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Healthcare-associated infections: getting the balance right in safety and quality v. public reporting
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-17, 14:17 authored by Mitchell, BG, Gardner, A, McGregor, AHealthcare settings are dangerous places. For those receiving care, the risk of unintended harm from healthcare failures continues to be significant. Given this, there is a need to monitor standards in healthcare, not only to identify potential issues, but also to plan and evaluate interventions aimed at improving healthcare standards. Public reporting of performance standards is one aspect to monitoring standards, but not the only one. Public reporting also brings with it challenges. This perspective explores the recent move to publicly report one healthcare-associated infection (HAI) on the MyHospitals website and comments on the broader issue of using existing HAI data for the purposes of public reporting.
History
Publication title
Australian Health ReviewVolume
36Issue
4Pagination
365-366ISSN
0156-5788Department/School
School of NursingPublisher
CSIRO PublishingPlace of publication
PO Box 1139 Collingwood, VIC 3066 AustraliaRights statement
Copyright 2012 AHHARepository Status
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