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The Ontario Health Indicator Library provides a fully searchable library of indicator profiles reported by OH 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
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
Percent of actions taken by a provider in response to a complaint by action category	This indicator measures the tools with which a hospital, long-term care home, or Community Care Access Centre responds to complaints submitted by patients/residents. It should reflect current practice and potentially any change ideas that emerged from the complaints process.	26/07/2017	Acute Care/Hospital, Community Care Access Centre, Home Care, Long Term Care, Outcome, Patient Relations, Effective, Patient-centred, Local data collection	Add to compare
Percent of surgical patients who developed pneumonia postoperatively within 30 days after the principal operative procedure.	This indicator measures the percentage of surgical patients who developed pneumonia post-operatively within 30 days after the principal operative procedure. A lesser percentage is better.	30/11/2017	Acute Care/Hospital, Outcome, Patient Safety and Never Events, Safe, ACS NSQIP	Add to compare
Percentage of acute care hospital days spent as alternate level of care (ALC) (Retired)	This indicator measures the proportion of days an acute care patient was assigned to the alternate level of care (ALC) patient service. ALC patients are those who no longer need acute care services but continue to occupy an acute care bed or use acute care resources while waiting to be discharged to a more appropriate care setting.	14/10/2016	Acute Care/Hospital, Process, Access, Integration, Efficient, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD)	Add to compare
Percentage of cancer surgeries completed within target time by priority level	This indicator measures the percentage of patients who met the access targets from when a patient and surgeon decide to proceed with cancer surgery until when the actual procedure is completed. A higher percentage is better.	13/10/2016	Acute Care/Hospital, Process, Access, Wait Times, Timely, Wait Time Information System (WTIS)	Add to compare