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CMO MESSAGE

Today we join the global community in recognising World Patient Safety Day 2024, focusing on the theme of ‘Improving Diagnosis for Patient Safety’ with the slogan ‘Get it right, make it safe!’.

- Conjoint Associate Professor Carolyn Hullick, Chief Medical Officer

Have you provided feedback on the first National Safety and Quality Medical Imaging (NSQMI) Standards?

Earlier this month, the Commission released Antimicrobial use in the community: 2023. This report provides an analysis of antimicrobials supplied under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and Repatriation PBS. It features antimicrobial use in aged care and by local area.

The Commission has released the revised Australian Framework for National Clinical Quality Registries (2024) to support and encourage the use of data to inform clinical practice and policy.

We are pleased to announce that registrations are now open for the National Medicines Symposium 2024.

The Commission has released the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards Guide for Healthcare Services (the Guide).

The Commission is pleased to announce the release of the Aged Care Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Guide.

Today the Commission has released a revised Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Care Standard (2024), offering the latest guidance on how to proactively manage the condition to ease symptoms, including pain, joint stiffness and reduced mobility.

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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.

The Commission, with an expert Advisory Group, has been revising the Framework for Australian Clinical Quality Registries (the Framework).

The consultation is open until Friday 4 October 2024.