Selected Topics - Clinical Care

Events

• School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW - Upcoming Events

Global policies and related documents

Reports, guidelines and projects

• Australian general practice and pandemic influenza: models of clinical practice in an established pandemic - This 2007 article by Christine B Phillips, Mahomed S Patel, Nicholas Glasgow, Christopher Pearce, Paul Dugdale, Alison Davies, Sally Hall and Marjan Kljakovic and published in MJA 2007; 186 (7): 355-358, argues that, "to minimise the health impact of pandemic influenza, general practice will need to provide influenza-related and non-influenza primary health care, as well as contribute to the public health goal of disease control." Furthermore, "effective participation by general practice in a pandemic requires supplementary infrastructure support, changes to financial and staffing patterns, a review of legislation on medicolegal implications during an emergency, and intensive collaboration between general practices."
• Cancer Care for the Whole Patient: Meeting Psychosocial Health Needs [Executive Summary] - "Cancer care today often provides state-of-the-science biomedical treatment, but fails to address the psychological and social (psychosocial) problems associated with the illness. This failure can compromise the effectiveness of health care and thereby adversely affect the health of cancer patients. Psychological and social problems created or exacerbated by cancer--including depression and other emotional problems; lack of information or skills needed to manage the illness; lack of transportation or other resources; and disruptions in work, school, and family life -- cause additional suffering, weaken adherence to prescribed treatments, and threaten patients' return to health. Today, it is not possible to deliver high-quality cancer care without using existing approaches, tools, and resources to address patients' psychosocial health needs. All patients with cancer and their families should expect and receive cancer care that ensures the provision of appropriate psychosocial health services. [The book] Cancer Care for the Whole Patient recommends actions that oncology providers, health policy makers, educators, health insurers, health planners, researchers and research sponsors, and consumer advocates should undertake to ensure that this standard is met."
• Understanding and Influencing Blood Prescription - This December 2007 report states: "The Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC), in collaboration with the National Blood Authority (NBA), commissioned market research consultants- Eureka Strategic Research - to identify the influencing behaviours of clinicians who prescribe blood components: specifically, the prescribing of red cells to haemodynamically stable (i.e. not bleeding) adult patients with normal bone marrow. This timely report gives us some insight into what the current transfusion practice amongst senior surgeons and physicians in NSW."

Educational resources

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Organisations and Networks

UN and multinational

Government

• Clinical Excellence Commission, New South Wales Government, Australia - “Health is moving from a system where hospital and health services had separate approaches to complaints and clinical errors, to a system where uniform standards and processes have been introduced to make sure that the system learns from its mistakes and solutions are adopted system-wide. The establishment of the Clinical Excellence Commission in August 2004 as part of the NSW Patient Safety and Clinical Quality Program ensures patient safety and excellence in clinical care is a top priority for the NSW Health system.”

Non Government

• Wound Care Association of NSW - A non-profit organisation dedicated to the improvement of wound care through education, research and communication.

Academic Institutions with particular focus in this area

Key Conferences, conference and workshop reports

Coming conferences

Conference reports

Journals, Newsletters, Forums

Bibliographies, Libraries

Public health bookshops

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