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The acronyms relating to ED occupancy have been added to the Emergency Department overcrowding page. Sullivan, C, Staib, A, Eley, R, et al. National Emergency Access Targets metrics of the emergency department–inpatient interface: measures of patient flow and mortality for emergency admissions to hospital. Australian Health Review 2015;39(5):533-38.
Lack of empathy has been added as a risk factor for litigation on the Medicolegal issues page. Smith, DD, Kellar, J, Walters, EL, et al. Does emergency physician empathy reduce thoughts of litigation? A randomised trial. Emerg Med J 2016 .
The Financial issues page has been updated with additional information about different forms of cost effectiveness analysis.
The Negligence segment in the Medicolegal issues page has been revised and some additional information about the risk factors for negligence claims in doctors added.
The Rosters page has been revised and information about the effects of night shift on driving performance added. Lee, ML, Howard, ME, Horrey, WJ, et al. High risk of near-crash driving events following night-shift work. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2016;113(1):176-81.
A small segment on Compassion fatigue has been added to the Work stress page.
A new topic called Planning has been added to the Management section.
The Medicolegal issues page has been updated with a segment on Fair information practice
A short segment describing respectful behaviour has been added to the Staff protection and safety page.
A new page called Business cases that outlines the main purposes and components of business cases has been created
A short segment on reducing costs has been added to the Financial issues page.
The Financial issues page has been extensively revised and updated.
A new segment on financial reporting has been added to the Financial issues page
A new page called Staff protection and safety has been added to the Management section and includes information about discrimination, bullying and harassment.
A new page called The impaired health practitioner has been created containing information about types and reasons for notification of the national health registration body.
A short segment comparing the relative strengths and weaknesses of process and outcome measures has been added to the Clinical indicators page.
A new segment on patient flow has been added to the Emergency Department overcrowding page.
A new segment on patient streaming has been added to the Emergency Department overcrowding page.
The latest statistics regarding ED waiting times to be seen and NEAT targets have been added to the Triage and Time limited ED targets pages, respectively.
The Financial issues page has been updated with a section added on Cost effectiveness analysis.