GIM Training Day - Health Informatics (Wythenshawe, 19 Jan 2009)

Outcomes Recertification and Clinical Quality

Ben Bridgewater, Director National Institute for Clinical Outcomes Research
appraisal / recertification {formative | summative}
Sir Liam Donaldson, DoH (2006): "Good doctors, safer patients" (in response to Shipman report): summary report | www | a response
Darzy: "High quality care for all": www; define and measure
GMC: Good medical practice [www]
Recertification: GMC, Academy of Royal Colleges, Pan speciality revalidation working groups
Outcomes / peer review {routine | triggered} if difficult to measure
HES=hospital episode statistics
Departmental info. strategy: what and how to collect, how to validate and analyze, what to use for, who has ownership
Appraisal
Portfolio: electronic; web-based appraisal toolkit (<<GMC)
GMC: "Trust, Assurance & Safety ..."
most trusted organisations: 1 NHS, 2 Tesco, 3 Virgin
SESATS learning tool

NHS CfH(=Connecting for Health)
Dr Amir Hannan, GP Tameside (among 5 other people): NHS NW clinical IT team
www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk
Summary care record: 5 pilot sites in country (consent to view, smartcard, 200,000 records)
HealthSpace NHS for pts+public; {basic | advanced} account
Lorenzo Regional Care: iSOFT
e.g. ISIS integrating PACS and Pathology
Electronic prescription service: trials in 3-4mths
NHSmail - GMC agreed pt-identifiable information can be send (preferred)
"Clinicians to do IT projects"
18 weeks
PbR
Communicator: pts to email clinicians (NHS HealthSpace clinician view)
"What does it all mean?" video Karl Fish (Sony) www.comserve.com ?
CAT=clinical assessment [and Tx?] centres [?]
www.htmc.co.uk
emis access, PAERS Ltd
HealthVault (MS), GoogleHealth (US)

"world class" commissioning
health informatics
'data tombs' - undiscovered data signals all there [cf TSHI] "making use of the data you've got"
e-Lab at Mcr Uni
Anaemia in DM: at <=eGFR 80 [audit -> research]
service development -> commissioning: will be judged by model predictions of impact
info. personalization + frequent reinforcement: e.g. for obesity

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