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Professor Cliff Hughes AO is the Immediate Past President of the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua). He is chair of the Board Accreditation Council for ISQua. He is Professor, Patient Safety and Clinical Quality, Macquarie University. Formerly a cardiothoracic surgeon he was Chief Executive of the NSW Clinical Excellence Commission for ten years and has published widely on cardiothoracic surgery, quality and safety.
He holds an Alumni Award from the University of NSW. He is an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO). In 2014, he graduated from the University of NSW as a Doctor of Science. The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons awarded him the Sir Hugh Devine Medal in 2015.
He is a board member of the Medstar Institute for Quality and Safety in Washington DC Advisor WHO Policy Roundtable on Quality in Health Services, a Consultant in Quality and Safety, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital and Visiting Professor at Imperial College, London. He is a founding member of ISQua’s International Academy of Quality and Safety in Health Care.
He is married with three adult children and ten grandchildren. His hobby is railways and he is a “qualified” steam train driver on the Bluebell Railway in Sussex, UK.
His clinical passion is patient safety, quality Improvement and the development of clinical leaders.
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Creating a culture of safety and respect: a controlled, mixed-methods study of the effectiveness of a behavioural accountability intervention to reduce unprofessional behaviours
Westbrook, J., Braithwaite, J., Day, R., Middleton, S., Scott, D., Rapport, F., Mitchell, R., Baysari, M., Li, L., Ayliff, N., Hughes, C., McInnes, E., Goodier, G., Maddern, G., Cartmill, J., Churruca, K., Fletcher, M., Sunderland, N., Hibbert, P., Clay-Williams, R., Pavithra, A. & Crick, S.
1/12/17 → …
Project: Research
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Does lactate enhance the prognostic accuracy of the quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment for adult patients with sepsis? A systematic review
Gill, A., Ackermann, K., Hughes, C., Lam, V. & Li, L., 21 Oct 2022, In: BMJ Open. 12, 10, p. 1-10 10 p., e060455.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Utilising electronic health record data to assess the sepsis inpatient care pathway: a feasibility study
Li, L., Rathnayake, K., Ong, T. Y., Hughes, C., Lam, V. & Westbrook, J. I., 2021, Healthier lives, digitally enabled: selected papers from the Digital Health Institute Summit 2020. Merolli, M., Bain, C. & Schaper, L. K. (eds.). Amsterdam: IOS Press, p. 38-44 7 p. (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; vol. 276).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review
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Assessing the appropriateness of the management of otitis media in Australia: a population-based sample survey
Clay-Williams, R., Stephens, J. H., Williams, H., Hallahan, A., Dalton, C., Hibbert, P., Ting, H. P., Arnolda, G., Wiles, L., Braithwaite, J. & CareTrack Kids Investigative Team, 1 Feb 2020, In: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 56, 2, p. 215-223 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reducing surgical waitlist times in Australia
Smith, K., Meulenbroeks, I., Mahmoud, Z., Zurynski, Y., Clay-Williams, R., Hughes, C., Long, J. C., Sarkies, M., Ellis, L. A., Gibbons, K., Pomare, C., Nguyen, H. M., Clay, C. & Braithwaite, J., Oct 2020, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University. 26 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Using the WHO International Classification of patient safety framework to identify incident characteristics and contributing factors for medical or surgical complication deaths
Mitchell, R., Faris, M., Lystad, R., Fajardo Pulido, D., Norton, G., Baysari, M., Clay-Williams, R., Hibbert, P., Carson-Stevens, A. & Hughes, C., 1 Jan 2020, In: Applied Ergonomics. 82, p. 1-8 8 p., 102920.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus)
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AIHI's International Women's Day Morning Tea (Event)
Elizabeth Austin (Chair), Chrissy Clay (Member), Caroline Proctor (Member), Kristiana Ludlow (Member), Robyn Clay-Williams (Member), K-lynn Smith (Member), Mitchell Sarkies (Member), Joy Dai-Keller (Member), Sarah Hatem (Member), Magali Goirand Ampaire (Member), Cliff Hughes (Member) & Frances Rapport (Member)
9 Mar 2021Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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Australian Institute of Health Innovation (Organisational unit)
Karen Hutchinson (Chair), Kate Churruca (Member), Louise Ellis (Member), Virginia Mumford (Member), Magda Raban (Member), Denise Tsiros (Member), Cliff Hughes (Member) & Anam Bilgrami (Member)
2021 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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Operationalizing the WHO International Classification of Patient Safety Framework to identify incident characteristics and contributing factors for patient deaths in healthcare
Rebecca Mitchell (Speaker), Mona Faris (Speaker), Reidar Lystad (Speaker), Diana Fajardo Pulido (Speaker), D Norton (Speaker), Melissa Baysari (Speaker), Robyn Clay-Williams (Speaker), P. D. Hibbert (Speaker), Andrew Carson-Stevens (Speaker) & Cliff Hughes (Speaker)
3 Jul 2019 → 5 Jul 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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A new method for communicating in healthcare: negotiation for clinicians and healthcare executives
Robyn Clay-Williams (Speaker), Paul Lane (Speaker), L Camillari (Speaker), Jeffrey Braithwaite (Speaker) & Cliff Hughes (Speaker)
1 Dec 2017 → 2 Dec 2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation