This user guide and its appendices outline how to apply for the Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation Scheme.

This fact sheet explains how PICMoRS can be applied to the National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health (NSQDMH) Standards to help assessors conduct a thorough evaluation of the safety and quality systems and clinical governance operations of a health service organisation.

This fact sheet was amended on 19 January 2024 to correct an error in the version previously published on 14 July 2022. If you downloaded the document prior to 19 January 2024 please replace that version with this updated assessment framework.

This fact sheet provides a guide to the stages involved for service providers seeking accreditation to the National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health Standards.

This issue includes items on carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE), antimicrobial resistance (AMR), clinical deterioration, patient satisfaction, diversity and racism, Medical Emergency Teams (MET), COVID-19 and more.

Also covered are news issues of the International Journal for Quality in Health Care and Health Affairs  and the online first papers from BMJ Quality & Safety along with the latest from the UK’s NICE and the USA’s AHRQ.

This fact sheet outlines the outcomes of the national survey conducted by the Australian Commission on Quality and Safety in Health Care.

The user guide supports implementation of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards.

The NSQHS Standards include six specific actions to improve safety, quality and experience of care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The User Guide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health provides further information for health service organisations to implement the six actions. The Commission undertakes to continually improve the evidence base and resources which inform these actions and to support health service organisations to implement the actions.

The National Alert System for Critical Antimicrobial Resistances - CARAlert - Annual Report for 2021 is available.