Quality Indicator Repository
Quality indicators are standardised, evidence-based measures used to monitor and evaluate the quality and safety of care. The ACAC developed a Quality Indicator Repository. For information on its development see this document.
Please navigate the Quality Indicator Repository to learn about the quality indicators we identified across care settings and their defining, data, and source attributes. You can also use the Quality Indicator Repository to download quality indicators of interest to you.
Cardiac emergency policies in place: evidenced based on program survey and site visit
Evidence-based guidelines, also called clinical practice guidelines, are systematic recommendations based on the best available scientific knowledge that guide the decisions of both professionals and patients regarding the most effective, appropriate and efficient health interventions for addressing a particular health-related problem, given specific circumstances. These guides should be endorsed by national/state health and/or clinical governance/ leadership institutions, so they are appropriate to the country context.
The number of up-to-date clinical practice guidelines that include rehabilitation endorsed by national or state health institutions or institutions of clinical governance and leadership, during a reporting period. Up-to-date evidence-based guidelines have recommendations for rehabilitation based on the best available scientific knowledge (not older than 5 years) that guide the decisions of both professionals and patients regarding the most effective, appropriate and efficient interventions for addressing a particular health-related problem, given specific circumstances.
Number of observed hospital onset c.difficile infection compared to expected events.
Facility-level compliance with breathing trials by day 2 of stay for LTCH patients expected to wean from ventilator support.
Constitutional guarantees to disability equality - The State takes at least one approach to disability equality and non-discrimination (yes/no).
The percentage of Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) programs with a documented emergency response strategy and appropriately-qualified staff.
Existence of a national set of relevant indicators with targets and annual reporting to inform annual rehabilitation sector reviews and other planning cycles (yes/no).
Existence of a participatory forum and disability inclusive process to coordinate the setting of national rehabilitation research priorities (yes/no).
Existence of accessible pre-judicial mechanisms to lodge complaints alleging breach of obligations connected to the right to health. Jurisdiction and scope.
Existence of an Operational Unit, Branch or Department in the Ministry of Health (or other Ministry) with responsibility for rehabilitation services/ assistive technologies policy development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation (yes/no). Jurisdiction and scope.
Existence of government approved evidence based guidelines for the rehabilitation of a wide range of disabling conditions through a multidisciplinary team approach (yes/no).
Existence of national multi-sectoral commission, agency or mechanism for the co-ordination of disability policy and the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) (yes/no). Scope & functions.
The status of health emergency preparedness planning for rehabilitation defined by the percentage of key components included in (sub)national health emergency preparedness plans that are up to date. Eight key components for rehabilitation that should be included in health emergency preparedness plans are: – Risk assessment that includes considerations of surges in rehabilitation needs and threats to essential rehabilitation services. – Designation of a rehabilitation focal person for health emergency preparedness and response. – Description of rehabilitation stockpiles or supply chain analysis if stockpiles are not required. – Review of key rehabilitation infrastructure, with a requirement for key facilities to have conducted risk assessments and developed evacuation plans. – Mapping of critical rehabilitation services with the development of adapted rehabilitation referral pathways based on the risk assessment. – Rehabilitation workforce surge plan. – Rehabilitation services continuity plan. – Integration of rehabilitation into (sub)national multidisciplinary, multisectoral health emergency preparedness plan.
Healthcare centres should participate in a registry or common database to record clinical data relevant to cardiovascular risk [body mass index (BMI), blood pressure (BP), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), and renal function)] for patients with established or high risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD).
Percentage of healthcare personnel (HCP) who receive the influenza vaccination.