Collopy B T
ACHS Care Evaluation Program, Victoria, Australia.
Int J Health Plann Manage. 1995 Jul-Sep;10(3):223-9. doi: 10.1002/hpm.4740100308.
The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS) has introduced clinical performance measures--clinical indicators--into the accreditation process. The indicators are developed with the assistance of the various medical colleges (professional associations of specialists). Sixteen such bodies are now in the program, with 150 draft indicators covering 90 areas of hospital practice. The development of a set of indicators passes through a number of stages to ensure their validity, and a process is in place to assess their reliability, reproducibility and responsiveness. The qualitative information available indicates a willingness on the part of health care facilities to address the indicators, and alter the process of care. It is anticipated that the quantitative information being collected in aggregate form will subsequently demonstrate an improvement in the outcome of care. Hospital specific information currently remains confidential to the ACHS and the particular health care facility. The public release of such information and the value of doing so remains undetermined.
澳大利亚医疗保健标准委员会（ACHS）已将临床绩效指标——临床指标引入认证流程。这些指标是在各医学院（专科医生专业协会）的协助下制定的。目前有16个这样的机构参与该项目，有150项指标草案，涵盖医院实践的90个领域。一套指标的制定要经过多个阶段以确保其有效性，并且有一个流程来评估其可靠性、可重复性和响应性。现有定性信息表明，医疗保健机构愿意处理这些指标并改变护理流程。预计以汇总形式收集的定量信息随后将证明护理结果有所改善。目前，医院的具体信息对ACHS和特定的医疗保健机构仍保密。此类信息的公开发布及其价值尚未确定。
