Australia RACGP Standards for General Practices (5th edition) C5.1: Diagnosis and management of health issues: the clinical team can reach current clinical and other guidelines that help diagnose and manage patients, and the practice supports consistency in diagnosis and management across its clinicians

What does C5.1 require?

Good clinical decisions rest on good information. The practice gives its clinicians access, at the point of care, to current evidence-based guidelines and references, such as Therapeutic Guidelines, the Australian Medicines Handbook, HealthPathways and specialty guidelines, in print or online. It supports consistent practice through clinical meetings, shared protocols for common presentations, peer review and discussion of variation, so that the care a patient receives does not depend on which practitioner they see.