Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.2.3–Sentinel events, 2020
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Indicator |
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Indicator type:![]() | Indicator |
Short name:![]() | AHPF PI 2.2.3–Sentinel events, 2020 |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 728343 |
Registration status:![]() | Health!, Qualified 16/02/2022 |
Description:![]() | A sentinel event is a particular type of serious incident that is wholly preventable and has caused serious harm to, or the death of, a patient. To be classified a sentinel event, a strict set of criteria need to be met:
Sentinel events are further specified into eight events:
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Rationale:![]() | Sentinel events have the potential to seriously undermine public confidence in the healthcare system and are a subset of the most serious incidents reported through each jurisdiction’s incident reporting system. The intent is not to measure episodes that do not end in death or ongoing morbidity. |
Indicator set:![]() | Australian Health Performance Framework, 2020 Health!, Standard 13/10/2021 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Computation description:![]() | Number of sentinel events |
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Computation:![]() | Count
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Numerator:![]() | Number of separations with an external cause code for sentinel event and a place of occurrence of Health service area |
Numerator data elements:![]() | |
Disaggregation:![]() | National reporting only |
Comments:![]() | 1. Sentinel events definitions can vary across jurisdictions. |
Representational attributes | |
Representation class:![]() | Count |
Data type:![]() | Real |
Unit of measure:![]() | Episode |
Format:![]() | NN[N] |
Data source attributes | |
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Accountability attributes | |
Reporting requirements:![]() | Australian Health Performance Framework |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Origin:![]() | Productivity Commission |
Reference documents:![]() | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. 2020. Australian Sentinel Events List (version 2) Specifications | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, viewed April 2021. |