Safeguarding Healthcare
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Safeguarding Healthcare is a health podcast hosted by Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators. It has 51 episodes, with the latest published September 2025.
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 Australia’s most senior hospital managers in the hot seat to challenge them with major and often complex hypothetical challenges that reflect some of the most contentious issues facing modern medicine. This podcast offers an unfiltered view of the web of patient safety, medical ethics, and healthcare decision-making.Join us as we explore gripping topics, from the thorny questions surrounding patient consent to the implications of ground-breaking healthcare technologies. Each episode delves into the heart of healthcare, scrutinizing the decisions that impact patient well-being and safety. Discover how
health ·en-AU ·51 episodes
The Open Disclosure Conversation
Lessons from loss
A bit of a problem in surgery
Mistakes that burn
Technology and backs
Rural ructions – integrating GPs in country care
Keeping things straight as a board
A bully in theatre
Incidents by the numbers
Mental illness and patient safety
Continued Professional Development dilemmas
A case of Intimidation
Politics and the underperforming practitioner
Credentialing conundrums
Missed test results
The ethics of gifts
Passion and a media revolt
The hard trek to new IT Systems
The Infected Doctor
Balancing passion and burnout
The Incomplete Record
A difficult decision for a conflicted family
The conundrums of clinical registries
When Graphs Don't Work
Confidentiality Conundrums
A complication coding conundrum
A Director’s Duty
A Doctor’s Deceit
Scope of Practice Unbound
Do Not Disturb
Sharing the Anaesthetic
Learning the Scalpel Arts
Compliance Crunch
A shocking sterilisation surprise
Clashing clinical cultures
AI deceptions in healthcare
Policeman or coach?
Improving Quality Improvement
Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast
Deciphering Consent
Pillar of the Community
The Art of Departmental Management
Treating Tragedy with Restorative Justice
Keeping sight of patient safety
An infant lost: navigating ethical quandaries
Considering the passioned proposal
Contagious insights – managing worsening infection rates
An auditing avalanche
The clinical governance grey zone
Navigating the nightmare of wrong site surgery
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