National dashboard monitors health system pressures

NEWS - eHealthNews.nz editor Rebecca McBeth

Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand has created a national dashboard for monitoring health system pressures across the motu.

A Te Whatu Ora spokesperson says a suite of tools, including the 'up-to-date dashboard', is used for monitoring health system pressures and coordinating responses at a national, regional, and local level.

Built on Microsoft Power BI and supported by SQL databases, the dashboard is updated weekly, however some components can be updated daily.

Health NZ is also working on a Rapid National Data Automation Project, to provide real-time access to hospital information.

Data included in the health system pressures dashboard covers a range of sectors, such as primary, community, ambulance and hospital services.

"This indicates in real time any pressures and trends over time – allowing us to flex as a system and better direct health resources as well as plan for the future," the spokesperson says.

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The data displaying hospital access and patient flow is sourced from Te Whatu Ora hospital networks and augmented with data from the national data collections to inform a long-term trends view.

Data for community reporting is sourced from external providers, covering areas such as primary care contact, ambulance activity, and Whakarongorau (Healthline) data.

The data is currently collected from local hospital networks via 'manual situational reporting'.

"Standardisation will continue to improve as we put less reliance on manual reporting and move to accessing administrative data being collected by the Rapid National Data Automation Project," the spokesperson says.

"This project aims to access real time hospital information quickly, reducing the time spent on manual reporting in hospitals and providing a faster understanding of the situation in any hospital."

The dashboard is accessible to almost 100 Te Whatu Ora staff across the motu including analysts, clinicians, and staff involved in hospital operations and community care.

"Current pressures being addressed by Te Whatu Ora are focusing on hospital flow, prioritising urgent care, and furthering regional coordination to ensure an equitable and accessible health system," the spokesperson says.


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