National Mental Health Information Development
National Mental Health Benchmarking Meeting27 November 2008
Melbourne Convention Centre
Ruth Catchpoole
Chair, National Mental Health Performance Subcommittee
National Mental Health Information Priorities
• Using outcomes to improve care
• Development of a casemix classification
• Using information to improve safety
• Establishing performance indicators and benchmarking
• Strengthening workforce uptake and capacity to use information
• Improving data collections (NMDSs)
• Information to support mental health care provided external to specialist sector
• Monitoring population mental health and well being
• Supporting mental health prevention and promotion
• Monitoring and reporting of National Mental Health Strategy progress
Key Performance Indicators for Australian Public Mental Health Services (2005)
Tier 1: Health status and outcomes
Tier 2: Determinants of health
Tier 3: Health system performance• Effective• Appropriate• Efficient• Responsive• Accessible• Safe• Continuous• Capable • Sustainable
National Mental Health Benchmarking Project
Objectives
1. Promote the sharing of information between organisations to better understand variations in data and promote acceptance of the process of comparison as a fundamental concept/principle;
2. Identification of the benefits, barriers and issues arising for organisations in the mental health field engaging in benchmarking activities;
3. Learning what is required to promote such practices on a wider scale; and
4. Evaluating the suitability of tier 3 of the national mental health performance framework as a basis for benchmarking and identifying areas for future improvement of the framework and its implementation.
Why information and indicators?
Where to next?
• Finalise evaluation
• Start to proactively, appropriately and strategically utilise information to:– improve data quality
– enhance information and indicator literacy
– strategically utilising information to support and develop the mental health system.