Incident Information Management System and Practice Improvement Projects - Making the Link
Justice Health
This project was entered in the 2007 NSW Health Awards, Building a Sustainable Health Workforce category.
Contact: Rhonda Halpin
Abstract
Review of IIMS data found that staff are familiar with the technical aspects of logging an incident, however there was confusion regarding what constituted a Justice Health (JH) incident. An audit of PIP notifications also highlighted that staff had an understanding of the principles of practice improvement but they required assistance with using data to identify improvement opportunities.
One-day workshops were developed and conducted across eight sites statewide. Evaluations of the workshops show an increase in the level of understanding in using IIMS and identifying improvement opportunities. For example, the level of understanding of a JH incident and using IIMS data to identify improvement opportunities increased by 71% (n=84) and 41% respectively as a result of the education program.
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