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Clinical Communiqué Episode #6: Access Block

In this podcast episode we look at the problem of access block, a major barrier to delivering safe and timely care to patients in hospitals.

This podcast focuses on harm resulting from resident-on-resident interactions.

In this edition we look at paediatric appendicitis - the most common cause of acute abdomen in children.

This edition examines two cases where early attention and prompt responses to family concerns may have altered the fatal outcomes.

The content of the podcast is based on our April 2021 print edition, with Dr Vincent Wong as guest editor.

In this edition we examine two topics central to patient safety: medication safety and barriers to escalation of care.

This podcast presents two cases highlighting the poorer outcomes that can occur for older persons following trauma.

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In this episode, we review a coroner’s investigation into the unexpected death in hospital of a complex major trauma patient.

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In this episode we feature two surgical cases that each portray several clinical themes, but at the heart of both is the theme of communication.

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