Making the most of what we have: What does the future hold for Emergency Department data?
Simon CraigGerard Michael O'ReillyDiana Egerton-WarburtonPeter G JonesMartin P ThanViet TranDavid TaniarKatie MooreAbraham AlvandiJoseph Tuxen-VuAnselm Y WongJulia MorphetDavid PilcherPeter A CameronPublished in: Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA (2024)
Over 10 million ED visits occur each year across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Outside basic administrative data focused on time-based targets, there is minimal information about clinical performance, quality of care, patient outcomes, or equity in emergency care. The lack of a timely, accurate or clinically useful data collection represents a missed opportunity to improve the care we deliver each day. The present paper outlines a proposal for a National Acute Care Secure Health Data Environment, including design, possible applications, and the steps taken to date by the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine ED Epidemiology Network in collaboration with the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia. Optimal use of the existing information collected routinely during clinical care of emergency patients has the potential to enable data-driven quality improvement and research, leading to better care and better outcomes for millions of patients and families each year.
Keyphrases
- quality improvement
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