PACOP is a voluntary national quality improvement program that supports residential aged care homes to continuously improve the palliative and end-of-life care they deliver.
PACOP Reporting
PACOP receives assessment data from participating aged care homes every six months, with reporting periods between January and June and July and December. PACOP provides data quality reports and data summaries to support data quality assurance processes.
PACOP IT and Data team analyses the data and produces PACOP report suites for individual participating aged care homes and organisational aggregate reports for providers to support quality improvement at all levels of the organisation.
PACOP maintains Human Research Ethics Committee approval for the use of longitudinal datasets, primarily for quality improvement and secondary for research purposes. Further information on the disclosure of PACOP data can be found in the PACOP Membership and Data Transfer agreement .
The PACOP Report Suite includes:
- A Dashboard Suite comprised of 4 dashboards simplifying reporting for clinical governance and accreditation processes and communication with residents, staff and board members.
- A comprehensive PACOP Report featuring data insights on all assessment items and data points to inform plans for continuous quality improvement and evidence improvements in outcomes of care and care delivered.
- A Benchmarking Supplement to monitor individual or organisational achievement against agreed standards of care against the benchmark and compared to the national average.
- Supplementary Data Tables to support quality audit processes to identify opportunities for continuous quality improvement.
Download a copy of the Joy Glades Report Suite here:
Data-driven clinical quality improvement support
PACOP provides access to education and training to build skills in clinical data interpretation and quality improvement.
PACOP works with individual aged care homes and organisations to support the interpretation and understanding of reports, the development of quality improvement plans, and the ongoing measurement of outcomes and benchmarking of results to evidence improvements in care over time. Blended learning offerings include electronic resources and participation in virtual and in-person events.
