Nhcdc round 19 Independent Financial Review

Peer Review Process

During the Round 20 IFR, the ability of all jurisdictions to participate in the peer review has been limited compared to previous rounds (for reasons including timing and travel constraints), with only four jurisdictions nominating representatives for the peer review. Despite this, participating peers reported that they received substantial value from attending the site visits and see the opportunity to participate in the peer review process as a useful learning tool. Recommendations from peer reviewers included reviews to the IFR scope and making video conferencing a viable alternative for peer review participation.

Recommendation

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It is recommended that the peer review process continues in its current form in future IFR rounds as the process is still considered valuable. IHPA, jurisdictions and the IFR consultant should seek to confirm site visits earlier during the project, to ensure peer reviewers have adequate time for travel approvals within their State/Territory Departments. The use of video conferencing should also be considered as a viable alternative for peer reviewers, where facilities are available.

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Acronyms/Abbreviations

Acronym / Abbreviation	Description
ABF	Activity Based Funding
ABM	Activity Based Management
ACT	Australian Capital Territory
AHPCS	Australian Hospital Patient Costing Standards
AHS	Area Health Service
APC	Admitted Patient Care
BI	Business Intelligence
BPIDS	Business Performance Information and Decision Support
CAG	Cost Accounting Guidelines
CCU	Coronary Care Unit
CHAMB	Community Health Ambulatory extract from HIE
CHIME	Community Health Information Management Enterprise
CHSALHN	Country Health South Australia LHN
DNR	District and Network Return
DRG	Diagnosis Related Group
DRS	Data Request Specifications
DSS	Decision Support System
ED	Emergency department
EDW	Enterprise Data Warehouse
ETL	Extract, Transform and Load
FMS	Financial Management System
GL	General ledger
HDU	High Dependency Unit
HHS	Hospital and Health Service
HHIS	Hunter Health Imaging Service
HIE	Health Information Exchange
ICD10	International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision
ICT	Information and Communications Technology
ICU	Intensive Care Unit
IFR	Independent Financial Review
IHPA	Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
LHD	Local Health District
LHN	Local Health Network
MBS	Medical Benefits Scheme
MRN	Medical Record Number
NAC	NHCDC Advisory Committee
NALHN	Northern Adelaide Local Health Network
NAP	Non Admitted Patient
NEP	National Efficient Price
NHCDC	National Hospital Cost Data Collection
NHR	National Health Reform
NICU	Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
NSW	New South Wales
NSW Health	NSW Ministry of Health
NT	Northern Territory
PAS	Patient Administration System
PFRAC	Product fractions
PPM2	Power Performance Manager 2
PPP	Public Private Partnership
QA	Quality assurance
QLD	Queensland
RVU	Relative Value Unit
SA	South Australia
SA Health	South Australian Department of Health and Ageing
SCN	Special Care Nursery
SHN	Speciality Health Networks
TAS-DHHS	Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services
THO	Tasmanian Health Organisation
TTR	Teaching, Training and Research
UDG	Urgency Diagnosis Group
UQB	Unqualified baby
UR	Unique Record
URG	Urgency Related Group
VAED	Victorian Admitted Episodes Data
VCCUG	Victorian Clinical Costing User Group
VCDC	Victorian Cost Data Collection
VEMD	Victorian Emergency Episodes Data
VIC Health	Victorian Department of Health and Human Services
VINAH	Victorian Integrated Non-Admitted Data Set
VMO	Visiting Medical Officer
VPG	Virtual Patient Group
WA	Western Australia
WA Health	WA Department of Health
WACHS	Western Australia Country Health Service
WCHN	Women’s and Children’s Health Network
WIP	Work-In-Progress