Supporting performance in the health system
Health and social care services hold a wealth of information about the services that they deliver. Despite this, it can be a challenge to put a finger on the pulse of service performance. To be able to stand over our work, and to enable continuous improvement, we need reliable, timely and comprehensive information about how our services are delivering. To meet this need, the HSE has designed and implemented a performance information and improvement system called HealthStat.
HealthStat is a comprehensive databank of performance information from Irish public health services. It currently provides detailed monthly results from 29 teaching, regional and general hospitals, which are published online on this website. HealthStat is expanding to cover additional general and specialty hospitals and all health and social care services provided in the community by Local Health Offices will be included in 2010.
HealthStat works on the basis of measures – how a hospital is delivering services, and targets – what we expect from a well performing service. Hospitals get marks on three themes : Access, Integration and Resources:
- Access measures waiting times for hospital services
- Integration checks whether the services received are patient-centred
- Resources looks at how staff and financial resources are being used
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Last updated on: 17 / 02 / 2010