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    The document provides a summary of the links between the Victorian Quality Council (VQC) Safety and Quality Framework and the standards of the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS). It explains that the VQC Framework was developed to help health services improve safety and quality, while ACHS Accreditation involves an external review of an organization’s systems. Implementing the VQC Framework will help health services meet many of the ACHS standards by addressing areas like leadership, human resources, information management, and safe practices. The document then provides specific examples of how sections of the VQC Framework map to criteria within the ACHS standards.

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    The document provides a summary of the links between the Victorian Quality Council (VQC) Safety and Quality Framework and the standards of the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS). It explains that the VQC Framework was developed to help health services improve safety and quality, while ACHS Accreditation involves an external review of an organization’s systems. Implementing the VQC Framework will help health services meet many of the ACHS standards by addressing areas like leadership, human resources, information management, and safe practices. The document then provides specific examples of how sections of the VQC Framework map to criteria within the ACHS standards.

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    The document provides a summary of the links between the Victorian Quality Council (VQC) Safety and Quality Framework and the standards of the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS). It explains that the VQC Framework was developed to help health services improve safety and quality, while ACHS Accreditation involves an external review of an organization’s systems. Implementing the VQC Framework will help health services meet many of the ACHS standards by addressing areas like leadership, human resources, information management, and safe practices. The document then provides specific examples of how sections of the VQC Framework map to criteria within the ACHS standards.

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    Relationship between the Victorian

    Quality Council (VQC) Safety and Quality


    Framework and the Australian Council on
    Healthcare Standards (ACHS) Standards
    The VQC Safety and Quality (S&Q) Framework was developed to assist health
    services to develop a comprehensive and effective approach to safety and
    quality monitoring and improvement. ACHS Accreditation is an external review
    of an organisations safety and quality improvement structure, culture, process
    and effectiveness.
    Implementation of the elements of the VQC Framework, and the associated
    suggested activities, through leadership and planning, and will contribute to
    health services meeting a number of the ACHS Accreditation standards and
    criteria.
    This summary provides a guide to linking specific areas of the VQC Framework
    with ACHS standards and criteria. Use of the Framework checklist also provides
    an evaluation of the level of implementation of a quality program, although it
    does not indicate effectiveness of the program.

    Links between ACHS Functions and VQC Safety and Quality


    (S&Q) Framework
    ACHS Function 1
    Continuum of Care
    The VQC Framework directly
    addresses Standards and Criteria:

    1.1 (1.1.1, 1.1.2)

    1.2 (1.2.1)

    1.3 (1.3.1, 1.3.2)

    Section of VQC S&Q Framework that


    assists health services to meet the
    standard
    Consumer involvement is a key element of the
    S&Q Framework and essential to an effective
    improvement program through:

    Consumer/Community Role in S&Q (pgs


    12, 20,48)

    Example of organisational approach to


    Safety and Quality Improvement (pg 24)

    Examples of Consumer/Community
    involvement in each dimension of quality
    in the Safety and Quality Matrix (pg 26
    onwards)

    Function 2
    Leadership and Management
    The VQC Framework directly
    addresses Standards and Criteria:
    2.1 (2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3)

    Information Management and Reporting


    (pg 22) and in the Safety and Quality
    Matrix (pg 26 onwards)
    Section of VQC S&Q Framework that
    assists health services to meet the
    standard
    S&Q Program Leadership is addressed as a key
    component of the Framework through:

    The principles underpinning the


    Framework (pg 8)

    2.3 (2.3.1)

    Roles and Responsibilities (pg 12, 44, 46)

    2.4 (2.4.1, 2.4.2)

    Organisation Wide Approach to Safety


    and Quality Improvement (pg 14-19)

    Example of an Organisational Approach


    (pg 24)

    Examples of Leadership and Governance


    and Consumer Involvement in each
    dimension of quality in the S&Q Matrix
    (pg 26 onwards)

    Consumer Involvement (pg 20)

    2.2 (2.2.1, 2.2.2)

    Function 3
    Human Resources
    Management
    The VQC Framework directly
    addresses Standards and
    Criteria:

    3.1 (3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3,


    3.1.4, 3.1.6)

    Function 4
    Information Management
    The VQC Framework directly
    addresses Standards and
    Criteria:

    4.1 (4.1.1, 4.1.5)

    4.2 (4.2.1, 4.2.3)

    Section of VQC S&Q Framework that assists


    health services to meet the standard

    Human Resources Management in relation to


    safety and quality is addressed in the
    Framework through the Governance and
    Leadership and Competence and Education
    components through:

    Encouraging Staff Participation and


    Leadership as part of Governance and
    Leadership (pg 16, 18)

    Staff roles in S&Q (pg 47)

    Competence and Education to support


    healthcare providers (pg 21)

    Example of an Organisational Approach


    (pg 24)

    Governance and Leadership and


    Competence and Education sections of
    the Safety and Quality Matrix (pg 26
    onwards)

    Section of VQC S&Q Framework that assists


    health services to meet the standard

    Information Management is addressed as a


    Key Component of the Framework through:
    Organisation Elements Information
    Management and Reporting (pg 10, 22)

    Example of an Organisational Approach


    (pg 24) and Executive Summary (pg 2)

    The Information Management and


    Reporting section for each dimension of
    quality in the Safety and Quality Matrix
    (pg 26 onwards)

    Governance and Leadership (pg 15)

    Function 5
    Safe Practice and
    Environment
    The VQC Framework directly
    addresses Standards and
    Criteria:

    5.1 (5.1.1, 5.1.3)

    Section of VQC S&Q Framework that assists


    health services to meet the standard

    Safe Practice and Environment is a key


    component of VQC Framework through:

    Dimensions of Quality Safety (pg 11)

    The Safety and Quality Matrix Safety


    Dimension of Quality (pg 27-30)

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