Healthcare Reporting Analysis

Assessment 3 Instructions

Assessment task 3: Healthcare Reporting Analysis

Intent: This assessment item focuses on healthcare reporting and how it can be analysed to contribute to a safety and quality framework. Students will be analysing a number of healthcare organisation indicator reports during the 6th seminar, with the Subject Coordinator demonstrating a framework to guide the analysis [see below for these resources]. This task will provide students with the opportunity to independently analyse a report, as health professionals are often asked to assess why a particular unit/department/clinical stream is not performing at the same level as their peers. Students will receive feedback on the completeness and accuracy of their interpretation.

Objective(s): This assessment task addresses subject learning objective(s): C and D
This assessment task contributes to the development of graduate attribute(s): 4.1 and 4.2

Type: Report

Groupwork: Individual

Weight: 20%

Task: 
View the one page clinical indicator report (see below)
Compile a ten (10) minute audio file that explains your interpretation of the report. All elements of the report should be considered and addressed.
Identify any additional metrics that you consider the health service should pursue to provide further clarity about the report.

Length: 10 minute audio file 

Due: 11.59pm Friday 13

June 2020

Criteria:
20% Differentiates correctly the elements of the report demonstrating a depth of knowledge of contemporary health service evaluation techniques in relation to clinical indicators [Analy] 

60% Deconstructs and discovers the qualitative meaning of the report demonstrating a depth of knowledge of healthcare reporting [Synth]

20% Produces a clear and coherent audio explanation of what the results are indicating [Synth]

Resources for Assessment 3: Healthcare Reporting Analysis

In order to complete this assessment, you will first need to complete Online Module 5 on clinical indicators.

Next, have a look at the video below, where I discuss how you might interpret and analyse an indicator report, and what framework to use for your assessment. The slides for that video are here: 92022_AUT2020_Assessment3_Framework.pdf 

Choose one of the following two clinical indicator reports to analyse: 

• Assessment 4_Report A_Jun 2019.pdf    

Other resources that you may find useful:

• A brief guide to interpreting ACHS clinical indicator reports: ACHS 2017 Guide to interpreting comparison reports.pdf  
• An overview of the clinical indicator program from the Australian Council of Healthcare Standards (ACHS):  https://www.achs.org.au/media/153524/achs_2020_clinical_indicator_program_information_april_final.pdf 

You should cover all the below things.

Analysis of indicator report: Framework for Assessment 3 1.

Introduce yourself and state your student number. Tell me which report you are analysing – which indicator set, and which time period.

2. You will want to talk about all indicators in the report, but start with the indicators most in need of attention. These are the indicators in bold, where the difference between the healthcare organisation (HCO) rate and the aggregate rate (average of all reporting HCOs) is statistically significant (the 99% confidence interval does not include the aggregate rate).

3. For each of these indicators, report on the following questions:

– What does the result mean in plain language? (e.g. how many more or fewer patients experienced xyz compared to…?)

– What are the quality implications of this result for patients, for staff and for the HCOs? (You may want to look up more information and the research around this indicator if you are not so familiar with it).

– What are some possible reasons for this result? (You may want to consider: factors that lead to this indicator being high or low; the results from other indicators reported; as well as how many organisations have reported their data for this indicator).

4. Finally, make recommendations about practical actions you think the HCO should take, based on your interpretation of this report. (This may include seeking out more information from staff or other data sources; monitoring indicators more carefully over the next few months; sharing the good news to raise morale or validate a QI project; convening a taskforce to investigate and improve certain indicators; and so on.)