Page 573 - Week 02 - Thursday, 22 February 2018
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accurate and correct at the time of release. Eighth, developing an annual audit program across our data collection and reporting systems to ensure that each year a sample of patient journeys will be followed from the initial collection point to when the record is reported in a dataset. This process demonstrates confidence and transparency across the data and reporting systems.
Ninth, reaching an agreement with the AIHW to accredit ACT Health to use their metadata registry “MeTEOR” as a data repository for all definitions and standards. While this work has only just commenced, this is a major improvement and will ensure our existing and new standards and definitions are robust and consistent with national requirements.
Tenth, investing in our staff, and embedding a culture of respect and innovation to ensure that we attract and retain a skilled workforce. Eleventh, developing end-to-end documentation for all national data collections, from collection point right through to reporting, demonstrating transparency of data management processes and mitigating gaps in collection.
Twelfth, identification of over 130 performance indicators that are currently published. The system-wide review is assessing and restructuring this consumer information so that it is informative, can easily be found and navigated through ACT Health websites and other media platforms. This will encompass the quarterly reporting arrangements and recommendations on format, structure and metric frequency for system performance reporting to consumers. Thirteenth, rolling out a new data repository, an “enterprise data warehouse”, that is innovative and a first for the ACT government that has the potential to be expanded and adapt to changing community health needs.
As I noted earlier, these key outcomes of the review are just the beginning, with momentum building from the work that has been achieved over the past 12 months. Enabled and informed by the review, I am pleased to note that planning and work have commenced for the following projects to be rolled out in the coming months. These include: mental health services—implementing new performance indicators and reports across all services ranging from day-to-day operational reports to those presented in this place; elective surgery waiting lists—an analysis of the impact of activity-based funding methodologies on elective surgery management practices; University of Canberra hospital—designing new performance metrics, including the potential for automated costings; consumer information—developing options for improving public reporting and potential innovative technologies available moving forward; and real-time data available for clinicians—developing an analytics capability, including trialling new technologies and analysis tools for clinicians to inform and improve patient outcomes.
Lastly, to demonstrate that the directorate has been transparent and accountable with their work, an independent auditor continues to undertake quarterly reviews of the 175 external recommendations. As at the end of December 2017, over 44 per cent have been completed, with the other 55 per cent well underway. Only one of the 175 recommendations had not commenced, and this has now been actioned. Of course, a final assessment will occur post the system-wide review and regularly thereafter, to
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