Open Update is a bulletin produced by Library Services, St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne.
It presents a selection of open access articles relevant to staff at St Vincent's Health Australia.
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Quality Issues and Clinical Practice
The Australian Health Care Homes trial: quality of care and patient outcomes. A propensity score-matched cohort study. AUS
Medical Journal of Australia:2024: March 21 Full text
Psychological safety in medicine: what is it, and who cares? AUS
Medical Journal of Australia:2024: March 13 Full text
Healthcare professionals' experiences and perceptions about LGBTIQA+1 safety and responsiveness in a mainstream Australian health service: Qualitative findings. SVHA
Archives of Psychiatric Nursing:2024: February 15 Full text
Aphasia disrupts usual care: “I’m not mad, I’m not deaf” – the experiences of individuals with aphasia and family members in hospital. AUS
Disability and Rehabilitation:2024: March 5 Full text
Opioids for acute musculoskeletal pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis. AUS
Drugs:2024: March 7 Full text
Testing the waters on home-based albuminuria screening to enhance the detection and management of CKD.
Clinical Kidney Journal:2024: February 9 Full text
Medicare-funded reproductive genetic carrier screening in Australia has arrived: are we ready? AUS
Medical Journal of Australia:2024: March 17 Full text
Implementing a ward-level intervention to improve nursing handover communication with a focus on bedside handover—A qualitative study. AUS
Journal of Clinical Nursing:2024: March 25 Full text
Aged Care
Cross-sectional survey of staff and family perspectives on the use of CCTV in Australian residential aged care. AUS
Australasian Journal on Ageing:2024: March 19 Full text
Emergency and Critical Care
Pulmonary embolism response teams. A description of the first 36-month Australian experience. AUS
Internal Medicine Journal:2024: March 18 Full text
Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Strengthening Muslim community leaders’ understanding of palliative care in Australia. AUS
Progress in Palliative Care:2024: March 7 Full text
When dying does not go well: a qualitative study.
BMC Palliative Care:2024: March 9 Full text
Mental Health Care
Australia's mental health commissions: evaluating a natural experiment. AUS
Medical Journal of Australia:2024: March 12 Full text
Shame in patient-health professional encounters: A scoping review.
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing:2024: March 18 Full text
COVID-19
The role of COVID-19 vaccines in preventing post-COVID-19 thromboembolic and cardiovascular complications.
Heart:2024: March 12 Full text
COVID-19 vaccination: are more jabs needed or are we now immune? AUS
Internal Medicine Journal:2024: February 27 Full text