HSE Performance Reports — Primary Care Reimbursement Services (PCRS)
HSE – Business Information Unit - Community Health Care.
2006
To monitor and measure provision of services for Primary Care Reimbursement Service and report on activity against National Service Plan.
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Data collection commenced in 2006 and is ongoing.
The Business Information Unit -Community Health Care - collates the HSE’s Performance Reports (PP), which provide an overall analysis of key performance data from Primary Care Reimbursement Service. The activity data reported is based on Performance Activity and Key Performance Indicators outlined in the National Service Plan and the HSE Operational Plans.
The Performance Report is overseen by the National Planning Oversight Group (NPOG), led by the Chief Operations Officer on behalf of the CEO. NPOG monitors performance against planned activity, as outlined in the National Service Plan, and highlights areas for improvement. A Management Data Report is also produced each month which provides more detailed data on the Metrics covered in the Performance Report.
Items such as Medical Cards and Drug payment Scheme are included as indicators.
Examples of an indicator include:
- No of persons covered by medical cards at the end of a reporting month
- No of high tech drugs scheme claims.
BIU – CHC, CHOs, EMT, HSE Board NPOG, DOH and Service Leads for CHOs and Hospital Groups.
Data on Medical Card, GP Visit Cards, GMS, LTI, DPS, Hi Tech Drugs, Ophthalmic and Dental Treatment Services.
See metadata:
http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/publications/KPIs/
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Data collected to support these indicators is a combination of collecting primary data and data from national data collectors who submit to the Business Information Unit on a monthly basis via excel.
Example of National Data source is the Primary Care Reimbursement Service.
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3,360 lines of data annually.
Performance Reports and Management Data Reports are published quarterly and data is presented in these reports.
Performance Reports and Management Data Reports are published and can be located on the HSE website:
http://www.hse.ie/eng/servcies/publications/performancereports/
Data is published in the HSE Annual Reports.
Data requests can also be made.
Data requests are routed through the Care Group/ Service Area as they are the owners of data, the NBIU assist with data requests as required by the Care Group/Service Area.
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