Sarah Bray, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) ROSA@sahmri.com
The Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA) is a cross-sectoral data platform designed to monitor the health, service utilisation, medication use, mortality, and other outcomes of people receiving aged care services in Australia. ROSA brings together datasets collected from the aged care and health care sector by the Commonwealth and state health authorities, to provide us with a full picture of the ageing pathway for individuals in aged care. ROSA produces evidence to guide decision-making for quality, coordinated, efficient, innovative and age-friendly services and practices.
Like other Australian clinical quality registries, ROSA was designed to monitor the effectiveness and appropriateness of aged care services provided to older Australians and to identify variance and advise on best practices. In addition to conducting comprehensive reviews of its captured population, including evaluations of aged care pathways and service utilisation, ROSA also has an 'Outcome Monitoring System' of quality and safety indicators for aged care providers and facilities.
- Reported in an annual report
- Reported in other public reports
- Shared with clinicians
- Shared with consumers
- Reported to aged care providers, aged care providers peak bodies, policy makers (i.e. Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety)
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Not applicable. ROSA is a registry that monitors South Australians seeking aged care services each year. It uses existing information captured by the Commonwealth National Aged Care Data Clearinghouse, Medicare Benefits Schedule, Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and the National Death Index, linked to South Australian hospitalisation, emergency department presentations and ambulance services datasets to monitor its cohort. By bringing together these diverse datasets it captures the whole picture of the ageing pathway.