Curated standards, frameworks, white papers, and best practice documents to support board directors, governance professionals, and healthcare leaders across quality, compliance, and cyber security.
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Overview of the new rights-based Aged Care Act, replacing the Aged Care Act 1997. Covers strengthened quality standards, provider obligations, and consumer rights.
The five governance standards that registered charities must meet — covering purposes, accountability, compliance, suitability of responsible persons, and duties of responsible persons. Essential for not-for-profit board directors.
The full text of the Aged Care Act 2024 — the new rights-based legislation replacing the Aged Care Act 1997, strengthening the rights of older Australians and reforming provider obligations and regulatory requirements.
Guidance on board governance obligations specific to aged care providers under the Aged Care Act 2024 — covering responsible person requirements, reporting obligations, and quality oversight duties for governing bodies.
Practical resources for board directors including board evaluation templates, meeting guides, governance checklists, and director professional development pathways.
AICD’s dedicated governance practice guide for aged care board directors — covering the unique governance challenges in the aged care sector, board oversight of quality and safety, regulatory obligations, and practical guidance for directors navigating aged care reform.
Governance principles specifically designed for not-for-profit organisations, covering board composition, strategy, risk, performance, and accountability — widely adopted across aged care and health service boards.
Quality statements to guide appropriate antimicrobial use across health care settings, reducing resistance and improving patient outcomes.
The Australian Signals Directorate’s Essential Eight mitigation strategies — the baseline cyber security framework recommended for all Australian organisations. Covers application control, patching, macro restrictions, user application hardening, admin privilege restriction, multi-factor authentication, backups, and operating system hardening.
The ASX Corporate Governance Council’s principles and recommendations — the benchmark for corporate governance in Australia, covering board structure, remuneration, risk management, and ethical decision-making.
Describes the rights of patients and consumers when accessing health care services in Australia — a foundational document for consumer-centred governance and accreditation.
An overview of how to incorporate cyber security policies and governance into your organisational processes. (Intermediate Level)
Mandatory care minute targets requiring residential aged care providers to deliver a minimum amount of direct care time per resident per day — including registered nurse time. A key workforce and quality compliance obligation.
Evidence-based statements describing the care patients should be offered for specific clinical conditions. Designed to reduce unwarranted variation.
National framework for clinical coding practice in Australia — setting out the principles, governance, workforce standards, and quality assurance requirements for accurate and consistent clinical coding.
The national clinical governance standard covering clinical risk, quality oversight, safety culture, and performance monitoring across health service organisations.
The legislated code of conduct setting out the behaviour and standards expected of aged care workers and providers — covering safe, respectful, and person-centred care. Enforceable under the new Aged Care Act.
The globally recognised framework for enterprise risk management, integrating strategy and performance. Provides principles for designing, implementing, and evaluating risk management across an organisation.
Strategic guidance on how an organisation can protect their information technology and operational technology systems from cyber threats. These cyber security principles are grouped into six functions.
Summary of the key legal duties of directors under Australian law — including duty of care and diligence, good faith, proper purpose, and the duty not to trade while insolvent.
Evidence-based resources supporting aged care providers to deliver quality palliative care and end-of-life care within residential and community settings.
The leading global standard for health care data exchange. FHIR defines how health information is structured, shared, and accessed across systems.
Information on how registered providers must comply with the Financial and Prudential Standards that apply to them as a condition of their registration.
Comprehensive governance guidance covering board roles and responsibilities, meeting procedures, conflicts of interest, and organisational governance frameworks for directors and company secretaries.
This guidance defines cyber security, outlines your charity's legal obligations, and explains how to manage the risks of cyber attacks. There are also additional resources available, including a cyber security assessment and checklist, as well as templates for your charity's use.
ASD’s guidelines defining cyber security roles and responsibilities within organisations — including the role of boards and executives in cyber security governance, oversight, and risk management.
The global authority for health data interoperability standards — including HL7 v2 messaging, CDA clinical documents, and FHIR. Essential for any organisation working with digital health data exchange.
Reporting on individual residential aged care home performance against mandatory care minute targets — enabling providers, consumers, and regulators to monitor direct care delivery at the facility level.
Australia’s official clinical coding classification system — covering ICD-10-AM (diagnosis coding), ACHI (procedure coding), and ACS (Australian Coding Standards). The national standard for hospital activity data and casemix funding.
The national authority responsible for health care and aged care pricing, classification, and costing — including casemix funding models, activity-based funding, and the ICD-10-AM classification system.
The ISM is intended for chief information security officers, chief information officers, cyber security professionals and information technology managers.
View Resource →Module supporting integrated care across health and aged care settings — designed to complement the NSQHS Standards and Aged Care Quality Standards for organisations delivering services across both sectors.
The global body for developing and publishing international standards across industries — including quality management (ISO 9001), information security (ISO 27001), and risk management (ISO 31000) frameworks widely adopted in healthcare governance.
Strategic roadmap for achieving seamless, secure data sharing across the Australian health system using FHIR and national standards.
Australia’s framework for a digitally enabled health system — setting out priorities for secure, interoperable, and consumer-centred digital health.
Establishes a coordinated approach to digital health standards adoption in Australia, including interoperability, terminology, and clinical information standards.
The eight NSQHS Standards provide a nationally consistent framework for safety and quality in health service organisations. Mandatory for accreditation.
Quality standards for NDIS providers covering rights and responsibilities, governance, service delivery, and the service environment.
National program requiring residential aged care providers to collect and report quality indicator data across key care domains — driving transparency and continuous improvement.
The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission's central hub of guidance materials, quick reference guides, evidence guidance, audit methodology, and self-assessment tools to help aged care providers, governing bodies, and clinical leaders implement and demonstrate compliance with the Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards.
The landmark report with 148 recommendations for reforming aged care in Australia. Essential reading for providers navigating the reform landscape.
Framework requiring aged care providers to identify, record, manage, resolve, and report serious incidents — a key compliance obligation.
The single assessment system for aged care — streamlining how older Australians are assessed for Support at Home and residential care, replacing multiple assessment pathways with one consistent framework.
The international clinical terminology standard used for consistent, computable representation of clinical concepts across electronic health records and health information systems.
The strengthened standards applying across residential care, home care, and Support at Home — with greater emphasis on clinical care, food and nutrition, diversity, and the aged care workforce. Commenced alongside the Aged Care Act 2024 reforms.
The new Support at Home program replacing the Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP), Home Care Packages, and Short-Term Restorative Care. A single unified program for in-home aged care support from July 2025.
Operational guidance for providers delivering services under the Support at Home program — covering eligibility, classification, funding, and service delivery requirements.
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