Osteoarthritis of the knee: updated clinical standard
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) has released a revised Osteoarthritis of The Knee Clinical Care Standard (2024) which aims to:
improve timely assessment and optimal management for patients with knee osteoarthritis
enhance patients’ symptom control, joint function, psychological wellbeing, quality of life and participation in usual activities, and lessen the disability caused by knee osteoarthritis.
Resources include:
Information sheets for clinicians, consumers, healthcare services, and PHNs
An effective communications resource for clinicians
An action plan for self-management of knee osteoarthritis, for clinicians to use with their patients.