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.