Laura Chien

📢 #ED clinicians❓Ever felt reluctant to communicate #DiagnosticUncertainty? We asked patients and caregivers experiencing uncertainty about their perspectives on #uncertainty #communication in #EmergencyCare. Key take-away 👉 they want to know 👈
#HealthComm #DiagnosticSafety #DiagnosticExcellence

Diagnostic safety in the policy landscape - a comparative policy document analysis of Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand vs US health care and research policy - BMC Health Services Research BMC Health Services Research - Diagnostic safety, a subset of patient safety, ensures safe, high-quality care in the diagnostic process e.g. through reporting and evaluating near-misses and errors....

Policy is the critical lever for diagnostic safety and one that is often underused, underimplemented, haphazard or vulnerable to political fluctuations. #healthpolicy #patientsafety #diagnosis #diagnosticerror #policy

Find out what is and what more can be done:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Perspective piece with @drmarydahm.bsky.social and Jen Morris on the need for #DiagnosticSafety in the #NSQHS standards.
#DiagnosticError #DiagnosticExcellence #PatientSafety

@ichatanu.bsky.social

Diagnostic error is prevalent, harmful and costly — Australia must take diagnostic safety seriously - InSight+ It’s time for national policy that puts diagnostic safety on the agenda, and drives real change to prevent errors before more patients are harmed, write Laura Chien, Mary Dahm and Jen Morris. Every ye...

Diagnostic error is prevalent, harmful and costly - It’s time for national policy that puts diagnostic safety on the agenda, and drives real change to prevent errors before more patients are harmed
@laura-chien.bsky.social #patientsafety #diagnosis #MedSky
insightplus.mja.com.au/2025/46/diag...

@ichatanu.bsky.social

❓What do patients and caregivers want when it comes to #communication about diagnostic #uncertainty? Sneak 👀 at our #cbr BMJ @ihi.org International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare #poster! Say hi👋 @ the poster session
!@drmarydahm.bsky.social @anntics.bsky.social #Healthcomm #DxExcellence

What a fantastic team and supportive funders to work with! Hope you all enjoy the module we made 📓👩‍🏫👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️🥼❔⁉️

abimfoundation.org/uncertainty-...

The Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine’s legacy: building a foundation for diagnostic excellence The Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) played a pivotal role in elevating diagnostic error from an overlooked aspect of patient safety to a recognized healthcare priority during its thirt...

Our article on the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine's history, impact and the challenges ahead to improve #DiagnosticSafety is available #OpenAccess: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
#DiagnosticError #PatientSafety @ichatanu.bsky.social @drmarydahm.bsky.social

I'll be at the @theihi.bsky.social @bmj.com International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare in #CBR! Anyone coming to Canberra? Sharing findings from #PhD research on communicating diagnostic uncertainty in the ED.
#QualityImprovment #HealthComm #Uncertainty #DiagnosticExcellence

I live in the wrong state...

Petition to ANU Council In support of our petition, we observe that:  • ANU Council has the entire control and management of the University and is required to act in all matters concerning the ANU in the way it thinks w...

www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/pe...

I love this!

Jam drop and coffee in a Japanese cup

Manuscript submitted 🥳 #SubmissionCake time 🍰 Working from home today so it's submission jam drop for afternoon tea ☕ #AcademicSky #PhD

Oh Maureen - I thought of you when I saw this! Doubly cruel.

The #phd plant family. #academicsky

Funding request approved! 🥳 get to go to this is December 😀

ANU community members, please help complete this governance survey.

The organizers are seeking high volume of responses before the Senate hearing next Tuesday.

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Open letter: Concerns Regarding the Treatment of Casual Sessional Academics at ANU This letter is now open for signatures, and will be sent on August 18, 2025. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Letter to Minister for Education Jason Clare, Se...

Sign this #OpenLetter to support better conditions for casual academics at #ANU.

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Naaaw, I💗this for you😊

Writing and coffee break ✍️☕ in the backyard turned into bird watching 🦜🦜🦜Spotted today: fairy wrens, silver eyes, red wattle birds, king parrots, a magpie lark and a currawong. #MyNativeGarden #CBR #PhDLife

bernie sounds like he's enjoying the view :)

where is this blue sky and sunshine? not near me today

Transcriber, thank you. Only 39 pages of female speakers to identify in these interactions. It's fine 😁🫠🙃 #HealthComm

A little bit of colour on a gloomy day🌧️🌧️🌧️
#NativeGarden #cbr

Open letter: Concerns regarding restructuring of the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences Letter to the Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the College of Arts and Social Sciences cc: University Council, Jason Clare MP, Senator David Pocock, Senator Katy Gallagher, Andrew Leigh MP, Alicia Payne MP, David Smith MP

Relying on rumours: ANU PhD and postgraduate scholars request transparency and consultation from leadership.

“Morale is low, our supervisors are worried about losing their jobs, and the disciplines we devote ourselves to may soon be disestablished.” docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Implementing a ward‐level intervention to improve nursing handover communication with a focus on bedside handover—A qualitative study Aim To improve the effectiveness of nursing clinical handover through a qualitative, tailored communication intervention. Design A multisite before and after intervention using qualitative ethnogr.....

Our article on an intervention to improve #nursinghandover is the second-most read article published by @jclinnursing.bsky.social in the last 2 years🎉 If you're a #nursingleader who wants to improve handover, have a read! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#HealthComm @ichatanu.bsky.social

very cool!

I'll be at the ACT Health #CHARM poster viewing event
5-6.30pm today in Canberra Hospital Building 5, Reception Foyer. 👋come and say hi👋

Chilly ❄️
#NativeGarden #cbr