National Launch of Windows into Safety and Quality in Health Care 2009
17 December 2009
Professor Chris Baggoley, Chief Executive of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, today announced the launch of the Commission’s 2009 report Windows into Safety and Quality in Health Care 2009.
Invitation to comment on the draft National Safety and Quality Healthcare Standards
18 November 2009
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) released last week a consultation document on the first set of draft National Safety and Quality Healthcare Standards (NSQH Standards).
$500,000 awarded to evaluate the National Hand Hygiene Initiative
15 October 2009
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care is pleased to congratulate Associate Professor Nicholas Graves, Queensland University of Technology, who has been awarded a $500,000 NHMRC Partnerships for Better Health Grant to evaluate the impact of the National Hand Hygiene Initiative on reducing healthcare-associated infections in public hospitals.
"Clinical Handover: Critical Communication" - Release of a supplement issue in the Medical Journal of Australia
1 June 2009
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) is pleased to announce the publication of a supplement issue in the Medical Journal of Australia on Clinical Handover.
National Hand Hygiene Program Aims To Halve Hospital Superbug Infections
05 May 2009
A new world-first national hand hygiene program is being rolled out across Australian hospitals in a bid to halve the rate of antibiotic-resistant ‘superbug’ patient infections.
National Launch of Windows into Safety and Quality in Health Care 2008
29 October 2008
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has released the report Windows into Safety and Quality in Health Care.
Reducing Harm to Patients from Healthcare Associated Infections
23 July 2008
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has released the draft report Reducing harm to patients through healthcare associated infection: the role of surveillance.
Key Healthcare Rights Charter Endorsed for Australia
23 July 2008
Australian Health Ministers have endorsed the Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights at their meeting in Canberra yesterday.
Health Ministers Endorse Implementation of Safety and Quality Accreditation Reforms
21 May 2008
A media release on the Commission’s Alternative Model for safety and quality accreditation in health care is now available for viewing and download.
Appointment of Professor Chris Baggoley as Chief Executive
20 December 2007
Mr Bill Beerworth, Chairman of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, has issued a media release on the appointment of Professor Chris Baggoley as Chief Executive of the Commission.
Unique initiative to improve clinical handover and patient safety
30 August 2007
The seven successful tenderers for the National Clinical Handover Initiative, which aims to enhance patient safety through the development of improved clinical handover communications, will gather together for the first time today in Sydney.
Safer Patient Care
15 August 2007
A proposed new model that would, for the first time, require services in all settings of health care in Australia to meet mandatory safety standards, while encouraging continuing quality improvement has been released today for consultation by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.
Honesty is best medicine
6 August 2007
Courier Mail article by Dr Diana Horvath AO following the first national report on sentinel events.
Professor Chris Baggoley Appointed as Acting Chief Executive
27 July 2007
Mr Bill Beerworth, Chairman of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, has issued a media release on the appointment of Professor Chris Baggoley as Acting Chief Executive of the Commission.
Sentinel Events in Australian Public Hospitals 2004-2005
11 July 2007
The Sentinel Events report is the first joint report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) and the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. The Sentinel events in Australian public hospitals 2004-05 report and sentinel events media release are available from the AIHW website.
Dr Diana Horvath AO Retirement
10 July 2007
Mr Bill Beerworth, Chairman of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, has issued a media release on the retirement of Dr Diana Horvath AO as Chief Executive of the Commission.
