Ireland: The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has published an ‘International review of national health and social care data collections’. HIQA’s review of international experience and best practice found that having national health social care data collections with quality data leads to improvements in the quality of care patients receive. HIQA’s review considered health and social care data collections in Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand and Scotland and found a number of key characteristics necessary for establishing quality data collections.
Read more: International review of national health and social care data collections, HIQA. July 2016 (PDF)