcarePapers and the latest from the USA’s AHRQ.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, infection prevention and control, genomics, antimicrobial resistance,  hand hygiene, clinical quality registries, Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs), medication safety and more.

This issue includes items on preventive healthcare, quality improvement, infection prevention and control, digital transformation, primary care, healthcare in prison, affordability, antimicrobial resistance, opioids, quality use of medicines, climate, COVID-19, and more. 
Also covered are the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, Australian Health Review, The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, Health Affairs and the UK’s NICE and the USA’s AHRQ Effective Health Care program.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, the new national Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health Standards, extended consultation on the draft Acute Anaphylaxis Clinical Care Standard, antimicrobial resistance, improvement in care and health systems, patient-reported medical errors in ambulatory care, readmissions, diagnostic excellence and more.

This issue includes items on the new Low Back Pain Clinical Care Standard, preterm labour and birth of twins, antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic provision, surgical readmissions, COVID-19 and more.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, consultation on intellectual disability fact sheets, the launch of the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards, Infection Prevention and Control Week 2021, new electronic National Residential Medication Chart resources, universal healthcare, patient safety, timeliness and coordination of care, maternal morbidity and mortality, antimicrobial prescribing, palliative and end-of-life care, and more.

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care reports annually on the state of healthcare safety and quality in Australia.

The Windows into Safety and Quality in Health Care 2009 provides windows onto a range of safety and quality issues and continues to report on sentinel events. It offers safety and quality insights in a number of settings and from various perspectives.

AURA 2023: Fifth Australian Report on Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Human Health is being released on 16 November 2023, highlighting data trends and analyses across acute and community care settings. 

This Key Findings summary features the most compelling data findings from AURA 2023, with excerpts taken from the report for easy reference.