Percentage of Patients Triaged Within One Working Day of Referral (Community)
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Rationale: To determine the percentage of referred patients triaged within the time-frame of one working day. This is the calculation of the number of patients triaged within one working day of receipt of referral by the specialist palliative care community team expressed as a percentage of the total number of referrals received by the specialist palliative care community team in the reporting month. The services submit the number of patients triaged within one working day of referral and the total number of patient referrals received by specialist palliative care in the reporting month, the percentage is calculated by the Business Intelligence Unit.
Definitions: One working day is defined as close of business of the next normal working day after receipt of referral (i.e. excluding weekends and Bank Holidays). Triage is defined as the examination of the patient referral form, patient notes, scans and reports to ascertain the appropriate time-frame for delivery of specialist palliative care in the community. All patients are triaged and categorised as per clinical need. Re referrals: If a patient has been discharged and is referred for service a second time in the month then the patient is to be counted as a new referral in the triaged numbers.
Numerator
Count of the number of patients triaged within one working day of referral/request for transfer.
Denominator
All patients referred/requesting transfer in the reporting month.
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Reporting is aggregated at the national, Community Healthcare Organisation (CHO) and Local Health Office (LHO) level.
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Data is sourced by the specialist palliative care community teams who collate locally and forward to their Community Healthcare Organisation (CHO). The CHO submits the validated data to the Business Information Unit (BIU) Community Healthcare Team.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Public reporting.
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Technical Specifications
Unable to locate full specifications. Some details are available here: www.hse.ie/eng/services/publications/kpis/2024-palliative-care-services-nsp-metadata.pdf