Achieving HoNOS completion rates
Outcome collection rates are important to improve the quality of data collected.
The Ministry of Health set collection targets for all services that collect HoNOS.
Ministry of Health and Te Whatu Ora collection rate targets
Collection targets have been set for inpatient and community services. It recognises current collection levels and capacity of inpatient and community settings to collect outcomes information. The targets are:
- inpatient, admission inpatient and discharge inpatient - 80 per cent
- community - 80 per cent
Supporting Te Whatu Ora district services to improve collection rates
There are six key ways Te Pou works to assist Te Whatu Ora districts to achieve HoNOS family completion. This assistance includes, but is not limited to:
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targeted training and resources for Te Whatu Ora district services on the collection and use of outcomes information.
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access to the HoNOS Dashboard Aotearoa.
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explanatory information on the reports so Te Whatu Ora staff can interpret tables and graphs.
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assistance with system processes so services can ensure their collections are compliant with the ICP.
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advice and support to services as required to eliminate outcomes data anomalies.
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support networks and linkages.
Improving collection rates
Outcome completion: how to make yours better was written to understand how collection rate was calculated. It discusses the factors that influence collection rates and summarises the data conditions used to include or exclude episodes from collection rate reporting. These data conditions will aid users to better understand their outcomes completion and can be used as a checklist against local data.
