By JONATHON HOWARD
CAPTION: Warwick Hospital performance monitoring reaches new level of transparency.
WARWICK residents now have greater insight into the performance of the local hospital, with emergency department activity and performance information now available on Queensland Health’s Hospital Performance website.
The Health Minister and Member for Southern Downs Lawrence Springborg said the Government’s commitment to transparent performance reporting was demonstrated by the continuing rollout of technology, which allowed hospitals to report their performance data.
“We will continue to rollout the Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) to regional and rural facilities throughout the year,” Mr Springborg said.
“EDIS allows health services to electronically record details of patients who present requiring emergency care.
“Under this Government, Queenslanders have an unparalleled insight into their health facilities.
“By the end of this year, a total of 57 Queensland hospitals will be reporting their performance and activity on line, an increase of 24 since the change of Government.
“This is the second group of hospitals to begin reporting this year and this clearly demonstrates our commitment to open and honest reporting, outlined in the blueprint for better healthcare in Queensland.”
Information published for the six new reporting hospitals will include general information about the hospital including the number of staff employed, beds and services.
It will also detail the number of admissions, outpatient services and births at each hospital while showing waiting times and attendance numbers at emergency departments.
The performance monitoring started with 33 large reporting hospitals and is now moving into smaller hospital monitoring.
Visit the performance website at www.health.qld.gov.au/performance
