Public disclosure of health care-associated infections in Australia: quality improvement or parody?

National disclosure of health care-associated infections has recently been facilitated by the launch of the MyHospitals website by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (http://www.myhospitals. gov.au). An article in the Medical Journal of Australia outlines the pitfalls and potential misrepresentation of generic health care infection surveillance data when used for comparison of dissimilar health care services within a jurisdiction and in the public arena.

Read more: https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2012/197/1/public-disclosure-health-care-associated-infections-australia-quality-improvement