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The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) welcomes the release of the Second Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation, which provides an important reminder of the need to focus attention on the populations with the most to gain in terms of improvements to health services and practice - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and other people who live in rural and remote Australia.
The ACRRM Council on Quality and Safety in Practice provided commentary and feedback to the council regarding the inequities of health outcomes for rural and remote Australians. The Commission recognised the unique and valuable perspective of the ACRRM Council, and indicated that it will invite ACRRM representation in steering groups in the future.
The President of the ACRRM Quality and Safety Council, Prof Dennis Pashen, said he looks forward to working with the Commission to establish greater engagement and participation of our Council and Fellows throughout the planning and conduct of the next revision of the Atlas.