This issue includes items on wellbeing , medication safety, harm, surgery, communications, health literacy, and more.

Also covered are the latest from Health Affairs, Emergency Medicine Australasia, Health Expectations, International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the UK’s NICE and the USA’s AHRQ.

This issue includes items on the OECD’s Patient-Reported Indicator Survey (PaRIS) report, the latest antimicrobial surveillance report, telemedicine, virtual care, heavy menstrual bleeding, prevention, and more. Also covered are the latest from BMJ Quality &Safety, Australian Journal of Primary Health, Australian Prescriber, Journal of Patient Safety, Pediatric Quality & Safety, Journal for Healthcare Quality and the UK’s NICE and Healthcare Excellence Canada.

A presentation by Mr Bronte Parkin on Polypharmacy Consumer Perspective.

A presentation from Ms Alice Nugent on Digital tools for medicines management in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations.

A presentation from Professor Jennifer Martin on a Clinician’s perspective on managing medicines for an ageing population. 

This issue includes items on the consultation for the Falls in older people guidelines, the Patient Safety Principles from the Patient Safety Commissioner for England, patient experience, diagnostic excellence, hospital-acquired complications (HACs), learning health systems, incentives, adverse events, and more. 

Also covered are the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, Australian Prescriber, Future Leaders Communiqué, Public Health Research & Practice, The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety  and the UK’s NICE.

This issue includes items on the new Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Clinical Care Standard, patient experience, primary care patient safety, clinical leadership, surgical safety, COVID-19, and more. Also covered are the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, Health Policy, Pediatric Quality & Safety and the UK’s NICE.

This issue includes items on the forthcoming National Medicines Symposium 2024, the new Australian Framework on National Clinical Quality Registries, implementation, clinical governance, person-centre care, medication safety, COVID-19, and more. Also covered are the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, Journal for Healthcare Quality, Health Expectations, along with the latest from RACMA, the UK’s NHS Horizons, NICE and NIHR and the USA’s AHRQ.

This two-page quick guide summarises the evidence- and consensus- based recommendations on the use of PROMs for low back pain. It may be used and adapted to support communication and implementation of PROM recommendations.

The Patient-Reported Outcome Measure Recommendations for Low Back Pain describe evidence- and consensus-based recommendations on the use of PROMs in people with low back pain. These recommendations are intended to maximise the clinical usefulness of PROMs and minimise survey fatigue. 

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.

These slides can be used to present to clinicians on the Osteoarthritis Clinical Care Standard. Content covers why the standard was developed, an overview of the quality statements, and one case study.

Primary health networks can adapt the presentation and are encouraged to invite local clinicians to present - and to include a local case study.

This issue includes items on the consultation on the new National Safety and Quality Medical Imaging Standards, artificial intelligence (AI) in acute care, digital enabled care, primary care, simulation, falls prevention, patient experience, infection prevention, COVID-19, and more. Also covered are the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, Patient Experience Journal, Health Policy, and Health Affairs.