We were encouraged to hear that the Ministry of Health is implementing the eighth edition of the ICD-10. Implementation includes an upgrade to in-house training for DHB coding staff. We were also pleased to note that several DHBs have identified clinical coding as a quality improvement area and are implementing new programmes of work to address identified quality issues. The NMMG continues to support strong communication between MQSP coordinators and maternity care professionals regarding coding decisions. The changes we expect to see next We encourage the Ministry of Health to release the 2015 Maternity Clinical Indicators dataset as soon as possible in 2016. When this is released, the NMMG will consider the dataset and correspond with DHBs intended actions to take as a result of the new data. We expect DHBs to continue to review the Maternity Clinical Indicators data and use this to guide quality improvement initiatives, including reporting on this work and its impact in their MQSP Annual Reports. The NMMG will meet with the Expert Working annually to discuss trends, consider the impact of the Maternity Quality Initiative on maternity outcomes and assess proposed or required changes to the Clinical Indicators, including addition or removal of individual Indicators. We encourage DHBs to review births that have been initiated earlier than 39 weeks to determine if organisational factors are a contributory factor to that timing and to then consider initiatives to optimise the timing of birth for these babies.
We were encouraged to hear that the Ministry of Health is implementing the eighth edition of the ICD-10. Implementation includes an upgrade to in-house training for DHB coding staff. We were also pleased to note that several DHBs have identified clinical coding as a quality improvement area and are implementing new programmes of work to address identified quality issues. The NMMG continues to support strong communication between MQSP coordinators and maternity care professionals regarding coding decisions. The changes we expect to see next We encourage the Ministry of Health to release the 2015 Maternity Clinical Indicators dataset as soon as possible in 2016. When this is released, the NMMG will consider the dataset and correspond with DHBs intended actions to take as a result of the new data. We expect DHBs to continue to review the Maternity Clinical Indicators data and use this to guide quality improvement initiatives, including reporting on this work and its impact in their MQSP Annual Reports. The NMMG will meet with the Expert Working annually to discuss trends, consider the impact of the Maternity Quality Initiative on maternity outcomes and assess proposed or required changes to the Clinical Indicators, including addition or removal of individual Indicators. We encourage DHBs to review births that have been initiated earlier than 39 weeks to determine if organisational factors are a contributory factor to that timing and to then consider initiatives to optimise the timing of birth for these babies.
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