Refreshed weekly and available at national, state and hospital levels, the dashboard provides near real-time insights into compliance with the Emergency Laparotomy Clinical Care Standard, key ANZELA quality indicators, mortality outcomes, and data completeness measures. Users can explore trends over time, apply filters and benchmark performance against similar hospitals and national results.
Replacing static PDF reports, the dashboard offers a more accessible and user-friendly way to access and analyse emergency laparotomy data, supporting timely identification of performance variation and opportunities for improvement.
'An impressive display of almost real time useful information. This will help drive improvement in EL management. Begs the question - why can't all hospitals undertaking EL get involved?", says Associate Professor Philip McCahy FRACS, FRCS (Urology), Clinical Director from the Victorian Audit of Surgical Mortality (VASM).
Emergency laparotomy is a high-risk procedure commonly performed on acutely unwell patients. By making performance data more accessible, the dashboard supports transparency, benchmarking, informed decision-making and continuous improvement in patient care.
The dashboard is relevant to surgeons, anaesthetists, intensivists, radiologists, geriatricians, nurses, data managers, hospital executives, health departments and other healthcare quality stakeholders. It also provides patients and families with greater insight into how hospitals align with national standards.
Explore the ANZELA-QI Dashboard
