Australian National Diabetes Audit
ANDA
ANDA is an annual diabetes audit open to all services providing diabetes services across Australia, from primary to tertiary care centres.
Any questions (especially from Centres that have not previously participated in ANDA) should be directed to Prof Sophia Zoungas at email anda@nadc.net.au.
We can’t improve that which we don’t measure!
The coordination of ANDA is overseen by Associate Professor Sophia Zoungas (at Monash Health/University) in collaboration with the NADC Secretariat.
The NADC coordinates the Australian National Diabetes Audit (ANDA) survey every year.
It is a free quality improvement activity for all NADC members and provides the participating services with a comprehensive individualised report on many aspects of their specific service and benchmarks against like-sized organisations.
There are 2 ANDA audits that alternate each year. The ANDA – AQSMA (Australian Quality Self-Management Audit) is more focused on self-management and diabetes distress and collects data related to diabetes education, self-care practices and quality of life.
The ANDA – AQCA (Australian Quality Clinical Audit) focuses on clinical indicators known to impact on the care of the person with diabetes
The ANDA – AQSMA was run in 2018 and the ANDA – AQCA was run in 2019.
Funding for ANDA is from the Commonwealth Department of Health & Ageing.
Both audits offer important quality assurance activities which promote continuous improvement in the standards of service provided by diabetes services. The success of this activity is dependent on a maximum level of participation by centres.
ANDA Background
The Australian National Diabetes Audit (ANDA) is a national clinical quality registry.
It is a centralised quality assurance activity aiming to improve the quality of care provided to people with diabetes.
ANDA is coordinated by Monash University in conjunction with the National Association of Diabetes Centres and participating primary, secondary and tertiary care diabetes centres across Australia.
ANDA collects data about people with diabetes treatments, complications, self-care practices and quality of life outcomes. This information is then reported back to the diabetes centres and relevant stakeholders to help determine what factors contribute to and promote better patient care and outcomes. The reports provide a unique opportunity for diabetes centres to benchmark their performance against their peers across Australia and the different segments of the health system. Ultimately it is hoped to be able to benchmark the performance of Australian diabetes centres with international centres.
ANDA is funded by the Department of Health, Australia; their generous contribution and enthusiastic support for ANDA is a testament to the importance of this nationwide quality assurance activity.
Project Aims
ANDA is a Clinical Quality Registry (CQR) aiming to improve the quality of care provided to people with diabetes patients attending primary, secondary and tertiary health care services (diabetes centres) for the management of diabetes.
ANDA’s primary focus is to provide regular and relevant feedback to diabetes centres so they can compare themselves with their peers. This has been universally found to be a worthwhile activity for improving care and outcomes for people with diabetes.
ANDA aims to:
- Provide a diabetes dataset aligned with national reporting guidelines
- Create a centralised mechanism for providing feedback
- Benchmark clinical outcomes and improve patient care
- Identify areas of excellence and opportunities for improvement
- Assess adequacy of resources available
- Facilitate the development of procedures, clinical guidelines and policies
- Identify population groups that may require better access to care
Data Collection Modules
ANDA aims to have a broad diabetes focus and it is anticipated that the activity will expand to collect a dataset of many different aspects of diabetes care and outcomes.
Currently, ANDA has two data collection modules: Clinical indicators and Patient-reported education, self-care and quality of life indicators
Data is collected for people with diabetes attending diabetes centres in participating Australian health services.
- Clinical indicators
Clinical indicator data collection assesses a standardised set of predefined clinical parameters including demographic variables, biological variables and clinical outcomes known to impact people with diabetes.
- Patient-reported education, self-care and quality of life indicators
This data collection assesses a standardised set of predefined patient self-management parameters including lifestyle factors, education and quality of life outcomes as well as health professional utilisation.
As new modules are approved for data collection, diabetes centres will be engaged and invited to participate.
For more information about the specific type of patient information collected in ANDA, please visit our What information is collected page.
Participating Diabetes Centres
Diabetes centres participate in ANDA voluntarily. It is not compulsory for participating diabetes centres to contribute to all ANDA modules.
Our Supporters
Australia’s health system is world-class, supported by universal and affordable access to high quality medical, pharmaceutical and hospital services, while helping people to stay healthy through health promotion and disease prevention activities.
The Australian Department of Health has been established to provide a continued commitment of improving health outcomes for all Australians. Their purpose is to support the government and stakeholders to lead and shape Australia’s health and aged care system and sporting outcomes through evidence-based policy, well-targeted programs and best practice regulation.
The NADC is a national collective of organisations that are involved either directly or indirectly in diabetes services and care. The NADC was established to explore mechanisms and implement strategies for improving the standard of care for people with, or at risk of diabetes. NADC member organisations take a leadership role in developing the appropriate networks in their areas in order to achieve this outcome.
The ADS is the peak national medical and scientific body in Australia for diabetes. The ADS is a member-based organisation consisting of health professionals (endocrinologists, diabetes educators, primary care physicians and allied health professionals) as well as clinical and preclinical researchers. The ADS mission is to prevent diabetes and its complications; provide excellence in education for health professionals; promote collaboration, research and education; work with other organisations committed to improved diabetes treatment and care and advocate for health policies around diabetes and its prevention.
PREVIOUS ANDA FORMS AND REPORTS
For more information on the ANDA audits including the published reports, please click on the following links: CLICK HERE
