Quality Indicators in Healthcare
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A quality indicator in healthcare is a measure that indicates whether the quality of treatment and care provided is following recognised standards.
Quality indicators aim to monitor the quality and safety of healthcare services, promoting visibility of these aspects. In this way, healthcare services, the government, healthcare institution managers, and healthcare practitioners have the tools to evaluate the quality of services and make informed decisions on a professional basis.
Their use is intended to support healthcare practitioners and institutions in providing quality healthcare services, increase their awareness of quality, and create competition between them for better outcomes and quality, thereby contributing to improvements within the healthcare system.
Various quality indicators
Developing quality indicators for various types of health services is essential, as they can be utilised for healthcare institutional monitoring. To monitor quality indicators effectively, detailed and thorough registration and databases are necessary.
It should be noted, however, that quality indicators are not evidence-based science.
Publication of quality indicators
Key Healthcare Performance Indicators. The Directorate of Health publishes Key Healthcare Performance Indicators annually. The aim of publishing these indicators is to facilitate access to metrics that indicate specific important factors about the health service in Iceland and how they compare to neighboring countries. They were chosen from a set of indicators defined by the OECD and are based on evidence-based knowledge.
Quality of Care in Nursing Homes. The Directorate of Health also publishes the so-called interRAI quality indicators used to monitor the quality of service in nursing homes.
Foreign websites on quality indicators
Service provider
Directorate of Health