Library and Information Service
Report watch 13 May 2011

In this update:

eHealth cloud computing & privacy health It & consumers social policy evidence night shift work community disadvantage nurse practitioners child health services child palliative care

child mental health dementia dental outcomes viral hepatitis offender health reoffending juvenile detention Children's commissioner NSW children

family violence child protection & family law children in care teenage mothers transgender issues forensic disability ageing & disability ATSI housing social housing rents

	eHealth Benchmarking (Phase III) a survey on Benchmarking deployment of eHealth services in acute hospitals in 30 European countries. more: More than 90% of European hospitals are connected to broadband, 80% have electronic patient record systems, but only 4% of hospitals grant patients online access to their electronic records European Commission (May 2011) Information Sheet: Cloud Computing a brief overview of how the Information Privacy Act 2000 (Vic) applies to cloud computing...“Cloud computing” is the term used for information technology infrastructure that hosts data or applications in the “cloud” – that is, it refers to offsite, geographically remote software or data storage accessed via the Internet technologies. Vic privacy Commissioner (May 2011) Consumer Platform for Health IT: Advancing Patient and family engagement through technology Proposes New Roles for Consumers in Health Care Governance and Delivery US Consumer Partnership for eHealth (May 2011) Evidence for Social policy and practice: Perspectives on how research and evidence can influence decision making in public services...the level of rigour in evaluating ‘what works’ in social policy remains limited. In a time of public service reform and more decentralised decision making, the need for timely, accessible and reliable evidence is becoming ever more important. UK NESTA (Apr 2011) Rough Nights: The growing dangers of working at night explores the lives of those people who work at night: the men and women who keep our hospitals open, clean our offices, allow us to cancel lost credit cards, serve us drinks in a club or drive us home afterwards. UK Young Foundation (Apr 2011) What is community disadvantage? Understanding the issues, overcoming the problem summarises a number of influential recent approaches to conceptualising and measuring disadvantage also Unequal Opportunities: Life chances for children in the 'Lucky Country' (Smith Family) AIFS (May 2011) Assistant practitioner scoping project  highlights need for support worker regulation also Evaluation of nurse and pharmacist independent prescribing in England - key findings and executive summary and Clinical governance for nurse practitioners in Queensland - A guide UK RCN (May 2011) Health care service standards in caring for neonates, children and young people  outlines standards to promote the highest level of care and wellbeing for all children, young people and their families in health care services UK RCN (Apr 2011) Needs based palliative care commissioning for children, young people and their families: a guide and a handbook for GPs UK ACT (May 2011)
	Report of the Inquiry into the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in Western Australia contains 54 recommendations that provide a road map of what needs to be done at the Commonwealth and State levels and in the community-based sector to improve children and young people’s mental health. WA Commissioner for Children and Young People (May 2011) Dementia among aged care residents: first information from the Aged Care Funding Instrument More than 50% of residents in Australian Government-subsidised aged care facilities in 2008-09 had dementia AIHW (May 2011) Dental Quality and Outcomes Framework will measure the performance and clinical outcomes of dentists' work. UK Health (May 2011)  Combating the Silent Epidemic of Viral Hepatitis: Action Plan for the Prevention, Care and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis ...Without timely care, 1 in 4 persons with chronic hepatitis will develop liver cirrhosis or liver cancer. US HHS (May 2011) Justice Health: Health Priorities for Prisoners and Young Offenders  seminar presentations on health services in NSW Justice NSW NCOSS (May 2011) Hazards of different types of reoffending demonstrated that the hazards for all types of reoffending were highest in the first few months following sentence or discharge, but some types of reoffending had a much more persistent hazard than others. UK Justice (may 2011) Trends in juvenile detention in Australia the substantial increase in the proportion of juvenile detainees that is remanded, rather than sentenced, is identified as a concerning trend. A number of potential drivers for the increased use of remand are outlined in this paper. AIC (May 2011) Commonwealth Commissioner for Children and Young People Bill 2010 committee is of the view that, given the concerns raised in relation to the Bill, the establishment of a Commonwealth Commissioner should be further considered. The committee therefore considers that the Bill should not be passed. Aus Senate (May 2011) A picture of NSW children announcing a new website to bring together data on children and young people in NSW NSW (May 2011)
	Family Violence Protection Amendment (Safety Notices) Bill 2011 provides relevant background information (including key findings of the FVSN evaluation) and provides information about the use of similar orders in other Australia Vic Parliamentary Library (May 2011) Child protection and family law… Joining the dots highlights the lack of clarity regarding responsibilities and how families and professionals navigate within and between the systems. AIFS (May 2011) Children on the edge of care A report of children’s views by the Children’s Rights Director for England...nearly half (43%) of the children in care consulted believe they would not have needed to come into the system had they received more support UK Ofsted (May 2011) Second Chance Homes: A Resource for Teen Mothers an approach that offers shelter and services for adolescent mothers and their children, including parenting support and educational and vocational assistance. US Child Trends (Apr 2011) Facilitating Discussion of Transgender Issues in adolescents: A Primer more US Hunter (2011) Forensic Disability Bill 2011 (Qld): A new option – forensic order (Mental Health Court – Disability) The purpose of the Bill is to provide for “the involuntary detention, and the care and support and protection”,1 of adults with an intellectual or cognitive disabilityy (but no mental illness) for whom a forensic order (Mental Health Court – Disability) is in force Qld Parliamentary Library (May 2011) Ageing of people with an intellectual disability: Effective training for frontline workers identifies training needs analyses and ‘ready-to-deliver’ training programs for frontline disability services staff working with adults with an intellectual disability who are ageing JSI (Apr 2011) Housing and homelessness services: access for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people A greater proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians access specialist homelessness services compared to non-Indigenous Australians AIHW (May 2011) Residual incomes in Australia: analysis and implications The project will help devise rent-setting formulas for social housing that better correspond to need; improve the efficiency and equity of housing subsidy allocation; and better assess risks in home purchase. AHURI (May 2011)