How will the Collaborative help patients?

By improving anaemia management for patients in the preoperative phase of care, the Collaborative may help to reduce the:

A Collaborative enables health services to learn from each other and recognised experts in this identified area of health care. A Collaborative is designed to implement change in small, manageable cycles, and identify where a change actually leads to improvement.

Patient Blood Management (PBM) takes an individualised, multidisciplinary approach to the management of a patient’s blood, through assessment and the development of a management plan to:

Posters

The Hip Fracture Clinical Care Standard guides clinicians and health services in hip fracture care to improve outcomes for people with a hip fracture

Delirium is an acute change in mental status that is often triggered by acute illness, surgery, injuries or adverse effects of medicines.

The Commission's purpose is to contribute to better health outcomes and experiences for all patients and consumers, and improved value and sustainability in the health system by leading and coordinating national improvements in the safety and quality of health care.

Development of the Acute Coronary Syndromes Clinical Care Standard was supported by a topic working group comprised of consumers, clinicians, researchers and health organisations. 

The main roles of the Topic Working Group was to:

Allergic and immunological complications, infections, incorrect blood transfusions and other adverse outcomes are not uncommon. Prescribing practices vary widely in relation to blood and a significant proportion of blood transfusions might have been unnecessary or could have been avoided.

Scope

The Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standard provides advice to clinicians, consumers and health services on key components of care including: