Queensland Health has launched a new website aimed at providing the community with quality information about the State’s public and private hospitals and residential aged care facilities.
Inform My Care allows Queenslanders to search across public and private hospital facilities for information on maternity options and outcomes, post-surgery infection rates, elective surgery wait times and other performance indicators.
Minister for Health and Ambulance Services, Yvette D’Ath said the website would greatly assist those wanting more information on their local facility, enabling them to make informed healthcare decisions.
“The information you need to make safe and informed healthcare decisions across all Queensland facilities is now all in one central location,” Ms D’Ath said.
“Aged care facilities can also showcase their quality and safety aspects, including average daily resident care hours, and for public residential aged care facilities, compliance with the recently-legislated nurse and support worker-to-resident ratios.”
She said the website was an important step towards greater transparency across the entire health system.
“Evidence from both Australian and international jurisdictions confirms that hospitals which provide the highest quality of care are those that have a detailed focus on a strong safety culture, which is supported by open and transparent reporting,” Ms D’Ath said.
“Reporting safety and quality information in the public domain has been shown to stimulate efforts to improve performance.”
The Queensland Health Inform My Care website can be accessed at this PS News link.
