NQMC Update Service: January 21, 2013 ► Australian Council on Healthcare Standards

NQMC Update Service: January 21, 2013

January 21, 2013

Australian Council on Healthcare Standards

• Hospital in the home: percentage of Hospital in the Home patients who have an unplanned return to hospital, during the 6 month time period.

• Hospital in the home: percentage of patients having 1 unscheduled staff callout during their Hospital in the Home admission, during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Hospital in the home: percentage of patients having an unplanned return to hospital where the patient does not return to the Hospital in the Home program, during that admission, during the 6 month time period.

• Hospital in the home: percentage of patients having more than 1 unscheduled staff callout during their Hospital in the Home admission, during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Hospital in the home: percentage of patients making 1 or more unexpected telephone calls during their Hospital in the Home admission, during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Hospital in the home: percentage of patients who have an unplanned return to hospital and are transferred back to the Hospital in the Home program, during the 6 month time period.

• Hospital in the home: percentage of unexpected deaths in patients during the Hospital in the Home admission, during the 6 month time period.

• Hospital in the home: percentage of unexpected deaths subsequent to an unplanned return to hospital during the Hospital in the Home admission, during the 6 month time period.