All of the interRAI assessment data that you submit to CIHI — along with that submitted by other organizations — can tell a story and inform decision-making.

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CIHI provides interRAI data and/or analyses to all stakeholders who submit data — including care providers, system managers and policy-makers — as well as to the public. CIHI provides this data to support planning, quality improvement and policy.

interRAI data is used in several of CIHI’s analytical products to help manage and improve health care:

• Your Health System is a web tool for the health sector and the public. View comparable and interactive data for Canadians on more than 40 indicators at national, provincial/territorial, regional and facility levels.
• Private and secure online reports enable authorized users to confidentially view and analyze administrative and clinical data at national, provincial/territorial, regional and facility levels. The Integrated interRAI Reporting System Long-Term Care (IRRS LTC) Secure Reporting and IRRS Home Care (HC) Secure Reporting tools provide interactive reports and visualizations to explore quality indicators, outcome scales, resource utilizations and contextual measures.
• Quick Stats is a series of free, publicly available, at-a-glance snapshots on Canada’s health care statistics reported at a provincial and territorial level.
   

The information captured in the interRAI assessment system can be aggregated and used at different levels to help inform decisions: Using the interRAI Assessment System

Clinicians need information to support their care planning decisions.

• interRAI assessments provide information on the assessed individuals’ health status, progress and risks to support care decisions.

Health system managers need information for planning, quality monitoring and accountability.

• Quality indicators are used to inform quality and risk management initiatives in the organization.
• The interRAI assessments’ quality indicators are measurable and allow for comparative analysis at the organizational, regional, provincial/territorial and pan-Canadian levels.
• Quality indicators are publicly reported in CIHI’s Your Health System tool.

Policy-makers and senior decision-makers need information for system management and accountability.

• Outcome scales inform programs and services that meet the evolving needs of the organization’s population.
• Case-mix systems use grouping methodologies to help funders align resources with population needs and allocate funds across regions or provider organizations.

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