Table 1.

Objectives of the Optimizing the Quality of Clinical Data in an Australian Aged Care and Disability Service to Improve Care Delivery and Clinical Outcomes study.

Stage and phase		Objective
Stage 1: baseline
	1.1. Define	Define study goals, scope, outputs, and methodology
	1.2. Measure	Measure clinical data quality across aged care and disability services
	1.3. Analyze	Identify root causes of data quality issues
	1.4. Improve (part 1)	Generate solutions to support optimization of clinical documentation processes and clinical information systems
Stage 2: optimization
	2.1. Improve (part 2)	Implement and test changes to clinical documentation processes and clinical information systems specific for aged care and disability services
	2.2. Control	Establish policies and procedures for clinical data governance, collection, and input across care services
	2.2. Control	Establish a control plan for routine audit of clinical data quality across care services
Stage 3: evaluation
	3.1. Evaluation	Measure change in primary outcomes (clinical data quality)
	3.1. Evaluation	Measure change in secondary outcomes (care delivery, clinical outcomes, business costs, and workforce satisfaction)