Publications

CCE undertakes reviews of the evidence to inform decision-making for clinical practice, policy and quality improvement initiatives.

CCE conduct the following types of evidence synthesis, all of which are dependant on the needs of the requestor:

• Systematic Reviews: include a comprehensive systematic search of evidence, reporting is technical and explicit
• Rapid Reviews: include a systematic search, limited resources searched, no appraisal of evidence, broad themes described
• Scoping Reviews: include broad themes of interest and iterative searching
• Evidence Snapshots: include a narrow topic, iterative search approach and limited reporting

On this page

• Peer reviewed publications
• 2019 evidence reviews
• 2018 evidence reviews
• 2017 evidence reviews
• 2016 evidence reviews
• 2015 evidence reviews

Peer reviewed publications

• Phone or Video Interpreter Services Compared to In-Person Services for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Patients: A Systematic Review (2017)
• Best practice for conducting morbidity and mortality reviews: A literature review (2015)
• Multidisciplinary care for tracheostomy patients (2009)

2020 evidence reviews

• What is the effectiveness of the Discharge Lounge?
• Implementation of Falls Prevention Strategies in the in-patient Setting: A Rapid Review
• Measuring Performance of World Leading Clinical Services

2019 evidence reviews

• The efficacy and safety of cerebral bypass surgical procedures in adult patients with Moyamoya Disease
• IV night teams: Impact on Infection rates, insertion success and deskilling
• Trust in Health Professionals
• Re-imagining Community Healthcare Services
• Reducing costs in hospitals
• Shared decision making training programs for doctors: A Rapid Review
• Best practice for complaints management processes and evaluation
• Intermediary Organisations
• Arts in Healthcare
• The impact of fatigue in the healthcare setting
• Deteriorating patients and MET calls
• Quiet Hospitals: A Rapid Review
• Use of Distress Thermometers in settings outside of oncology
• Recognising and responding to deterioration in mental state
• Falls Assessment and Prevention: A Rapid Review
• Best practice to identify and prevent cognitive bias in clinical decision-making

2018 evidence reviews

• Decision-making criteria for CT head scans on patients not on anti-coagulants
• Nurse education models and frameworks
• Risk factors for in hospital falls
• Exercise for osteoarthritis of the knee and risk of subsequent osteoporotic vertebral fractures
• Consumer participation and engagement framework in health services
• Clinical Aggression Training: A Rapid Review
• Informing best practice in writing discharge summaries
• Occlusion between heparin saline and 0.9% sodium chloride in adults: A Snapshot
• Clinical practice guidelines for pain, agitation, delirium, sedation and mobilisation in the intensive care unit: A Rapid Review
• IV night teams: Impact on Infection rates, insertion success and deskilling
• IV Packs-Trolleys: Single versus more than one use
• Levosimendan for the prevention of severe ventricular dysfunction: A rapid review
• Magnet Hospital Program
• Understanding contributing factors for Medication errors
• Review of evidence to inform a best practice model of community diabetes education
• A review of pressure injury rates in Australian hospitals
• Do volunteers in the Emergency Department Improve Satisfaction? A Rapid Review
• Best practice for managing outpatient bookings
• Short message service (SMS) appointment reminders: A Rapid Review
• Sutures v staples for skin closure in lower limb orthopaedic surgery: A Rapid Review
• Telehealth and the use of video conferences: A Rapid Review
• Pre-operative administration of tranexamic acid in hip fracture surgery
• Chemical thromboprophylaxis after hip fracture surgery

2017 evidence reviews

• Accuracy of validated falls risk assessment tools and clinical judgement
• Design principles of a functional ward and their impact on staff and patients
• Do barcode medication administration systems reduce expressed breast milk administration errors? A Rapid Review
• Establishing best practice in dining experiences in hospitals
• Evaluating the effectiveness of electronic booking systems for non-elective surgery
• Evidence-based guidelines for reprocessing surgical endoscopes
• Head Injury and patients on Anticoagulation/Antiplatelet Therapies
• Heparin Flushing of IV Lines
• Informing best practice in the conduct of a Root Cause Analysis: A literature review
• Is there a difference in PAC versus no-PAC in surgical cardiac and ICU patients?
• Models of Care for Mental Health in ED
• Models of Residential Aged Care Services
• Paediatric Tonsillectomy – Secondary Bleeding Rates
• Pressure injury prevention in the operating theater
• Preventing pressure injuries in intubated patients in ICU
• Reducing falls in residential care
• Safety engineered injection devices for intravenous use in healthcare delivery settings
• Structured interdisciplinary bedside rounds (SIBR) in sub-acute geriatric evaluation management and rehabilitation
• The efficacy of rehabilitation in dialysis patients
• The safety and efficacy of Bendamustine in the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory Marginal Zone Lymphoma
• Time Out – Informing best practice in using surgical checklists. A Rapid Review

2016 evidence reviews

• Allied Health Assistant for Delirium and Dementia Support
• Barriers for the escalation of care: reasons why clinicians fail to escalate care in hospitals
• Central venous access devices: An Evidence Snapshot of antiseptic dressings, catheter valves, heparin locking practices and hub disinfection
• Clinical Registries: Informing a framework for hospital participation
• Comparison of Table of the Abbreviated Mental Test Score and the 4AT Rapid Assessment for Delirium: An Evidence Snapshot
• Design thinking methodology to improve the patient experience: An Evidence Snapshot
• Developing best practice for the escalation of care. Evidence snapshot
• Does massage prevent pressure injuries? An evidence snapshot
• Effective strategies for the implementation of organisation-wide delirium and/or dementia care: A literature review
• Family Violence in the Healthcare Setting: Evidence Snapshot
• Informing best practice in workplace health and safety incident review and system improvement processes: A scoping review
• Intermittent Pneumatic Compression and Graded Compression Stockings in Preventing Venous Thromboembolism with comment on pharmacological prophylaxis
• Interventions to reduce unnecessary imaging, tests and procedures in hospitals: A scoping review
• Key Performance Indicators for Hospital Reporting: A rapid review
• Latest evidence in falls prevention and management: Evidence snapshot
• Open Discussion: A Rapid Review
• Paediatric ‘Broselow Cart’ compared with Standard Paediatric Resuscitation Cart: An Evidence Snapshot
• Patient Experience of Hospital Discharge: Scoping review
• Surgical masks in the Operating Theatre: Evidence Snapshot
• The effectiveness of executive walk-arounds in hospitals
• The safety and clinical effectiveness of Rituximab in non-PBS indications: Evidence Snapshot
• The use of physical restraint in acute and sub-acute settings: A snapshot of the evidence
• Update of Pressure injuries: Prevention and Management guideline

2015 evidence reviews

• Best practice in written responses to complaints made in the healthcare setting: A literature review
• Chief Experience Officer: Rapid Review
• Consumer Partnership in Industry: Are there lessons for Healthcare? A Literature Review
• Evidence-based best practice regarding visiting policies at hospital intensive care units: A rapid review
• Hospital winter strategies: A rapid literature review
• Patient Experience Feedback Driving Quality Improvement
• Priority Setting for Health Service Quality Improvement
• Quality measures for paediatric chronic illness: A literature review