National Mental Health Information Development National Mental Health Benchmarking Meeting 27...

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.