Proportion of Patients Separated From Hospital With a Supply or Prescription of Opioid Analgesics Where a Real Time Prescription Monitoring Program or Prescription Shopping Program Was Checked Prior to Separation

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Care Transitions
Country
Australia
Publishing Organisation
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC): Opioid analgesic stewardship in Acute Pain - Acute care edition
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Safety
Domain
Medication-Related

Defining Attributes

Definition

The proportion of patients who physically departed from the hospital with a supply or prescription of opioid analgesics where a Real Time Prescription Monitoring program or prescription shopping program was checked prior to their departure.

Numerator

Number of patients in the denominator where a real time prescription monitoring program or a prescription shopping program was checked before the patient physically departed from the hospital.

Denominator

Number of patients who physically departed from the hospital with a supply or prescription of opioid analgesics.

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data, Electronic/paper chart records
Data Collection Methods

Intended to support health service organisations to monitor how well they are implementing the care recommended in this clinical care standard. Some data can be sourced from existing routine collections including local administrative data collections. Other data will need to be collected through prospective collections or retrospective medical record audits.

Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods

Indicators are intended to support local quality improvement activities

Reporting Frequency
Ad libitum
Reporting Frequency in Days
1
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Clinical care standard indicators: Opioid Analgesic Stewardship in Acute Pain - Acute care edition meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/755544 meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/755550

Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
No
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025