The algorithm currently in use may underestimate the incidence of acute coronary events in Australia, according to this validation study. Overview Monitoring the incidence of acute coronary events is critical to assess the health and economic burden of coronary heart disease (CHD) on the Australian population and for health service planning. There are currently no...

Executive Summary What are the issues related to health professionals’ changing scope of practice in Australia? There is evidence that the current organisation of health professionals and health practitioners, and their associated scope of practice, are not suited to meet the needs of the Australian health system. This is contributing to unsafe and inefficient care...

This study finds that there has been limited documentation of patient experiences within the non-GP primary health care sector. Overview Information about patient experience is important to guide health care quality improvement and may also be used for health performance reporting. While there have been developments in the capture of patient experience information in hospital...

Executive summary Clinical decision-making tools can be considered in two broad categories – those designed to be used by clinicians and those designed to promote shared decision making with the clinician and patient together. The potential effect of computerised clinical decision support systems (CDSS) on variations in practice is not well understood, and CDSS are...

This report on head and neck cancers in Australia presents the latest available information on incidence, mortality, survival and hospitalisations. Overview Head and neck cancer is a term used to describe a range of cancers that occur in the throat (pharynx and larynx), nose, sinuses and mouth. This report presents the most recent data available...