Percentage of Facilities With Systems to Support the Improvement of Quality of Care and Safety
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of health facilities with systems to support and implement quality improvement, measured against the following criteria; (1) Existence of a focal person for quality improvement and patient safety, (2) Dedicated resources for action on quality and safety, (3) Regular application of quality improvement methods (e.g., performance measurement and management, quality improvement cycles, audit and feedback, learning systems), (4) Processes for clinical audits and mortality reviews (e.g., neonatal and maternal death review and response systems), (5) Availability of clinical guidelines/protocols and checklists, (6) Systems for adverse event reporting including medication harm, (7) Existence of an up-to-date risk management protocol, (8) System or mechanism to measure patient experience/patient voices .
Numerator
Number of facilities with systems to support quality improvement meeting defined criteria.
Denominator
Number of facilities surveyed.
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
By facility type, managing authority, subnational, urban/rural.
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Facility survey