Timely Communication to Healthcare Practitioners
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Setting-Specific Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
The percentage of clients where timely reporting of care assessments or outcomes was communicated to all relevant healthcare practitioners involved in the client's care. 'Timely reporting' should be locally agreed, as appropriate for the specific program and/or client group.
Numerator
Number of clients in the population or sample where timely reporting of care assessments or outcomes was communicated to all relevant healthcare practitioners involved in the client's care. Numerator criteria: Inclusions • Clients in the sample/population with more than one healthcare practitioner involved in their care, where timely reporting of care assessments or outcomes was communicated to all relevant healthcare practitioners involved in the client's care.
Denominator
Number of clients in the population or sample with more than one healthcare practitioner involved in their care.
Exclusions
All clients in the sample/population with more than one healthcare practitioner involved in their care
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
This indicator may be calculated in relation to a reference period, or at a specific time point (e.g. an audit). Also, the indicator may be derived for the population of clients with more than one healthcare practitioner involved in their care, or for a sample of these
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
The national set of practice-level indicators of safety and quality is designed for voluntary inclusion in quality improvement strategies at the local practice or service level. It is intended that primary health care services will choose a 'local bundle' of indicators from the national indicator set as a tool to assess and monitor the service's improvement in different dimensions of quality, and particular aspects of care, pathways or conditions. The components of a local bundle of indicators may vary over time, depending on local circumstances, priorities for quality improvement, patient needs, and concurrent state and national reporting obligations applicable to the service.
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care 2012, Practice-level indicators of safety and quality for primary health care specification, ACSQHC, Sydney. page 76 www.safetyandquality.gov.au/publications-and-resources/resource-library/practice-level-indicators-safety-and-quality-primary-health-care-specification-2012