Percentage-patients-meeting-Health-Link-criteria

INDICATOR NAME

Name

Percentage of patients/clients identified as meeting Health Link criteria (Retired)

Alternate Name

Percentage of patients identified as meeting Health Link criteria who are offered access to Health Links Approach

INDICATOR DESCRIPTION

Description

This indicator measures the percentage of patients/clients identified with multiple conditions and complex needs (Health Link criteria) who are offered access to Health Links approach.

The complex patient target population should:
• Overlap substantially with high cost users, recognizing that not all high cost users are high needs patients (and vice versa);
• Include patients with high needs and/or complex conditions; and,
• Include patients with four or more chronic/high cost conditions, including a focus on individuals living with mental health and addictions, palliative patients, and the frail elderly.

However, recognizing nuances exist across communities, LHINs and Health Links are encouraged to adapt the patient identification criteria to their local context and population needs.

HQO Reporting tool/product

Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs)

Dimension

Effective

Type

Process

DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION

Unit of Measurement

Percentage

Calculation Methods

The percentage is calculated as: numerator divided denominator times 100.

Numerator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)

Total number of patients who were offered access to the Health Link approach.

Denominator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)

Total number of patients identified through clinical level assessments and/or data-driven case-finding methods sourced as meeting HLs criteria.

Adjustment (risk, age/sex standardization)- generalized

None

Data Source

Local data collection

Data provided to HQO by

Local data collection

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Comments Summary

This is an additional indicator for QIP 2018/19. Current performance reporting period: most recent 3 month period. This indicator is common across the following sectors: acute care/hospital, home care and primary care. This indicator was retired in the 2019/20 QIP.