The Commission has released the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards Guide for Healthcare Services (the Guide).
This Communiqué provides an update on the third meeting of the National Sepsis Oversight Group (Oversight Group). It may be used by members to update their nominating organisations and other key agencies about the National Sepsis Program Extension (Program Extension).
The Commission is pleased to announce the release of the Aged Care Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Guide.
Detailed security compliance checklists to be used by clinical quality registry (CQR) organisations to assess their business operations and CQR system hosting.
Today the Commission has released a revised Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Care Standard (2024), offering the latest guidance on how to proactively manage the condition to ease symptoms, including pain, joint stiffness and reduced mobility.
For 85-year-old Glenda Gartrell who lives with knee osteoarthritis, daily life revolves around keeping active. If she finds herself sitting down for too long, she will jump on her exercise bike to get her body moving.
There is a lot going on inside the head of forensic psychologist Tom Buttel when it comes to thinking about how to best manage his knee osteoarthritis. He is an advocate of the Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Care Standard, released by the Commission on 15 August 2024.
The quality statements for the Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Care Standard are based on best available evidence and guideline recommendations at the time of development. This summary describes the relevance of each evidence source to the quality statements.
This Implementation Guide describes activities and resources that are recommended for Primary Health Networks (PHNs) supporting local services and clinicians to implement the Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Care Standard.