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This longitudinal assessment of a new electronic audit and feedback (e-A&F) system in a large tertiary hospital was conducted to determine the system's impact on patient safety outcomes over an extended period.
Hear from Cathy Balding and her guest, Sarah Soltan, as they explored the boundaries of clinical decision-making within clinical governance, ensuring patient safety and quality care remain the top priority.
This qualitative study aims to identify key aspects of CEO participation in quality and safety programs that characterise effective leadership for quality improvement (QI).
Consumer-directed care, consumer-centred care, consumer-focused care - whatever terms are used in your sector - remains a work in progress across human services. Some sectors have embraced and refined their approach to consumer decision-making and partnerships over many years; for others it remains a current challenge. Aged care, in particular, demonstrates some unique barriers to partnering with consumers in their care, as highlighted by this systematic review which examined the evidence relating to consumer-directed care (CDC) in the aged care environment.
Clinical deterioration is a key risk for any organisation providing clinical care. This qualitative study investigates how three organisational influences - leadership, culture and hierarchies - impact healthcare professionals' readiness to raise concerns about patient deterioration.
Across human services, organisations struggle with the right response to quality data. Too often we spend time and resources ‘fixing’ the right thing – or addressing the right thing but not fixing it.
Conversations about where we’re at and how we move forward.
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Quality improvement is integral to providing safe care for consumers.
These resources provide help with planning ahead for your next audit, understanding where you are now, and conducting improvement initiatives that make a real, lasting difference in your organisation.
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