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About the measure: Admitted patient separations are completed episodes of admitted patient care. Admitted patient separations (weighted) are separations adjusted for the resources required for different types of admitted patient care. Emergency department presentations are completed episodes of non-admitted patient care within the hospital's emergency department.

About the data: Data may vary from that previously published due to data reporting practices. COVID-19 impacted services, particularly in April 2020, resulting in deviations from trend in most data published on the health system dashboard.

About the measure: Admitted patient separations are completed episodes of admitted patient care. Admitted patient separations (weighted) are separations adjusted for the resources required for different types of admitted patient care. Emergency department presentations are completed episodes of non-admitted patient care within the hospital's emergency department.

About the data: Data may vary from that previously published due to data reporting practices. COVID-19 impacted services, particularly in April 2020, resulting in deviations from trend in most data published on the health system dashboard.

About the measure: Admitted patient separations are completed episodes of admitted patient care. Admitted patient separations (weighted) are separations adjusted for the resources required for different types of admitted patient care. Emergency department presentations are completed episodes of non-admitted patient care within the hospital's emergency department.

About the data: Data may vary from that previously published due to data reporting practices. COVID-19 impacted services, particularly in April 2020, resulting in deviations from trend in most data published on the health system dashboard.

About the measure: Admitted patient separations are completed episodes of admitted patient care. Admitted patient separations (weighted) are separations adjusted for the resources required for different types of admitted patient care. Emergency department presentations are completed episodes of non-admitted patient care within the hospital's emergency department.

About the data: Data may vary from that previously published due to data reporting practices. COVID-19 impacted services, particularly in April 2020, resulting in deviations from trend in most data published on the health system dashboard.

About the measure: Admitted patient separations are completed episodes of admitted patient care. Admitted patient separations (weighted) are separations adjusted for the resources required for different types of admitted patient care. Emergency department presentations are completed episodes of non-admitted patient care within the hospital's emergency department.

About the data: Data may vary from that previously published due to data reporting practices. COVID-19 impacted services, particularly in April 2020, resulting in deviations from trend in most data published on the health system dashboard.

About the measure: See waiting times for emergency hospital care: proportion of patients whose length of emergency department stay is less than or equal to four hours.

About the data: This is a well-established dataset with a robust national reporting arrangement. COVID-19 impacted services, particularly in April 2020, resulting in deviations from trend in most data published on the health system dashboard.

About the measure: See waiting times for emergency hospital care: proportion of patients whose length of emergency department stay is less than or equal to four hours.

About the data: This is a well-established dataset with a robust national reporting arrangement. COVID-19 impacted services, particularly in April 2020, resulting in deviations from trend in most data published on the health system dashboard.

About the measure: See waiting times for emergency hospital care: proportion of patients whose length of emergency department stay is less than or equal to four hours.

About the data: This is a well-established dataset with a robust national reporting arrangement. COVID-19 impacted services, particularly in April 2020, resulting in deviations from trend in most data published on the health system dashboard.

About the measure: See waiting times for emergency hospital care: proportion of patients whose length of emergency department stay is less than or equal to four hours.

About the data: This is a well-established dataset with a robust national reporting arrangement. COVID-19 impacted services, particularly in April 2020, resulting in deviations from trend in most data published on the health system dashboard.

About the measure: See waiting times for emergency hospital care: proportion of patients whose length of emergency department stay is less than or equal to four hours.

About the data: This is a well-established dataset with a robust national reporting arrangement. COVID-19 impacted services, particularly in April 2020, resulting in deviations from trend in most data published on the health system dashboard.

Category 1: Immediately life-threatening (100% to be seen immediately)

Category 2: Imminently life-threatening, important time-critical treatment or very severe pain (80% to be seen within ten minutes)

Category 3: Potentially life-threatening, situational urgency or severe discomfort or distress (75% to be seen within 30 minutes)

Category 4: Potentially serious symptoms, situational urgency, significant complexity or severity, discomfort or distress (70% to be seen within 60 minutes)

Category 5: Less urgent or clinical and administrative problems (70% to be seen within 120 minutes)

About the measure: G24 Implementation of the Australasian Triage Scale and PO6 Policy on the Australasian Triage Scale

About the data: Data is reported in accordance with strict data management control processes on the recording of emergency department triage category. Corrections to triage category can only be made within 15 minutes of patient arrival.

As part of its monitoring function the department reviews information from the Tasmanian Health Service in every instance where data indicates a triage category 1 patient was not seen on time. There were no instances in the most recent 12 months. All triage category 1 patients were seen on time and there were no instances of failure in the clinical management of patients.

COVID-19 impacted services, particularly in April 2020, resulting in deviations from trend in most data published on the health system dashboard.

Category 1: Immediately life-threatening (100% to be seen immediately)

Category 2: Imminently life-threatening, important time-critical treatment or very severe pain (80% to be seen within ten minutes)

Category 3: Potentially life-threatening, situational urgency or severe discomfort or distress (75% to be seen within 30 minutes)

Category 4: Potentially serious symptoms, situational urgency, significant complexity or severity, discomfort or distress (70% to be seen within 60 minutes)

Category 5: Less urgent or clinical and administrative problems (70% to be seen within 120 minutes)

About the measure: G24 Implementation of the Australasian Triage Scale and PO6 Policy on the Australasian Triage Scale

About the data: Data is reported in accordance with strict data management control processes on the recording of emergency department triage category. Corrections to triage category can only be made within 15 minutes of patient arrival.

As part of its monitoring function the department reviews information from the Tasmanian Health Service in every instance where data indicates a triage category 1 patient was not seen on time. There were no instances in the most recent 12 months. All triage category 1 patients were seen on time and there were no instances of failure in the clinical management of patients.

COVID-19 impacted services, particularly in April 2020, resulting in deviations from trend in most data published on the health system dashboard.

Category 1: Immediately life-threatening (100% to be seen immediately)

Category 2: Imminently life-threatening, important time-critical treatment or very severe pain (80% to be seen within ten minutes)

Category 3: Potentially life-threatening, situational urgency or severe discomfort or distress (75% to be seen within 30 minutes)

Category 4: Potentially serious symptoms, situational urgency, significant complexity or severity, discomfort or distress (70% to be seen within 60 minutes)

Category 5: Less urgent or clinical and administrative problems (70% to be seen within 120 minutes)

About the measure: G24 Implementation of the Australasian Triage Scale and PO6 Policy on the Australasian Triage Scale

About the data: Data is reported in accordance with strict data management control processes on the recording of emergency department triage category. Corrections to triage category can only be made within 15 minutes of patient arrival.

As part of its monitoring function the department reviews information from the Tasmanian Health Service in every instance where data indicates a triage category 1 patient was not seen on time. There were no instances in the most recent 12 months. All triage category 1 patients were seen on time and there were no instances of failure in the clinical management of patients.

COVID-19 impacted services, particularly in April 2020, resulting in deviations from trend in most data published on the health system dashboard.

Category 1: Immediately life-threatening (100% to be seen immediately)

Category 2: Imminently life-threatening, important time-critical treatment or very severe pain (80% to be seen within ten minutes)

Category 3: Potentially life-threatening, situational urgency or severe discomfort or distress (75% to be seen within 30 minutes)

Category 4: Potentially serious symptoms, situational urgency, significant complexity or severity, discomfort or distress (70% to be seen within 60 minutes)

Category 5: Less urgent or clinical and administrative problems (70% to be seen within 120 minutes)

About the measure: G24 Implementation of the Australasian Triage Scale and PO6 Policy on the Australasian Triage Scale

About the data: Data is reported in accordance with strict data management control processes on the recording of emergency department triage category. Corrections to triage category can only be made within 15 minutes of patient arrival.

As part of its monitoring function the department reviews information from the Tasmanian Health Service in every instance where data indicates a triage category 1 patient was not seen on time. There were no instances in the most recent 12 months. All triage category 1 patients were seen on time and there were no instances of failure in the clinical management of patients.

COVID-19 impacted services, particularly in April 2020, resulting in deviations from trend in most data published on the health system dashboard.

Category 1: Immediately life-threatening (100% to be seen immediately)

Category 2: Imminently life-threatening, important time-critical treatment or very severe pain (80% to be seen within ten minutes)

Category 3: Potentially life-threatening, situational urgency or severe discomfort or distress (75% to be seen within 30 minutes)

Category 4: Potentially serious symptoms, situational urgency, significant complexity or severity, discomfort or distress (70% to be seen within 60 minutes)

Category 5: Less urgent or clinical and administrative problems (70% to be seen within 120 minutes)

About the measure: G24 Implementation of the Australasian Triage Scale and PO6 Policy on the Australasian Triage Scale

About the data: Data is reported in accordance with strict data management control processes on the recording of emergency department triage category. Corrections to triage category can only be made within 15 minutes of patient arrival.

As part of its monitoring function the department reviews information from the Tasmanian Health Service in every instance where data indicates a triage category 1 patient was not seen on time. There were no instances in the most recent 12 months. All triage category 1 patients were seen on time and there were no instances of failure in the clinical management of patients.

COVID-19 impacted services, particularly in April 2020, resulting in deviations from trend in most data published on the health system dashboard.

Estimated outpatient appointment waiting times for particular outpatient clinics in the Southern, North West and Northern regions can be found on the Outpatient Clinics website.

About the measure: From July 2020 onwards a new method has been used to calculate the number of patients on the outpatients waiting list. Data prior to July 2020 is not directly comparable and caution should be exercised when making historical comparisons.

The measure reflects a selection of outpatient clinics, including medical, surgical and allied health. It covers a much broader group of patients than just those waiting for elective surgery. A person may be included on the waiting list more than once. This occurs when a person is waiting for more than one service included on the waiting list. Each wait is counted as a separate patient.

The majority of outpatient activity is not captured by the waiting list module. For example, during 2019-20 there were approximately 530 000 service events recorded as outpatient activity, yet at the end of each month during the year there were fewer than 50 000 patients reported as being on outpatient waiting lists. This pattern of activity suggests that most outpatient activity does not involve being placed on a waiting list.

About the data: The outpatient dataset is not as mature or robust as the dataset for elective surgery. COVID-19 impacted services, particularly in April 2020, resulting in deviations from trend in most data published on the health system dashboard.

Estimated outpatient appointment waiting times for particular outpatient clinics in the Southern, North West and Northern regions can be found on the Outpatient Clinics website.

About the measure: From July 2020 onwards a new method has been used to calculate the number of patients on the outpatients waiting list. Data prior to July 2020 is not directly comparable and caution should be exercised when making historical comparisons.

The measure reflects a selection of outpatient clinics, including medical, surgical and allied health. It covers a much broader group of patients than just those waiting for elective surgery. A person may be included on the waiting list more than once. This occurs when a person is waiting for more than one service included on the waiting list. Each wait is counted as a separate patient.

The majority of outpatient activity is not captured by the waiting list module. For example, during 2019-20 there were approximately 530 000 service events recorded as outpatient activity, yet at the end of each month during the year there were fewer than 50 000 patients reported as being on outpatient waiting lists. This pattern of activity suggests that most outpatient activity does not involve being placed on a waiting list.

About the data: The outpatient dataset is not as mature or robust as the dataset for elective surgery. COVID-19 impacted services, particularly in April 2020, resulting in deviations from trend in most data published on the health system dashboard.

Estimated outpatient appointment waiting times for particular outpatient clinics in the Southern, North West and Northern regions can be found on the Outpatient Clinics website.

About the measure: From July 2020 onwards a new method has been used to calculate the number of patients on the outpatients waiting list. Data prior to July 2020 is not directly comparable and caution should be exercised when making historical comparisons.

The measure reflects a selection of outpatient clinics, including medical, surgical and allied health. It covers a much broader group of patients than just those waiting for elective surgery. A person may be included on the waiting list more than once. This occurs when a person is waiting for more than one service included on the waiting list. Each wait is counted as a separate patient.

The majority of outpatient activity is not captured by the waiting list module. For example, during 2019-20 there were approximately 530 000 service events recorded as outpatient activity, yet at the end of each month during the year there were fewer than 50 000 patients reported as being on outpatient waiting lists. This pattern of activity suggests that most outpatient activity does not involve being placed on a waiting list.

About the data: The outpatient dataset is not as mature or robust as the dataset for elective surgery. COVID-19 impacted services, particularly in April 2020, resulting in deviations from trend in most data published on the health system dashboard.

Estimated outpatient appointment waiting times for particular outpatient clinics in the Southern, North West and Northern regions can be found on the Outpatient Clinics website.

About the measure: From July 2020 onwards a new method has been used to calculate the number of patients on the outpatients waiting list. Data prior to July 2020 is not directly comparable and caution should be exercised when making historical comparisons.

The measure reflects a selection of outpatient clinics, including medical, surgical and allied health. It covers a much broader group of patients than just those waiting for elective surgery. A person may be included on the waiting list more than once. This occurs when a person is waiting for more than one service included on the waiting list. Each wait is counted as a separate patient.

The majority of outpatient activity is not captured by the waiting list module. For example, during 2019-20 there were approximately 530 000 service events recorded as outpatient activity, yet at the end of each month during the year there were fewer than 50 000 patients reported as being on outpatient waiting lists. This pattern of activity suggests that most outpatient activity does not involve being placed on a waiting list.

About the data: The outpatient dataset is not as mature or robust as the dataset for elective surgery. COVID-19 impacted services, particularly in April 2020, resulting in deviations from trend in most data published on the health system dashboard.

Estimated outpatient appointment waiting times for particular outpatient clinics in the Southern, North West and Northern regions can be found on the Outpatient Clinics website.

About the measure: From July 2020 onwards a new method has been used to calculate the number of patients on the outpatients waiting list. Data prior to July 2020 is not directly comparable and caution should be exercised when making historical comparisons.

The measure reflects a selection of outpatient clinics, including medical, surgical and allied health. It covers a much broader group of patients than just those waiting for elective surgery. A person may be included on the waiting list more than once. This occurs when a person is waiting for more than one service included on the waiting list. Each wait is counted as a separate patient.

The majority of outpatient activity is not captured by the waiting list module. For example, during 2019-20 there were approximately 530 000 service events recorded as outpatient activity, yet at the end of each month during the year there were fewer than 50 000 patients reported as being on outpatient waiting lists. This pattern of activity suggests that most outpatient activity does not involve being placed on a waiting list.

About the data: The outpatient dataset is not as mature or robust as the dataset for elective surgery. COVID-19 impacted services, particularly in April 2020, resulting in deviations from trend in most data published on the health system dashboard.

Estimated outpatient appointment waiting times for particular outpatient clinics in the Southern, North West and Northern regions can be found on the Outpatient Clinics website.

About the measure: From July 2020 onwards a new method has been used to calculate the number of patients on the outpatients waiting list. Data prior to July 2020 is not directly comparable and caution should be exercised when making historical comparisons.

The measure reflects a selection of outpatient clinics, including medical, surgical and allied health. It covers a much broader group of patients than just those waiting for elective surgery. A person may be included on the waiting list more than once. This occurs when a person is waiting for more than one service included on the waiting list. Each wait is counted as a separate patient.

The majority of outpatient activity is not captured by the waiting list module. For example, during 2019-20 there were approximately 530 000 service events recorded as outpatient activity, yet at the end of each month during the year there were fewer than 50 000 patients reported as being on outpatient waiting lists. This pattern of activity suggests that most outpatient activity does not involve being placed on a waiting list.

About the data: The outpatient dataset is not as mature or robust as the dataset for elective surgery. COVID-19 impacted services, particularly in April 2020, resulting in deviations from trend in most data published on the health system dashboard.

Estimated outpatient appointment waiting times for particular outpatient clinics in the Southern, North West and Northern regions can be found on the Outpatient Clinics website.

About the measure: From July 2020 onwards a new method has been used to calculate the number of patients on the outpatients waiting list. Data prior to July 2020 is not directly comparable and caution should be exercised when making historical comparisons.

The measure reflects a selection of outpatient clinics, including medical, surgical and allied health. It covers a much broader group of patients than just those waiting for elective surgery. A person may be included on the waiting list more than once. This occurs when a person is waiting for more than one service included on the waiting list. Each wait is counted as a separate patient.

The majority of outpatient activity is not captured by the waiting list module. For example, during 2019-20 there were approximately 530 000 service events recorded as outpatient activity, yet at the end of each month during the year there were fewer than 50 000 patients reported as being on outpatient waiting lists. This pattern of activity suggests that most outpatient activity does not involve being placed on a waiting list.

About the data: The outpatient dataset is not as mature or robust as the dataset for elective surgery. COVID-19 impacted services, particularly in April 2020, resulting in deviations from trend in most data published on the health system dashboard.

Estimated outpatient appointment waiting times for particular outpatient clinics in the Southern, North West and Northern regions can be found on the Outpatient Clinics website.

About the measure: From July 2020 onwards a new method has been used to calculate the number of patients on the outpatients waiting list. Data prior to July 2020 is not directly comparable and caution should be exercised when making historical comparisons.

The measure reflects a selection of outpatient clinics, including medical, surgical and allied health. It covers a much broader group of patients than just those waiting for elective surgery. A person may be included on the waiting list more than once. This occurs when a person is waiting for more than one service included on the waiting list. Each wait is counted as a separate patient.

The majority of outpatient activity is not captured by the waiting list module. For example, during 2019-20 there were approximately 530 000 service events recorded as outpatient activity, yet at the end of each month during the year there were fewer than 50 000 patients reported as being on outpatient waiting lists. This pattern of activity suggests that most outpatient activity does not involve being placed on a waiting list.

About the data: The outpatient dataset is not as mature or robust as the dataset for elective surgery. COVID-19 impacted services, particularly in April 2020, resulting in deviations from trend in most data published on the health system dashboard.

Estimated outpatient appointment waiting times for particular outpatient clinics in the Southern, North West and Northern regions can be found on the Outpatient Clinics website.

About the measure: From July 2020 onwards a new method has been used to calculate the number of patients on the outpatients waiting list. Data prior to July 2020 is not directly comparable and caution should be exercised when making historical comparisons.

The measure reflects a selection of outpatient clinics, including medical, surgical and allied health. It covers a much broader group of patients than just those waiting for elective surgery. A person may be included on the waiting list more than once. This occurs when a person is waiting for more than one service included on the waiting list. Each wait is counted as a separate patient.

The majority of outpatient activity is not captured by the waiting list module. For example, during 2019-20 there were approximately 530 000 service events recorded as outpatient activity, yet at the end of each month during the year there were fewer than 50 000 patients reported as being on outpatient waiting lists. This pattern of activity suggests that most outpatient activity does not involve being placed on a waiting list.

About the data: The outpatient dataset is not as mature or robust as the dataset for elective surgery. COVID-19 impacted services, particularly in April 2020, resulting in deviations from trend in most data published on the health system dashboard.

Estimated outpatient appointment waiting times for particular outpatient clinics in the Southern, North West and Northern regions can be found on the Outpatient Clinics website.

About the measure: From July 2020 onwards a new method has been used to calculate the number of patients on the outpatients waiting list. Data prior to July 2020 is not directly comparable and caution should be exercised when making historical comparisons.

The measure reflects a selection of outpatient clinics, including medical, surgical and allied health. It covers a much broader group of patients than just those waiting for elective surgery. A person may be included on the waiting list more than once. This occurs when a person is waiting for more than one service included on the waiting list. Each wait is counted as a separate patient.

The majority of outpatient activity is not captured by the waiting list module. For example, during 2019-20 there were approximately 530 000 service events recorded as outpatient activity, yet at the end of each month during the year there were fewer than 50 000 patients reported as being on outpatient waiting lists. This pattern of activity suggests that most outpatient activity does not involve being placed on a waiting list.

About the data: The outpatient dataset is not as mature or robust as the dataset for elective surgery. COVID-19 impacted services, particularly in April 2020, resulting in deviations from trend in most data published on the health system dashboard.