Safety and quality measures
Our safety and quality measures allow hospitals to identify and monitor effectiveness of care, high priority complications and safety events. Consistent measurement across Australia supports a learning health system. By using shared national insights alongside their own data, hospitals can improve systems and processes, leading to safer, higher quality care.
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Avoidable hospital readmissions
Reducing avoidable hospital readmissions supports better health outcomes, improves patient safety and leads to greater efficiency in the health system.
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Core hospital-based outcome indicators (CHBOI) Toolkit
Our core hospital-based outcome indicators (CHBOI) Toolkit provides tools and resources to monitor hospital mortality and readmission rates, to identify potential areas for safety and quality improvement.
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Hospital-acquired complications (HACs)
Our hospital-acquired complications list (or HACs list) helps hospitals identify, monitor and reduce certain complications that happen within hospitals; contributing to safer stays and experiences for patients.
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Hospital mortality
Hospital mortality is a key indicator of patient safety and quality of care. Our toolkit supports the monitoring of in-hospital mortality.
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Maternal morbidity
Severe acute maternal morbidity (SAMM) indicators allow hospitals to monitor and implement safety and quality improvement strategies relating to incidents that occur during pregnancy, labour, birth and postpartum.
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Sentinel events
Sentinel events are adverse patient safety events that are wholly preventable and result in serious harm or death.