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A further step towards true partnership: consumer engagement in the diagnostic process
A further step towards true partnership: consumer engagement in the diagnostic process

Traditionally, consumers have been passive recipients of healthcare services, receiving diagnoses and treatments without active involvement. However, a shift toward a co-design approach is underway, encouraging consumers to become collaborative partners in the diagnostic process. The article identifies several challenges to consumer involvement, including communication barriers, lack of fit for purpose information, and mistrust or fear or health professionals.

Clinical governance
Person-centered care
Strategies for improving home care quality
Strategies for improving home care quality

Specific research into home care quality is in its infancy, relative to other care settings.  This comprehensive study explores differences in healthcare outcomes between urban and rural home care settings, with a focus on two key quality metrics: hospital admissions and emergency room (ER) visit rates.

Clinical care
Clinical governance
Continuity of care
Is there enough ‘clinical’ in clinical governance?
Is there enough ‘clinical’ in clinical governance?

Is clinical governance lagging behind corporate  governance, despite years of focus? This article argues that healthcare governance and management are still skewed towards corporate and administrative functions. 

Clinical care
Clinical governance
Clinical leadership
Management
The Victorian Safety Culture Guide
The Victorian Safety Culture Guide

The Victorian Safety Culture Guide (VSCG), from Safer Care Victoria, supports healthcare leaders to measure and monitor their organisation’s safety culture;  and is also a useful tool for other sectors to adapt and apply to develop their safety cultures. 

Clinical governance
Clinical risk
Leadership
Safety Culture
Creating an upward spiral of care quality and staff satisfaction - together!

All human service sectors rely heavily on a common success factor: people. Care providers and consumers form a symbiotic relationship. They are two sides of the same coin. This paper explores how this relationship can be designed to create a systematic ‘upward spiral’ of improved staff satisfaction and care quality.

Clinical Governance - Are we Actively Engaged or Passively Avoidant?
Clinical Governance - Are we Actively Engaged or Passively Avoidant?

Discover the true essence of Clinical Governance, going beyond policies, procedures, and compliance. Learn how your daily actions contribute to a stronger governance framework within your organization, and be inspired to connect with your personal "WHY"—whether it's quality, safety, or person-centred care that drives you. Kathy and Kate provide practical strategies you can implement immediately for quick wins, empowering you to make a meaningful impact in your role while enhancing patient care and safety.

Clinical governance
Lightbulb Moments: My ‘A-ha!’ moment on the essential ingredient in care quality
Lightbulb Moments: My ‘A-ha!’ moment on the essential ingredient in care quality

Dr Cathy Balding and her guest, CEO Jenny Hall of Uniting SA - discuss Jenny's "ah-ha!" moment about why one of the most crucial elements in quality care is getting overlooked.

Clinical governance
AICG and SPC Partner to Launch Certificate in Clinical Governance for Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs)
AICG and SPC Partner to Launch Certificate in Clinical Governance for Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs)

The Australasian Institute of Clinical Governance (AICG) is pleased to announce the launch of a newly adapted version of its Certificate in Clinical Governance, tailored specifically to address the unique healthcare needs of Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs). 
 

Clinical governance
ARIIA Clinical Governance for Aged Care Learning Module
ARIIA Clinical Governance for Aged Care Learning Module

The Knowledge and Implementation Hub has gathered evidence on why clinical governance matters in aged care, along with learning and practical resources. These knowledge packages can support the aged care workforce in delivering safe, high-quality care to older Australians. If the concept of clinical governance is new to you, this short click-through learning module provides a simple overview of its role and value to the aged care organisation.

Aged care
Clinical governance
Clinical governance in home care: A framework in the Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards
Clinical governance in home care: A framework in the Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards

Health is a broad concept, influenced by a range of determinants – psycho-social, environmental, cultural, spiritual (for example). Any care or services can impact a person’s health.  Therefore, the concept of clinical governance (which aspires to achieve optimal health outcomes - and therefore quality of living) is as relevant to home care as it is to residential aged care, despite different contexts and priorities. This article dives into building a clinical governance framework that takes direction from the Revised Aged Care Quality Standards (Strengthened Quality Standards), as it relates to aged and home care.

Aged care
Aged care quality
Standards
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