Safeguarding Healthcare
Safeguarding Healthcare
Safeguarding Healthcare leads you through the intricate corridors of hospitals, taking you behind closed doors on an extraordinary journey. This is the podcast that holds a stethoscope to the beating heart of hospitals to reveal the reasoning behind the clinical governance decision making process. Join host, Dr David Rankin, a 35-year veteran of medical administration, as he puts some of Australi…Social links:
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The conundrums of clinical registries
What do you do if your hospital CEO questions the value of clinical quality registries? In this episode of ‘Safeguarding Healthcare’, Dr David Rankin tackles the complexities of clinical quality registries with Professor Susannah Ahern from Monash University. Professor Ahern’s work informs national…
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When Graphs Don't Work
Surgical staff are highly intelligent but may not intuitively understand numbers and graphs. So what do you do if you find the reports you’ve been producing aren’t actually understood by their intended audience? In this episode of ‘Safeguarding Healthcare – the Essentials of Clinical Governance’, h…
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Confidentiality Conundrums
What actions should a medical administrator take if confidential patient notes are sent to the wrong person? In this episode of 'Safeguarding Healthcare - the Essentials of Clinical Governance’, host Dr David Rankin presents this challenging hypothetical to Dr Colin Feekery, a former Acting Directo…
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A complication coding conundrum
You are troubled by what may be an increased incidence of a normally routine surgical side effect. Where do you even begin to start troubleshooting? In this episode of ‘Safeguarding Healthcare - the Essentials of Clinical Governance’, host Dr David Rankin guides Dr Paul Tridgell through this challe…
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A Director’s Duty
What is Clinical Governance and what is the role of the Director of a healthcare organisation in ensuring the care that is provided is safe? In this episode, Dr David Rankin takes an unfortunate scenario that is not uncommon in the modern hospital. He explores the meaning of clinical governance wi…
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A Doctor’s Deceit
What would you do if you discovered that one of your gynecologists had lied about their credentials? What are the implications for patients, staff, and the hospital at large? In this episode of ‘Safeguarding Healthcare’, Dr David Rankin discusses this challenging scenario with Dr Simon Fraser, Seni…
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Scope of Practice Unbound
Where do you draw the line when assessing if a surgeon is qualified to undertake specific surgery? How do you determine their scope of clinical practice, and what happens if you have doubts? In this episode of 'Safeguarding Healthcare’, host Dr David Rankin and Dr Leah Barrett-Beck explore a challe…
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Do Not Disturb
A registrar is found asleep with his phone turned off during a serious emergency. In this episode of ‘Safeguarding Healthcare’, host Dr David Rankin poses a scenario involving a senior obstetric registrar who fails to respond to urgent calls during what has beena quiet shift. Dr. Rachel Cheong, the…
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Sharing the Anaesthetic
How do you deal with an anaesthetist who may have been sampling leftover fentanyl? In this episode of “Safeguarding Healthcare - the Essentials of Clinical Governance,” Dr David Rankin explores a complex scenario involving suspected drug misuse, unravelling the intricate threads of patient safety, …
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Learning the Scalpel Arts
In this episode of ‘Safeguarding Healthcare’, Dr David Rankin delves into the complexities of medical administration with guest Dr Bahare Moradi, the Acting Director of Medical Services at the Royal North Shore Hospital in northern Sydney. Together, they dissect a common scenario involving a surgic…
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