The Indicator Monitoring Tool is a data repository, analysis and reporting tool for the Sepsis Clinical Care Standard indicators. It can be used by healthcare services to capture and audit individual patient data, examine results and identify targets for improvement. A Quick Reference Guide and a demonstration version of the Indicator Monitoring Tool using sample data are available to support the use of the tool.
This self-assessment tool supports the development and monitoring of quality improvement plans for sepsis care by allowing services to assess their progress towards implementing key elements of the Sepsis Clinical Care Standard. The Sepsis Clinical Care Standard Self-Assessment Tool can be used when establishing a new sepsis program, or to support the delivery and continual improvement of an existing sepsis program.
This issue includes items on the launch of the National Safety and Quality Mental Health Standards for Community Managed Organisations, patient reported (outcome) measures, aspirin, medications in residential aged care, clinical practice guidelines and clinical quality registries, COVID-19 and more.
Also covered is the latest issue Health Affairs along with the latest from the UK’s NICE, the USA’s AHRQ and Healthcare Excellence Canada.
Presentation by Associate Professor Liz Marles at the webcast launch of the Stillbirth Clinical Care Standard on 4 November 2022. This presentation discusses how the standard can improve appropriate care for stillbirth and bereavement care. The slides can be used or adapted to explain and promote the clinical care standard in your organisation or network.
This issue includes items on LGBTQ+ inclusion, learning health systems, debriefs, COVID-19 and more.
Also covered are the latest issues of The Journal for Healthcare Quality, Patient Experience Journal, Healthcare Quarterly, and Health Expectations along with early online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the USA’s AHRQ.
The Stillbirth Clinical Care Standard provides guidance on how to reduce preventable stillbirth, and how to offer the best bereavement care.
This infographic highlights the impact of stillbirth on Australian families and how to reduce the risk of stillbirth.
On 4 November 2022, the Commission released the first national Stillbirth Clinical Care Standard to reduce rates of stillbirth and remove the culture of silence.
The standard provides a framework for healthcare practitioners to identify stillbirth risks, communicate effectively with women about reducing risk, discuss clinical investigations after stillbirth, and provide support after perinatal loss.
Show your support for the clinical care standard by downloading and sharing the content on your website, social networks or within your health service. You are encouraged to use these resources to raise awareness about the new standard and best practice care for stillbirth.
The Stillbirth Clinical Care Standard includes links to resources that may help healthcare services and clinicians to implement the standard. These resources are listed under the relevant quality statements below.
The Stillbirth Clinical Care Standard includes links to resources that may help healthcare services and clinicians to implement the standard. These resources fall broadly into the following categories: