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Name	Description	Last update date	Tags
Wait Times for Home Care Services	This is the median number of days that new clients of publicly funded home care, who are 19 years or older, waited for home care. It is measured from a request for services to their first home visit for those who applied in the community, or from hospital discharge to their first home visit for those who applied in the hospital. A lower number of days is better. Median is the midpoint of days waited; half the clients waited shorter times, half waited longer times. Services include nursing (administering medication and changing dressings), and personal support for complex needs (such as assistance with bathing and eating).	10/01/2019	Home Care, Outcome, Wait Times, Timely, Client Health and Related Information System (CHRIS), Home Care Database (HCD)	Add to compare
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
Percentage of complaints acknowledged to the individual who made a complaint within 5 business days	This indicator measures the percentage of complaints received by hospitals that were acknowledged to the individual who made a complaint.	01/02/2019	Acute Care/Hospital, Outcome, Patient Relations, Patient-centred, Local data collection	Add to compare
Falls in long stay home care patients (retired)	This indicator measures the percentage of long-stay home care patients who say they have fallen in the last 90 days. A lower percentage is better.	15/02/2019	Home Care, Outcome, Patient Safety and Never Events, Safe, Home Care Reporting System (HCRS)	Add to compare
Percentage of home care patients who developed a stage 2 to 4 pressure ulcer (retired)	This indicator measures the percentage of long-stay home care patients who didn’t have a pressure ulcer or had a stage 1 pressure ulcer on their previous assessment that developed a stage 2 to 4 pressure ulcer by their target assessment. A lower percentage is better.	15/02/2019	Home Care, Outcome, Patient Safety and Never Events, Safe, Home Care Reporting System (HCRS)	Add to compare