Resources

This section of the website contains links to resources that will help you to gain a better understanding of communicating for safety, a key element of providing high-quality care.

Resources are updated regularly, however if you find a broken link, please contact us via the email address at the bottom of the page.

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Commission Guides and tools

  • Throughout Care
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    Informed consent in health care - fact sheet for clinicians
  • Throughout Care
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    NSQHS Standards: User guide for health services providing care for people with mental health issues
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    Patient-clinician communication in hospitals: Communicating for safety at transitions of care: An information sheet for healthcare providers
  • Receives Care
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    Specifications for a standard patient identification band
  • Deterioration
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    Self-assessment and action planning tool – Recognising and responding to clinical deterioration essential element 4: Clinical communication
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    Quick start guide to the implementation of essential element 4: Clinical communication – resources to support the National Consensus Statement: essential elements for recognising and responding to clinical deterioration
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    Mental Health Fact Sheet – Communicating about physiological deterioration
  • Receives Care
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    FAQ – specifications for a standard patient identification band
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    Fact sheet – specifications for a standard patient identification band
  • Deterioration
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    Communication agreement planning tool – resource to develop agreed communication processes for recognition and response systems
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    Question Builder resources webpage
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    National Guidelines for Onscreen Presentation of Discharge Summaries
  • Deterioration
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    National Consensus Statement: Essential elements for recognising and responding to deterioration in a person’s mental state
  • Leaves
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    Delirium Clinical Care Standard and implementation resources Delirium Clinical Care Standard
  • Receives Care
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    Patient decision aids – information and resources
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    Shared decision making resources
  • Deterioration
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    Clinical deterioration - a broad range of resources on recognising and responding to acute deterioration (for physical and mental state)
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    Recognising and responding to clinical deterioration - suite of observation and response chart resources
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    Guide to support implementation of the National Consensus Statement: essential elements for recognising and responding to clinical deterioration
  • Receives Care
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    Correct Patient, Correct Site, Correct Procedure protocols and factsheets
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    Health literacy resources
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    Health literacy - Resources for improving health literacy
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    Medication Safety - National initiatives to improve medication safety
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    A better way to care: resources for safe and high-quality care for patients with cognitive impairment (dementia and delirium) in hospitals
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    National Clinical Handover Initiative Pilot Program resources
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    Patient-clinician communication in hospitals at transitions of care - information sheets and posters
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    OSSIE Guide to Clinical Handover Improvement
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    HELiCS booklet – Guide to tools to improve and evaluate clinical handover
  • Deterioration
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    Clinical handover resources
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    Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights resources
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    Inter-hospital Patient Transfer Form
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    Videos and case studies on ISBAR and iSoBAR
  • Throughout Care
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    Implementation toolkit for clinical handover improvement
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    eLearning
    Helping patients make informed decisions: communicating benefits and risk eLearning module

For patients and families

  • In the Community
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    How to help when someone is suicidal
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    Top Tips for Safe Health Care
  • Receives Care
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    Decision aids: how they can benefit you infographic
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    Sore throat: should I take antibiotics? - decision aid
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    Middle ear infection: should my child take antibiotics? – decision aid
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    Acute bronchitis: should I take antibiotics? - decision aid
  • Throughout Care
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    Communicating with your healthcare provider when you are in hospital
  • Receives Care
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    Communicating with your healthcare provider poster
  • Leaves
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    Health Literacy – A summary for consumers
  • Throughout Care
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    Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights (second edition)
  • Receives Care
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    Top Tips in Translation – translations of the factsheet in 15 languages
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    Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights - alternate versions of the Charter
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    NPS Medicinewise Medicine Finder
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    NPS Medicinewise Consumer Information
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    Question Builder – tool for preparing for your medical appointment by creating a list of questions to ask your doctor
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    Start2Talk - Planning tools with tailored information for each State and Territory
  • In the Community
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    Suicide recovery and support strategies
  • Throughout Care
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    Communication in hospital - Consumer resource about communication in hospitals
  • In the Community
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    Conversations Matter – online resources for discussing suicide – Everymind
  • Receives Care
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    Choosing Wisely - resources to reduce unnecessary tests, treatments and procedures
  • Deterioration
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    REACH - Patient and family escalation - information for patients
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    Call and Respond Early (CARE) - used in WA and ACT
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    Delirium Community Information - Australasian Delirium Association

Further reading

  • Throughout Care
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    Improving clinical communication, collaboration and teamwork in Australian health services Report
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    Review: Implementation of the Australian Open Disclosure Framework Report
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    Guide to History Taking and Examination - University College London’s MBBS course notes
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    NSQHS Standards User Guide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
  • Throughout Care
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    Summary of the report “Engaging patients in communication at transitions of care”
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    Engaging patients in communication at transitions of care
  • Receives Care
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    Health Literacy: Taking action to improve safety and quality
  • Deterioration
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    Recognising and responding to deterioration in a person’s mental state: a scoping review
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    National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards: Training and competencies for recognising and responding to clinical deterioration in acute care consultation paper
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    TeamSTEPPS Implementation of a teamwork programme into an Australian setting: Public report on pilot study
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    Electronic Discharge Summary Systems Self-evaluation toolkit
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    A Structured Evidence-Based Literature Review on Discharge, Referral and Admission
  • Deterioration
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    Recognising signs of deterioration in a person’s mental state
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    Shared Decision Making webinars
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    National Consensus Statement: essential elements for recognising and responding to clinical deterioration
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    Communication pitfalls of traditional history and physical write-up documentation
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    Communication interventions to improve adherence to infection control precautions: a randomised crossover trial
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    Facilitating Patient Understanding of Discharge Instructions – Workshop Summary
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    Engaging patients and their families in their healthcare – resources for different care settings
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    Core CUSP (Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program) Toolkit – training resources and tools to improve teamwork to build capacity to address safety issues
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    Talley and O’Connor’s Clinical Examination: A Systematic Guide to Physical Diagnosis, Section 1 The general principles of history taking and physical examination
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    Assuring Medication Accuracy in Transitions in Care
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    Communication During Patient Handovers

Video

  • Deterioration
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    REACH - The Day family's story responding to family concerns
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    Shared decision making: challenging myths
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    Shared decision making: patient decision aids
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    Shared decision making: an overview
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    Get it right! How to take a best medication history
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    Teach Back video - North Western Melbourne PHN
  • Deterioration
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    ISBAR: Identifying and Solving Barriers to Effective Handover in Inter-Hospital Transfer - Case Study 3
  • Receives Care
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    ISBAR: Identifying and Solving Barriers to Effective Handover in Inter-Hospital Transfer - Case Study 2
  • Deterioration
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    ISBAR: Identifying and Solving Barriers to Effective Handover in Inter-Hospital Transfer - Case Study 1
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    Teach Back
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    Effective Communication to Enhance Care