Promoting Quality Healthcare Practices

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What is appropriate health care practice?

Appropriate health care practice is a function of clinicians’ understanding of and conforming to both federal and state statutes and regulations governing medication prescribing.

What is primary health care?

addressing the broader determinants of health through multisectoral policy and action empowering individuals, families and communities to take charge of their own health. Primary health care enables health systems to support a person’s health needs – from health promotion to disease prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, palliative care and more.

What does a health practitioner do?

Work with patients to make sure they have sufficient information and understanding of their treatment to be able to participate in maintaining the continuity of their own care. For most patients, modern health care requires the involvement of multiple health practitioners in their care.

What are best practices in nursing?

Best practices comprise recent, relevant, and helpful nursing practices, methods, interventions, procedures or techniques based on high-quality evidence. Best practices should be implemented to improve individual patients' health outcomes the overall quality of health care, and to strengthen the health system at large.

Can I collect health information for a health management activity?

in accordance with guidelines issued by the CEO of the National Health and Medical Research Council and approved by the Commissioner under s 95A of the Privacy Act. You may only collect health information that is ‘necessary’ for a health management activity. The term ‘necessary’ is applied objectively and in a practical sense.

Should my practice collect health information?

Your practice should not collect health information unless the patient consents and the information is required for the delivery of healthcare. Your practice must collect personal information in an ethical and fair manner (without being intrusive or using methods of intimidation).

How do health service providers handle health information?

Health service providers constantly handle health information about their patients and understand that health information is sensitive in nature and needs to be treated carefully. Handling this information appropriately underpins the trust in a provider-patient relationship.

Can I use or disclose health information for health management activities?

You can use or disclose health information for health management activities in accordance with the usual use and disclosure principles. The Privacy Act 1988 (Privacy Act) refers to ‘the management, funding or monitoring of a health service’ (referred to in this guide as ‘health management activities’).

What Is Healthcare Practices

1. https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/australias-healthcare-system
2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7751558/
3. https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/australias-health/what-is-health
4. https://www.who.int/health-topics/primary-health-care
5. https://www.health.gov.au/about-us/the-australian-health-system
6. https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/standards/clinical-care-standards/about-clinical-care-standards/principles-care
7. https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/nursing-and-health-professions/health-care-practice
8. https://www.ahpra.gov.au/Publications/Annual-reports/Annual-Report-2022/Improving-health-practice.aspx

Healthcare Practices Information

1. https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/privacy-guidance-for-organisations-and-government-agencies/health-service-providers/guide-to-health-privacy
2. https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au/newsroom/podcasts/my-health-record-security
3. https://www.racgp.org.au/getattachment/626537fc-8fb1-425c-bb6b-1ade94434629/Privacy-and-managing-health-information-in-general-practice.aspx