The HSE is committed to putting in place a quality, patient safety enablement programme. This has led to the embrace of a wide range of improvement methods that require comparative date to understand performance. Pressure ulcer and falls incidence.as a measurement of patient outcomes are recognised internationally as components of a set of quality and safety indicators. Measuring and publishing information on health outcomes helps drive improvements to the quality of care people receive.
Aim:, HSE National Service Plan 2015. Develop a performance indicator on ‘pressure ulcer incident’ and indicator on ‘falls incidence’ with the aim of reporting.
