Home
Welcome to the website for the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.
Key Links
Most Requested Downloads
The Commission has been funded by the Australian, State and Territory Governments to develop a national strategic framework and associated work program that will guide its efforts in improving safety and quality across the health care system in Australia.
4th International Symposium on Rapid Response Systems and Medical Emergency Teams
May 8 & 9, 2008
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
For information and a Symposium Program please visit the
4th International Symposium on Rapid Response Systems and Medical Emergency Teams home page.
Presentation at the International Forum on Quality and Safety in Health Care – April 2008
Dr Christine Jorm and Professor Rick Iedema presented
"Innovative Approaches to Enhancing Clinical Handover" at the Forum.
Open Disclosure Evaluation released
The
Evaluation of the pilot of the National Open Disclosure Standard is now available. It demonstrates that the National Open Disclosure Standard is robust, practicable and of value to health care practitioners and consumers.
National Inpatient Medication Chart
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has identified medication safety as one of its priorities. Reducing error and harm from medicines through safe and quality use of medicines is an important element of our objective to lead and coordinate national safety and quality improvements in health care.
For further information please see the
National Inpatient Medication Chart web page.
Open Disclosure Literature Review
A review of Australian and international literature on open disclosure is now available for viewing and download from the
Commission Publications page.
National Forum on Safety and Quality in Health Care 2008
The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS) in collaboration with the Australian Commission for Safety and Quality in Health Care and the Department of Health, South Australia are hosting the National Forum on Safety and Quality in Health Care at the Adelaide Convention Centre 29-31 October 2008. The theme for the Forum is “Safety and Quality is Everyone’s Business”
Contributions are now being invited for abstracts addressing one or more of the forum themes. Please visit
The National Forum on Safety and Quality in Health Care website for more details.
Includes the Commission Updates and Measurement for Improvement Toolkit.
Page currency, Latest update: 28 April, 2008
