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The Commission is now operating in accordance with the Caretaker ConventionsExternal linkExternal link pending the outcome of the 2025 federal election.

Overview

The OSSIE Guide to Clinical Handover Improvement is a focused change management framework to support implementation of standardised clinical handover. This helps to ensure patient safety and the continuity of care.

Improving clinical handover

The Commission is committed to improving handover communication across a range of healthcare settings.

Australian Framework for National Clinical Quality Registries

Consultation closes COB 31 March 2023

The lists are to be tabled twice a year, once in the Spring sittings, comprising file titles created in the preceding July to December, and once in the Autumn sittings, comprising titles created in the preceding January to June.

Health literacy plays an important role in enabling effective partnerships. For partnerships to work, everyone involved needs to be able to give and receive, interpret and act on information such as treatment options and plans.

Safety routines for patient identification

Credentialing by health service organisations is a process used to verify the qualifications and experience of a clinician to determine their ability to provide safe, high quality health care services within a specific health care setting and role.

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