Primary Care Metrics now available on the Health Data Branch Portal

Please see the message below from the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care regarding primary care data to support development of your Quality Improvement Plans: The Ministry has provided data for several primary care metrics. This data will support development and planning for Quality Improvement Plans and other quality initiatives. Important information on how to access this data: The primary care data is on a special section of the Health Data Branch portal and permission is required to access the data. Please go to https://hsimi.on.ca/hdbportal/user/register to create an account for your organization. When on this page, you will be asked to create a username and password. It is important that you record your username and password, as you will not be able to retrieve it later. When creating a username, please follow the instructions below:

1. For “Organization/Sector”, please indicate the name of your organization (e.g. “Sunnybrook Academic FHT”)
2. For “What areas of the web portal will you access?” Please leave this section blank.
3. For “user type” please select “Health Service Provider”
4. For “Reason for requesting access to the website”, please write, “Primary Care QIP”

For questions about logging into the portal, please contact DDMSupport@ontario.ca. Metrics available:

• Percent of patients who visited the ED for conditions best managed elsewhere (BME)
• Percent of patients/clients who see their primary care provider within 7 days after discharge from hospital for selected conditions
• Hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC)
• Hospital Readmission within 30 days for select CMGs
• Patient admissions (all causes)
• ED visits (all causes)
• Physician house calls

This data is being provided at the organization-level for models that have rostered patients/clients. For CHCs, AHACs and NPLCs who are members of the Association of Ontario Health Centre (AOHC) much of this data will be provided in the ICES Practice Profile. These groups should contact their RDSS or Jennifer Rayner for more information.