A/Prof Amanda Walker, Senior Clinical Advisor, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in ...

77 Pages·2017·2.4 MB·English

by  Olivia Falvey

Using data to drive
change
Brisbane
Mar 21 2017
A/Prof Amanda Walker
Senior Clinical Advisor
ACSQHC
Acknowledgement
of country
The Commission
• Australian Government agency
• Leads & coordinates national improvements in safety &
quality of health care based on best available evidence
• Aims to ensure that the health system is better informed,
supported & organised to deliver safe & high quality care
• Works in partnership with patients, consumers,
clinicians, managers, policy makers & health care
organisation
• Aims to achieve a sustainable, safe & high-quality health
system
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Disclaimer

Data without context
• “Data without
context or
intelligence tells as
much of a story as
the words of a
dictionary”
• DR Database
A simple way to think about quality and
safety…
Quality
What we strive to
Everything that should happen for the
achieve:
patient, happens.
ZERO100
PREVENTABLE PERCENT
HARM RELIABILITY
Safety
Everything that should not happen to
Remember: “Zero 100”
the patient, does not happen.
Raj Behal 2014

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