Driving quality implementation in the context of the Francis report

College actions
1 The College supports the seven key messages
set out in the Academy of Medical
Royal Colleges report, I-Care: Information,
Communication and Technology in the NHS
(Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, 2013):
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the patient record forms both the cornerstone
of integrated patient care and the
main source of data to inform the service
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patient record systems must be focused
on the individual, not on the disease,
intervention, service or the organisation
in which the patient is seen, in order to
provide an integrated picture of their problems
and the care they receive
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clinical data quality and ease of data
capture are of paramount importance
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the structure and content of records must
be standardised across the NHS
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patients should be given appropriate,
standardised access to their records
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as a learning organisation, the NHS must
use the information it collects in the course
of everyday care to enhance learning
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professionals and patients need access
to reliable information, from both the individual
record and the knowledge base of
healthcare.
2 The College will do further work on metrics
and outcome indicators to:
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incorporate data
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improve feedback to individual and team
practice
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focus more on patient and carer
experience outcomes, together with clinical
outcomes
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support the quality and outcomes work
already undertaken as part of MHPbR
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develop composite outcome data in partnership
with patients and carers.
3 The College supports the central collection
and collation of safety data.
4 The College supports the use of an electronic
patient record and electronic prescribing
within mental health trusts.
The College’s Informatics Committee
The Informatics Committee has had a particular
focus in 2013 on improving quality and safety, and
has co-authored a position statement on informatics
with the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
(2013) for the Secretary of State for Health.
With regard to zero harm and patient safety, the
Informatics Committee has been an active supporter
of the early delivery of electronic prescribing,
and has significantly contributed to the mental
health discharge summary and the establishment
of chief clinical information officers (CCIOs) within
all mental health trusts.
Faculty of Psychiatry of Intellectual
Disability
The Faculty is undertaking a review of outcome
measures.
Perinatal Section
The Section contributes to the development of
outcome measurement systems in perinatal mental
health.
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