Resources

The inter-dependency of clinician wellbeing and patient safety is well accepted. Staff burnout is a widespread problem and patient safety improvement appears to have stalled. This survey of 2187 physicians and 6643 nurses practising in 64 hospitals in six European countries investigated the well-being of physicians and nurses in hospital practice in Europe, and identified interventions that hold promise for reducing adverse clinician outcomes and improving patient safety.

What skills and experience do clinical governance or similar teams and units need to support your organisation's safety and quality agenda? In this webinar, Dr Sarah Fischer, Acting Executive Director of Safety at Safer Care Victoria, discussed the various roles and relationships to ensure fit-for-purpose teams.

In this webinar, Sarah Fischer, Director of Culture & Capability at Safer Care Victoria discussed the elements that make up a safety culture; the steps to safety culture maturation, the signs that indicate success and how culture is influenced at a local level.

What is a ‘culture of safety’ in the context of care quality? How does it help? Why is it important? While ‘safety culture’ trips off the tongue,  ‘culture’ is often nebulous in practice; and it can be unclear how to improve it or how the shift occurs.

Falls management and prevention is often described as a wicked problem. There are so many variables at play; consumer risk appetite and independence, staffing issues, technology and frailty, just to name a few. Endless breakthrough collaboratives, studies and improvement projects have addressed the issue. Whilst individual organisations may have experienced some success, falls remain a key cause of consumer harm across health and aged care.

SystemsThinking - A New Direction in Healthcare Incident Investigation.

The Managing Clinical Risk in Primary Health Care document is designed as a resource for staff in primary health care services. The document has been developed after consultation with practitioners, managers, risk specialists and with reference to the conceptual framework provided by the Victorian Quality Council.

Dignity of risk is another way of saying you have the right to live the life you choose, even if your choices involve some risk.

This 'Dignity of Risk' research project aims to determine policy and decision-makers perceptions of ‘Dignity of Risk’ as it applies to vulnerable older persons living in residential aged care services.

In this No Harm Done podcast, Dr Cathy Balding and Cathy Jones delve into the clinical risk management depths.