The COPD Clinical Care Standard includes links to a range of other resources that may help healthcare services and clinicians to implement the standard. These resources are listed under the relevant heading below.
The Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Clinical Care Standard is endorsed by the following key professional and consumer organisations:
The Commission established a Topic Working Group (TWG) to advise on development for the COPD Clinical Care Standard.
Indicator specifications
Information is also available on what each quality statement means for:
What healthcare services need to know
The Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Clinical Care Standard includes ten quality statements to ensure that that describe the health care that should be provided to people living with COPD.
What clinicians need to know
The standard contains ten quality statements that describe the health care that should be provided to people living with COPD.
What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)?
This issue includes items on cultural safety, medication safety, healthcare-associated infection, virtual care, COVID-19 and more. Also covered are the latest from Health Policy, JBI Evidence Synthesis, and International Journal for Quality in Health Care.
The Commission has developed a draft Medication Management at Transitions of Care Stewardship Framework. The Commission seeks your feedback and input on the draft Framework via a 20-minute online survey.