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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
Having a family doctor or other primary care provider	This indicator measures the percentage of people in Ontario aged 16 and older who reported having a family doctor or other primary care provider for regular check-ups and when sick. Having a primary care provider is associated with better follow-up, screening and illness prevention for patients, as well as better use of resources within the health system. A higher percentage is better.	21/10/2024	Primary Care, Outcome, Access, Patient Reported Measures, Patient-centred, Timely, Health Care Experience Survey (HCES)	Add to compare
Hand Hygiene Compliance Before and After Patient Contact	This rate measures hand hygiene compliance rate by the indication, before initial patient or patient environment contact or after patient or patient environment contact. Hand hygiene compliance before patient contact is a QIP indicator.	11/11/2016	Acute Care/Hospital, Process, Patient Safety and Never Events, Safe, Self-Reporting Initiative (SRI)	Add to compare
Hand Hygiene compliance among health care providers measured by electronic monitoring system	This indicator measures the percentage of hand hygiene compliance by health care providers using electronic monitoring system.	09/05/2022	Acute Care/Hospital, Process, Patient Safety and Never Events, Effective, Safe, Self-Reporting Initiative (SRI)	Add to compare
Hand hygiene compliance among health care providers	This indicator measures the percentage of hand hygiene compliance by health care providers before and after initial patient or patient environment contact.	19/10/2017	Acute Care/Hospital, Process, Patient Safety and Never Events, Safe, Self-Reporting Initiative (SRI)	Add to compare
Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) testing (Retired)	This indicator measures the percentage of patients with diabetes, aged 40 or over, with two or more glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) tests within the past 12 months.	04/03/2019	Primary Care, Outcome, Prevention / Screening, Equitable, Ontario Diabetes Database (ODD), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare