Percentage of Postoperative Patients That Are Given a Written Pain Management Plan at Discharge and a Copy Is Communicated to the Primary Care Clinician
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
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Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of postoperative patients that are given a written pain management plan at discharge and a copy is communicated to the primary care clinician.
Numerator
Number of postoperative patients that are given a written pain management plan at discharge and a copy is communicated to the primary care clinician.
Denominator
Number of postoperative patients discharged (inferred).
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Recommended clinical indicators for health services to use to monitor the management of high risk medications. The decision to adopt a clinical indicator is to be determined by the health service's Medication Safety Governance Group (or Drug and Therapeutics Committee) determined by the high risk medication risk register and action plans of the health service
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Not routinely collected and reported.
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Technical Specifications
Similar to National Indicators for Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) in Australian Hospitals 2014 - indicator 4.2.