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Name	Description	Last update date	Tags
Percent discharge summaries sent from hospital to community care provider within 48 hours of discharge	This indicator measures the percentage of patients discharged from hospital for which discharge summaries are delivered to primary care provider within 48 hours of patient's discharge from hospital.	01/02/2019	Acute Care/Hospital, Process, Patient Safety and Never Events, Timely, Local data collection	Add to compare
Patients’ experiences: opportunity to ask questions (Retired)	Organizations are expected to measure progress on this indicator using the exact wording of the following patient/client survey question: Ask questions: When you see your doctor or nurse practitioner, how often do they or someone else in the office give you an opportunity to ask questions about recommended treatment?	27/10/2016	Primary Care, Outcome, Patient Reported Measures, Patient-centred, In-house data collection	Add to compare
Patients Readmitted to Hospital	Rate of unplanned hospital readmission within 30 days of discharge after hospitalization for any of the following conditions: pneumonia, diabetes, stroke, gastrointestinal disease, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart attack and other cardiac conditions (selected HBAM Inpatient Grouper (HIG) conditions). Readmission of patients depends on care received in the hospital, as well as what happens after the patient is discharged.	20/06/2024	Primary Care, Outcome, Integration, Readmission, Effective, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD)	Add to compare
Patients' experiences primary care providers spending enough time with patients (Retired)	Organizations are expected to measure progress on this indicator using the exact wording of the following patient or client survey questions: Enough time: When you see your doctor or nurse practitioner, how often do they or someone else in the office spend enough time with you?	27/10/2016	Primary Care, Outcome, Patient Reported Measures, Patient-centred, In-house data collection	Add to compare
Patient involvement in decisions about their care	This indicator shows the percentage of people aged 16 or older who reported that their family doctor, or someone else in their office, often or always involved them as much as they wanted in decisions about their care and treatment, in Ontario. People who are involved in decisions about their own care generally have a better experience with the health system. A higher percentage is better.	21/10/2024	Primary Care, Process, Patient Reported Measures, Patient-centred, Health Care Experience Survey (HCES)	Add to compare