Page 3218 - Week 10 - Thursday, 17 September 2015
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ACT Health has already implemented a new process that provides for an analytical review of data that is to be submitted to national bodies for funding and other purposes. A new validation process has been developed for non-admitted data that provides for easier assessment of data quality and integrity. The IM strategy has been amended, as noted in the audit report, to improve training requirements for data entry staff and to provide for documented responsibilities in relation to data integrity. A new costing framework has been developed that better outlines processes and responsibilities in relation to the annual hospital costing processes.
The remaining recommendations are being actioned and will be completed by the end of this year. The government is committed to improving the quality of the data it provides to national bodies, which we also use to track the performance of the hospital system. At the national level, the development of robust and consistent data sets for non-admitted patient care is less mature than those for admitted patient and emergency department care.
The expansion of the non-admitted data collection to include outpatient and community-based services has significantly increased the scope of data that needs to be collected. There are also considerable variations in the provision of these services nationally. That said, the Health Directorate will implement improved data standards and better data quality assurance processes that increase the confidence in the information within the Health Directorate. Health is accelerating the type and nature of information available within the directorate, and this will include new systems and processes that support improved data quality through improved liaison with business areas and better feedback loops in relation to data quality activities.
The new data credentialing process developed over the last 12 months will be implemented by the end of this year. This will also provide additional oversight in terms of the level of quality assurance and robust information management processes that are being employed within the Health Directorate to maximise its data quality. These processes include improved documentation on data quality processes that include links between data, metadata and data validation processes that are more transparent with the longer aim of publishing our data quality and validations publicly; new data quality systems that provide for better linkages between areas responsible for data submissions and staff who enter data as a means of closing the loop in terms of understanding the value of the data collected within the Health Directorate; increased oversight of established data quality processes by the director of information integrity together with the development of a data quality scoring system for ACT Health data; and improved performance indicators for data quality processes that provide the basis for continual improvement in this area.
The audit report notes the efforts already put in place by ACT Health over the last few years and the work now being implemented within the directorate together with the additional information provided in the audit findings and recommendations will support greater information integrity into the future. I commend the paper to the Assembly.
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