Volume 224 - Published ahead of Issue 10
Capturing the Benefits of Clinical Quality Registries
Authors: Taryn Bessen, Stephen McDonald
Correspondence: taryn.bessen@adelaide.edu.au
Med J Aust 2026 || doi: 10.5694/mja2.70322
Published online: 16 October 2026
Published online: 16 October 2026
Abstract
Clinical quality registries (CQRs) systematically collect information about the safety and quality of health care, and through risk-adjusted and benchmarked reports drive improvements in patient care. Most commonly however, the information and insights from CQRs remain within clinical units and/or specialties rather than being embedded within organisational governance. We describe the key elements of organisational infrastructure that are essential to translate CQR data into system-wide quality improvement at a health service and jurisdictional level.
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