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Some more questions about hospital performance

July 13, 2009 – 11:02 am

Croakey has previously argued that the Productivity Commission inquiry into public and private hospital performance has overly narrow terms of reference.
Below you can read some more suggestions for the Commission from several Croakey contributors, but first have a look at how much further the debate on hospital performance has advanced in some other countries.
In the [...]

By Croakey | Posted in Hospitals, Indigenous health, Media-related issues, adverse events, evidence-based issues, quality and safety of health care, rural and remote health, surgery | Also tagged hospital performance, Hospitals, Indigenous health, Productivity Commission, rural and remote health | Comments (0)

Are Australian hospitals doing enough to prevent surgery-related deaths?

March 25, 2009 – 1:47 pm

Should Australian hospitals be required to implement the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist which has been shown to reduce post operative deaths and complications?
The UK National Patient Safety Agency has issued an alert requiring all healthcare organisations in England and Wales to implement the checklist (adapted for England and Wales) for every patient undergoing a surgical [...]