Evidence-based care | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

Action 1.27
The health service organisation has processes that: Provide clinicians with ready access to best-practice guidelines, integrated care pathways, clinical pathways and decision support tools relevant to their clinical practice Support clinicians to use the best available evidence, including relevant clinical care standards developed by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.

Action 1.27

The health service organisation has processes that:

Provide clinicians with ready access to best-practice guidelines, integrated care pathways, clinical pathways and decision support tools relevant to their clinical practice
Support clinicians to use the best available evidence, including relevant clinical care standards developed by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.

Educate the workforce on a range of evidence-based guidelines relevant to people with intellectual disability.

The following guidelines are relevant to people with intellectual disability:

NSQHS Standards User guide for health service organisations providing care for patients with cognitive impairment or at risk of delirium – This guideline supports the implementation of Actions 5.29 and 5.30 for people with cognitive impairment (including intellectual disability) at risk of developing delirium. See Action 5.29 in the ‘Comprehensive Care Standard’ section of this User Guide for further information.
Delirium Clinical Care Standard – People with intellectual disability have an elevated risk of developing delirium, particularly when they are acutely unwell or in an unfamiliar environment.
Psychotropic Medicines in Cognitive Disability or Impairment Clinical Care Standard – The Standard provides eight Quality Statements to guide safe health care for people with intellectual disability who have behaviours of concern. Individuals may be prescribed psychotropic medications when they present for care, or the question of prescribing these medications may emerge during their admission.