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Western Australian Review of Mortality (WARM)

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Policy

What is WARM?

The Western Australian Review of Mortality (WARM) is an initiative that aims to reduce preventable deaths, and arose from a commitment in 2005, by the Department of Health, Western Australia, to review all inpatient deaths. WARM provides a structure for classifying, reviewing and reporting deaths at a clinical level.

Scope of WARM

The WARM Policy covers all inpatient deaths that occur in:

  • Public hospitals; and
  • Licensed privately managed hospitals providing services for public patients in Western Australia.
  • Licensed privately managed hospitals from January 2009

Principles of WARM

  • All inpatient deaths must be assessed [categorised within three months of the date of death]. Exceptions are when a death has already been reviewed as a Sentinel Event or has had an audit completed WA Audit of Surgical Mortality (WAASM).

WARM Standards

Hospital mortality review systems must comply with 10 minimum standards. Refer to the WARM Policy 2008 for further details.

 

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