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The Health Quality Ontario Indicator Library provides a fully searchable library of indicator profiles reported by HQO and other entities. The library will feature indicator characteristics, including: the indicator definition, the rationale as to why (or why not) an indicator is reported, technical specifications, alignment information, information about data sources, and links to those sources. In addition to a keyword search, you can perform side-by-side comparisons of up to three indicators, based on different filters, such as sector, dimension, type, topic, and data source. You can also export the indicator definitions to a format of your choice.

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Name	Description	Last update date	Tags
Requesting an appointment through website, portal, or app	This indicator measures the percentage of people aged 18 and older, with a regular place or doctor for their medical care, who have used a secure website, patient portal, or mobile app to request an appointment in the previous two years	13/10/2020	Other, Process, Access, Patient-centred, Timely, Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey	Add to compare
Emailing provider with a medical question or concern	This indicator measures the percentage of people aged 18 and older, with a regular place or doctor for their medical care, who have used a secure website, patient portal, or mobile app to communicate or email their regular provider about a medical question or concern in the previous two years	13/10/2020	Other, Process, Patient-centred, Timely, Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey	Add to compare
Percentage of people aged 12 and older who report cigarette smoking (daily or occasionally)	This indicator measures the percentage of people aged 12 and older who report currently smoking cigarettes (daily or occasionally). A lower percentage is better.	05/10/2020	Other, Outcome, Population Health, Patient-centred, Canadian Community Heath Survey (CCHS)	Add to compare
New starts of opioid prescriptions filled	This indicator measures the rate of prescriptions for opioids filled for people who have not filled a prescription for opioids in six months, per 10,000 population.	18/08/2020	Pharmacy, Outcome, Drugs/Drug Administration, Effective, Narcotics Monitoring System (NMS)	Add to compare
Percentage of the people aged 18 and older reporting physical inactivity	This indicator measures the percentage of people aged 18 or older who reported being physically inactive, based on the number of minutes of physical activity reported in the last 7 days and indicates they didn’t engage in any moderate or vigorous physical activity that lasted a minimum of 10 continuous minutes in a week. Moderate exercise is defined as an activity that causes a person to breathe harder and sweat at least a little. A lower percentage is better.	13/08/2020	Other, Outcome, Population Health, Patient-centred, Canadian Community Heath Survey (CCHS)	Add to compare