Current Improvement Tools and Reports
Page content: Acute Pain Management | Change management | Clinical governance | Clinical Handover | Communication among professionals | Consumers | Data | Education | Falls | Health literacy | Interhospital Patient Transfer | Pressure ulcers | Process mapping | Test results | Venous Thromboembolism
This section of the site lists the safety and quality tools, guidelines, information sheets and reports developed by the VQC for use in health care.
Acute Pain Management
Acute Pain Management Measurement Toolkit (March 2007)
Acute Pain Management Measurement Audit Tools (May 2009)
Managing Your Pain brochure (April 2008)
Change management
Successfully implementing change (February 2006)
Understanding the Sustainability of Health Programs and Organisational Change
Clinical Governance
Previous work undertaken by the Victorian Quality Council on clinical governance can now be accessed via Archived Improvement Tools and Reports. For further information on clinical governance, you may wish to refer to the Victorian Clinical Governance Policy Framework.
Clinical Handover
Clinical Handover
Clinical Handover Information
Sheet (February 2006)
Clinical Handover: Results
arising from a clinical handover survey circulated to all Victorian health
services (July 2006)
Clinical Handover Workshop
Presentations (November 2006)
Pilot Project
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Communication among healthcare professionals
Promoting effective communication among healthcare professionals
Consumers
Consumer Leadership Development (2010)
See also Consumer, carer and community participation and information.
Data
Health care quality and safety monitoring in Victoria - Background paper (April 2011)
A guide to using data for health care quality improvement (June 2008)
Education
Introduction to Safety and Quality Principles - online education package (March 2007)
Results from the pilot project (2007)
Falls
Minimising the risk of falls and fall-related injuries - online education package (March 2007)
Note: The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) has released Preventing Falls and Harm From Falls in Older People: Best Practice Guidelines for Australian Hospitals, Residential Aged Care Facilities and Community Care 2009. We suggest you refer to these in the first instance.
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Health Literacy
Health Literacy
Talking With Your Doctor: A Guide for Older People (November 2011)
Interhospital
Patient Transfer
VQC Interhospital Patient Transfer Workshop (2007-2010)
Key Themes (April 2008)
Summary of participant feedback (May 2008)
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Pressure ulcers
Pressure ulcers (2009)
Pressure Ulcer Basics - education package for clinicians (December 2007)
Process mapping
Process mapping - A guide for health service staff (June 2007)
Process mapping and redesigning care are not currently areas of focus for the Victorian Quality Council. If you are seeking further information on redesigning hospital programs, you may wish to refer to Redesigning Hospital Care Program.
Test results
The impact of communication of test results on appropriate patient care (November 2004)
Venous Thromboembolism
Venous Thromboembolism - case studies (January 2008)
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