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A conversation about health care safety and quality
Author(s) -
Baggoley Christopher J,
Curtis Imogen E,
Dunbar Nicola J,
Jorm Christine M
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02664.x
Subject(s) - commission , conversation , health care , quality (philosophy) , management , medicine , psychology , political science , law , communication , philosophy , epistemology , economics
arl Qu na vision for E y in 2009, the Australian Commission on Safety and ality in Health Care (ACSQHC) developed a draft tional safety and quality framework that sets out a a health system that delivers safe and high-quality care (Box). At the ACSQHC, we now want to talk to Australians about how the safety and quality of the nation’s health care system can be improved. We are keen to hear from patients, consumers, clinicians, health service managers, policymakers and researchers about what aspects of safety and quality are important to them, the barriers they perceive to providing optimal care and suggestions for improving safety and quality. We have produced a detailed discussion paper as a starting point, and we need to know what you, the people on the ground, think about the ideas it contains. Opportunities for providing input include completing a short survey available on our website, providing written submissions and participating in meetings and focus groups. The result of these conversations will be a report, to be released mid 2010, that will include strategies for achieving sustainable, safe and high-quality patient care in all settings. The Journal has recently published articles by leading commentators and academics advocating health care reforms, and we