Benefits of using the NRMC

• Fewer prescriptions to write
• A central point for information
• Duration/length (charting cycle) of the NRMC and supply of medicines is a maximum of 4 months.

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

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 has the potential to improve safety for patients by ensuring clinicians practice within the bounds of their training and competency, and within the capacity of the service in which they are working.