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Numerous studies about the use of trigger tools to identify adverse events (AEs) have been performed in hospitals. However, the research conducted on the use of trigger tools to identify AEs in primary care is limited. 

This study developed a set of triggers for identifying adverse events in Primary Care, from health record reviews with high positive predictive value (PPV), making it easier to collect reliable information on care-related incidents in this sector. It also presents interesting data on adverse event prevalence in Primary Care.

This article addresses the question of to what extent changes in legislation and regulatory standards in aged care and disability create new expectations of these boards and directors.

This article examines what might be learnt from both literatures and considers what findings might – and might not – be hypothesised to be transferable to the governance of disability service providers.

Clinical governance has an important role in primary care, but primary care also has an important role in clinical governance.

Over two webinar events, Duncan McKellar steps us through the practical application and benefits of embedding psychological safety at the frontline, drawing on his life-changing involvement in culture reform post The Oakden Report. Join us for part 1: Restoring humanity through a psychological safety approach.

In thinking about clinical governance, we must also consider the range of factors that impact the safety and quality of care - whether intrinsic or extrinsic to the person. This will inform our approach to clinical governance in any given situation. Intrinsic factors might relate to the person themselves, such as a disability; extrinsic factors might relate to some external condition, such as homelessness and other aspects of a person’s social circumstances.

Clinical governance (the concept of which emerged in the 1990s in the context of health care) has traditionally attracted less attention in the care of people living with a disability, with a noticeable dearth of research specific to this sector. Such oversight has been highlighted in the recent draft report by the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (Disability Royal Commission), which inquired into the Federal Government's approach to the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines to disability care residents and workers.

Primary and community care are fundamental to population health. They support the community’s physical and mental well-being through their role in health promotion, health literacy and preventative care, as well as in the early intervention and ongoing management of acute and chronic conditions, including end-of-life care

An important aspect of clinical governance, particularly in primary and community care, is monitoring and early intervention. Particularly important in older people in the early detection of functional decline or clinical deterioration.

Dr Hung The Nguyen talks through the challenge of providing accurate health information that is culturally appropriate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities and how his clinic addressed this challenge.