The Third Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation investigates healthcare use in four clinical areas. Gastroscopy hospitalisations are included in Chapter 2 on Gastrointestinal investigations and treatments.
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Find out what you need to know if you are having a colonoscopy. The Colonoscopy Clinical Care Standard describes what you can expect before, during and after a colonoscopy.
The Commission has developed a standard on clinical care as a part of the strengthening of the Aged Care Quality Standards. The focus is to protect older people from harm and improve their clinical care.
This page includes links to Australian and international resources to support antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programs in health service organisations and in aged care and primary care. AMS programs help to improve patient safety and in the prevention and control of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
The Commission in collaboration with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) developed the NGPA Scheme, which commenced on 1 January 2017.
The NGPA Scheme supports the accreditation of Australian general practices to the RACGP Standards for general practices and the RACGP Standards for point-of-care testing (as of November 2021).
Early planned births are when babies are born before 39 weeks of pregnancy by planned caesarean section or induced labour. Find out about early planned births in the Fourth Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2021.
Summary of accreditation outcomes and lessons learnt from the assessment of general practices against the RACGP Standards for general practices (5th edition) and the RACGP Standards for point-of-care testing (5th edition).
This page lists a number of organisations who may be able to advise or support you if you have a question about your healthcare rights.
Several resources have been identified which are relevant for improving safe and appropriate use of medicines in an ageing population.
Medication safety alerts are issued in response to reported incidents, or for medicines with known high risk. Alerts and guidance are also issued on medicines shortages. They can advise on:
- action to prevent future adverse medicine events, or to lessen the risk of such events, and
- strategies on conserving medicines during a medicines shortage and associated safety considerations.
The future of medicines, good for people, good for the planet.
Medication management reviews (MMRs) assess a person’s medicines to reduce the risk of harm. Find out about variation in MMR rates in the Fourth Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2021.
Keynote speakers that presented at National Medicines Symposium 2024.
The Third Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation investigates healthcare use in four clinical areas. Antibiotics dispensing in children are included in Chapter 1, Neonatal and paediatric health.
Tonsillectomy (surgery to remove the tonsils) and myringotomy (surgery to treat middle ear disease) are common surgeries in children. This chapter of the Fourth Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation examines these surgeries in people aged 17 years and under.
Our Clinical Directors and Medical Advisors provide expert clinical advice on the wide range of programs managed by the Commission.
