No Harm Done Podcast

1. The Point (Time: 00:15) The evidence is in! Consumers are invaluable on patient safety investigations. From April 2025, the latest Hibbert research – Perceptions and Experiences of Consumer Representatives on Patient Safety Investigation Teams: A Qualitative Analysis. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hex.70281 2. QUALITY HACK (Time: 16:15) We’ve all heard loads of bright ideas for remembering names –...

1. TLDR (Too Long Didn’t Read – or Too Long Must Read, for our Victorian listeners – for this particular document!) (Time: 1:05) No more ‘safe, high-quality care’, and the improvement cycle gets a makeover. What sorcery is this? It’s The Safer Care Victoria Victorian Clinical Governance Framework! https://www.safercare.vic.gov.au/publications/victorian-clinical-governance-framework 2. DRDR (Did Read, Do Read)...

Getting to ‘consistently good’ requires systematic thinking from the logical part of your brain – and a system to back it up. But this won’t happen unless the ‘elephant’ part of your brain wants to go there. Improving care and service quality is a whole-of-brain workout! 1. QUALITY QUANDARY (Time: 0:45) No, you’re not wrong...

Everything old is new again – but with added features! Dignity of risk, spread and scale, negotiating for success – all with fresh clothes but a traditional skeleton. 1. QUALITY QUANDARY (Time: 00:40) A Wicked Problem: managing consumer focus, dignity and risk. (And doesn’t it sound familiar?) Hillman A, Tadd W, Calnan S, Calnan M,...

When we get hold of it, of course! Plus some excellent evidence on the effectiveness component of aged care quality that could use some more attention – and a tip for improving the consumer experience that costs nothing in time, effort or $$$. 1. QUALITY QUANDARY (Time: 00:40) Care Track Aged Care Study Hibbert, P.D.,...