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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
New Starts: Percentage of residents aged 66 and older with a new prescription for an antipsychotic medication (retired)	This indicator measures the percentage of LTC residents who have at least one prescription for an antipsychotic medication dispensed in the reporting quarter who did not have an antipsychotic medication dispensed in the preceding 12 months.	27/03/2017	Long Term Care, Outcome, Drugs/Drug Administration, Effective, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Ontario Drug Benefit (ODB), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	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
New hospital-associated vancomycin resistant enterococcus (VRE) bacteremia rate per 1,000 patient days	This rate represents the incidence rate of nosocomial VRE infection associated with the reporting facility per 1,000 inpatient days. A lower rate is associated with better performance	12/04/2016	Acute Care/Hospital, Outcome, Patient Safety and Never Events, Safe, Self-Reporting Initiative (SRI)	Add to compare
New hospital-associated methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia rate per 1,000 patient days	This rate represents the incidence rate of nosocomial MRSA infection associated with the reporting facility per 1,000 inpatient days. A lower rate is associated with better performance.	12/04/2016	Acute Care/Hospital, Outcome, Patient Safety and Never Events, Safe, Self-Reporting Initiative (SRI)	Add to compare
Minimum Dataset Health Status Index (MDSHSI, contextual indicator)	Average MDSHSI (a generic, preferencebased measure of health-related quality of life) among long-stay home care clients >65 years of age	10/03/2022	Ontario Health Team, Outcome, Aging, Patient-centred, InterRAI Quality of Life Survey, OHTAM (Ontario Health Teams Attribution Model), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare