The provision of quality information The following section sets out the obligations for DHBs to be good corporate citizens in respect of the information they provide. These obligations and responsibilities are recorded below with the specific authority for the delivery of the information. Quality, standards and completeness (See s, ss and and CAB(00) M 22/11.) In respect of information provided to the Ministry (either directly or via other organisations particularly those operating under a bulk funding arrangement), DHBs must take the following action: ensure that the information is of the highest possible quality. The information must be timely, comprehensive, accurate, consistent and a complete representation of the facts take proactive action to develop and improve internal processes in to maximise data quality. This activity must include: giving consideration to the negative effect any proposed system change may have on data quality and minimising this impact providing appropriate training and resources to staff involved in the collection, dissemination and storage of health information undertaking timely consultation with the Ministry when changes are applied apply sufficient resources are applied to meet high quality extracts to the National Collections and National Systems See s, s and CAB (00) M 22/11. Each DHB must ensure that any change to national health data standards and classifications is reflected in the information that it provides to the Ministry. Changes will be made by the Ministry and approved by either the Health Information Standards Organisation (HISO) or other duly mandated sector-wide reference groups and notified to DHBs. Audit of data collection and reporting Each DHB must ensure that clinical coded data submitted to any of the National Health Collections complies with ICD-10-AM classification standards, the New Zealand coding conventions and the National Minimum Dataset (NMDS) requirements by: Informing the Ministry on activities and actions taken in relation to data quality reports generated by the Ministry reviewing NMDS event data and providing feedback when requested to do so by the Ministry correcting errors in NMDS data that are identified by the Ministry ensuring processes are in place to continually evaluate and improve the quality
The provision of quality information The following section sets out the obligations for DHBs to be good corporate citizens in respect of the information they provide. These obligations and responsibilities are recorded below with the specific authority for the delivery of the information. Quality, standards and completeness (See s, ss and and CAB(00) M 22/11.) In respect of information provided to the Ministry (either directly or via other organisations particularly those operating under a bulk funding arrangement), DHBs must take the following action: ensure that the information is of the highest possible quality. The information must be timely, comprehensive, accurate, consistent and a complete representation of the facts take proactive action to develop and improve internal processes in to maximise data quality. This activity must include: giving consideration to the negative effect any proposed system change may have on data quality and minimising this impact providing appropriate training and resources to staff involved in the collection, dissemination and storage of health information undertaking timely consultation with the Ministry when changes are applied apply sufficient resources are applied to meet high quality extracts to the National Collections and National Systems See s, s and CAB (00) M 22/11. Each DHB must ensure that any change to national health data standards and classifications is reflected in the information that it provides to the Ministry. Changes will be made by the Ministry and approved by either the Health Information Standards Organisation (HISO) or other duly mandated sector-wide reference groups and notified to DHBs. Audit of data collection and reporting Each DHB must ensure that clinical coded data submitted to any of the National Health Collections complies with ICD-10-AM classification standards, the New Zealand coding conventions and the National Minimum Dataset (NMDS) requirements by: Informing the Ministry on activities and actions taken in relation to data quality reports generated by the Ministry reviewing NMDS event data and providing feedback when requested to do so by the Ministry correcting errors in NMDS data that are identified by the Ministry ensuring processes are in place to continually evaluate and improve the quality
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