https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 Getting right to the point: identifying Australian outpatients' priorities and preferences for patient-centred quality improvement in chronic disease care https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:25847 Wed 15 Dec 2021 16:09:51 AEDT ]]> Are clinicians using routinely collected data to drive practice improvement? A cross-sectional survey https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:42923 Wed 07 Sep 2022 13:07:20 AEST ]]> Low-value' clinical care in general practice: a cross-sectional analysis of low value care in early-career GPs' practice https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:54198 Tue 13 Feb 2024 10:54:23 AEDT ]]> A multi-state, multi-site, multi-sector healthcare improvement model: implementing evidence for practice https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:31532 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:43:52 AEDT ]]> The cycle of change: implementing best-evidence clinical practice https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:7477 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:38:49 AEDT ]]> Using indicators to quantify the potential to improve the quality of health care https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:3082 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:32:15 AEDT ]]> Using hierarchical models to analyse clinical indicators: a comparison of the gamma-Poisson and beta-binomial models https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:1834 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:31:14 AEDT ]]> Adverse events in surgical patients in Australia https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:1509 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:30:53 AEDT ]]> Using clinical indicators to facilitate quality improvement via the accreditation process: an adaptive study into the control relationship https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:19112 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:55:53 AEDT ]]> Predictors of adverse events in surgical admissions in Australia https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:5497 70 years [odds ratio (OR) 1.9, 95% confidence intervals (CI) 1.3–2.6] and duration of operation (P = 0.005). Other predictive factors were: contaminated surgical site (OR 2.1, 95% CI 1.2–3.7) and anaemia (OR 1.8, 95% CI 1.1–2.8). Predictive factors of individual procedures included: urine retention (transurethral resection of the prostate); extended duration of operation and asthma (hysterectomy); acute admissions and extended duration of operation (cholecystectomy); and warfarin type drugs, ethanol abuse, failed prostheses, GI ulcer/ inflammation, rheumatoid arthritis, and ischaemic heart disease (hip and knee joint arthroplasty). Conclusions: The results of this study suggest that five factors should be routinely monitored for patients undergoing these procedures: age >70 years, type of procedure, duration of operation >2 h, contaminated surgical site and anaemia.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:47:01 AEDT ]]> Pathology test-ordering behaviour of Australian general practice trainees: a cross-sectional analysis https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:26206 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:36:31 AEDT ]]> Look back and talk openly: responding to and communicating about the risk of large-scale error in pathology diagnoses https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:23588 200 patients was incorrect, and 38 had experienced clinical consequences. There was no public panic as a result of the wide open disclosure. Few related legal claims or complaints were made. The impact of the pathology diagnostic error has continued to 2011 for some patients. Lessons learned: Openly disclosing a risk of widespread error meant the community could be supported with information and medical management as needed. Credentialing and peer-review processes for senior staff must be precise and collegiate. Sometimes action has to take place even when the risk is ill defined. There are five critical elements in planning and implementing a large-scale lookback.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:16:16 AEDT ]]> Psychometric evaluation of the Arabic version of the patient-centered communication instrument for adult cancer patients https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:48676 P < 0.001). Internal consistency of the total six PCC-36 functions was confirmed by a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.97. Conclusions: The study proved that the PCC-36 Arabic version is a valid and reliable instrument for the measurement of patient communication experiences in cancer care in Saudi Arabia, with similar properties to the original, and that this instrument may be used in 22 different Arab countries to measure and improve cancer patients’ communication experiences.]]> Mon 27 Mar 2023 14:25:49 AEDT ]]> An international systems-theoretic comparison of hospital accreditation: developing an implementation typology https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:36787 Mon 06 Jul 2020 10:28:43 AEST ]]>