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Pricing and Funding for Safety and Quality: Hospital Acquired Complications Fact Sheet
In 2017, all Australian governments signed the Addendum to the National Health Reform Agreement and committed to improve Australian health outcomes through safety and quality reforms.
Pricing and Funding for Safety and Quality: Sentinel Events Fact Sheet
In 2017, all Australian governments signed the Addendum to the National Health Reform Agreement and committed to improve Australian health outcomes through safety and quality reforms.
ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Twelfth Edition - ACS 0002 Additional Diagnoses Fact Sheet
Collecting data is an important part of understanding and improving health services. Admitted patient care data collections capture information on patients, their conditions and the care provided by health services. The conditions documented in the he...
ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS - Development of Twelfth Edition Fact Sheet
Health classifications are used to provide a nationally consistent method of reporting conditions (including diseases, injuries, symptoms and related health problems) and the treatments (including surgeries, therapies and health interventions) of admitted pati...
National Hospital Cost Data Collection
The National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) is a valuable tool for use across the Australian health system as it plays a large role in collating the vast majority of health system costs at a 'product' level. It has recently been defined as a remarkable evidence b...
Australian Mental Health Care Classification Fact Sheet
The Australian Mental Health Care Classification (AMHCC) was developed to provide more accurate and consistent data about the services provided across different mental healthcare settings.
Australian Teaching and Training Classification (ATTC) – Version 1.0 Fact Sheet
The ATTC Version 1.0 will support the measurement of public hospital teaching and training activity that form the information required for policies on funding, budgeting and service planning. The development of the classification enables teaching and training activities...
Australian Subacute and Non-Acute Patient Classification Version 5.0 Fact Sheet
The Australian National Subacute and Non-Acute Patient Classification (AN-SNAP) is a casemix classification that provides a nationally consistent way of categorising admitted subacute and non-acute hospital care. AN-SNAP Version 5.0 (V5.0) classifies episodes on th...
NHCDC Round 24 infographic
The Round 24 National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) collected public hospital cost information for the 2019–20 financial year.
Australian Subacute and Non-Acute Patient Classification Version 4.0 Fact Sheet
The Australian National Subacute and Non-acute Patient Classification (AN-SNAP) is a casemix classification that categorises rehabilitation, palliative care, geriatric evaluation and management, psychogeriatric care and non-acute care. AN-SNAP Version 4 classifies episo...
ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Twelfth Edition - Classifying COVID-19 Vaccine Types Education Fact Sheet
This education fact sheet assists in the application of classification codes related to COVID-19 vaccine types using ICD-10-AM and the ACHI Twelfth Edition.
ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS - Classifying Disease and Health Interventions Fact Sheet
The classification of diseases and interventions is performed by clinical coders and health information managers in health services across Australia for the purpose of collecting information on morbidity.
ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Twelfth Edition - Social Factors in Admitted Patient Care Fact Sheet
The circumstances in which people grow, live, work and age may influence the likelihood of experiencing disease or injury, and their interactions with health services. These circumstances are referred to as social determinants of health, socioeconomic and psyc...
Children's Healthcare Australasia webinar on the AMHCC
This video provides an overview of the process to develop the Australian Mental Health Care Classification.
Activity based funding webinar for allied health
This webinar provides an overview of activity based funding as it relates to allied health.
Mental Health Australia webinar on the Australian Mental Health Care Classification
A webinar with Mental Health Australia and the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority.
Australian Mental Health Care Classification
An animation explaining the process involved in developing the Australian Mental Health Care Classification, created by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority.
Medical records and data driven healthcare
Together with the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare, IHPA has developed this animation to explain the secondary uses of patient medical records. It aims to encourage clear, accurate and complete documentation in patient medical records.