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INDUSTRY NEWS MATURE DEBATE IS NEEDED Matthew Swindells, Head of BCS Health, reflects on changes in NHS The ability to monitor hospitals’ performance has perversely led to a decline in public confidence in the NHS, according to Matthew Swindells. Matthew’s recent comments in National Health Executive coincide with a belief in 04 INFORMATION REVOLUTION HINOW Autumn 2010 BCS Health for the need for a mature and honest debate about the growing pains of the information revolution inside the NHS. Increased accountability, such as the opportunity to see mortality rate data, has resulted in higher standards of care. The future of Dr Foster Intelligence is under review According to the DOH, one of the UK’s main providers of information, analysis and targeted communications to health and social care organisations is under review. The review will explore strategic options for the future of Dr Foster Intelligence. This follows the recent white paper 'Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS', which stated the government’s commitment to the introduction of an NHS information revolution, providing patients with quality information and data on all aspects of healthcare. Combined with the right support, the aim is to increase the use of healthcare informatics to create better care, outcomes and reduced costs. The review will ensure that Dr Foster Intelligence is best placed to meet this challenge. Dr Foster Intelligence was launched in However, the public’s positive view of the health service has in all likelihood diminished as a result of the statistics being published, said Matthew. Information has become a doubleedged sword when it comes to administrative data, he believes. He said: ‘On the one hand, we now have the ability to use data to track the performance of NHS trusts with regards to things like mortality rates and this has enabled the public to hold the NHS to account far more effectively than ever before. Perversely though, this has probably led to a reduction in public confidence in the health service,’ Although the debate around the implementation of the national patient records system has tended to dominate the impression of ICT in the NHS, the last 10 years have yielded many advancements in administrating healthcare. Matthew predicted that the next decade will see the use of ICT to identify and target patients, allowing clinicians to intervene earlier in their disease or risk profiles in order to keep them healthy, as opposed to reacting to when they fall ill. Another advance will be allowing patient records to follow the patient, rather than it being the other way around. Although this would enable care to be delivered in a more convenient way, he acknowledged that safeguards must be in place to ensure the quality of data. He said: ‘You really do need to ensure that clinical information can move seamlessly around the patient. Otherwise you will have patients being treated in convenient settings, but in an unsafe way. 2006 as a joint venture between the NHS Information Centre and Dr Foster Holdings LLP. The NHS Information Centre transferred its shareholding to the Department of Health on 9 July 2010. This review is in line with the government’s policy to maximise the value of assets and commercial opportunities as explained in the findings of the Arm’s Length Bodies Review. Health Minister Simon Burns said: ‘In the white paper Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS’, we set out a vision for an information revolution to give patients greater choice and control. We will publish our information strategy paper in the autumn. This review will ensure that the Department of Health is making the most of Dr Foster Intelligence.’
The new NHS Wales internet site launches successfully The new Health in Wales bilingual website provides a single point of access for those seeking information about the health of the people of Wales and information about the health and social care services provided by NHS Wales. www.wales.nhs.uk is designed to complement NHS Direct Wales, which provides information for individuals and their dependents on personal health and heath service needs. The website has been developed and will be supported by Public Health Wales in partnership with a web team that is part of NHS Wales Informatics Service. Among the main objectives of the site are to promote public and patient understanding of the NHS in Wales and to signpost opportunities for public and patient involvement in the NHS in Wales. The website was officially launched in March 2010 and has since been running successfully alongside the HOWIS (Health of Wales Information Service) internet – the website it was intended to replace. This has allowed time for full testing to take place. INDUSTRY NEWS Renal database A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH Russells Hall Hospital is benefiting A COMPLETE SOLUTION Delivering dictation and document management in Suffolk West Suffolk Hospital has elected SRC to deliver trust wide digital dictation and document management. SRC, recently announced it is completing a trust wide deployment of the Winscribe digital dictation system to 350 users, across 29 specialities at West Suffolk Hospital (WSH). As well as deploying digital dictation, SRC is also providing a full integration with the Trust’s Clinical Correspondence system. The system, which has been developed by strategic partner Bluewire Technologies, is already deployed and supported throughout the trust by SRC. By integrating digital dictation and clinical correspondence, SRC is providing the Trust with a complete document management solution. Clinicians can create new dictations whilst reviewing patient details from within an application that complies with Microsoft Health CUI standards for patient safety. Dictations, along with patient, hospital and GP data are then automatically sent to secretaries for completion. Draft documents can then be electronically reviewed, approved and delivered to the GP or the end recipients. The solution also provides the trust with a full document repository and audit trail facility. Nick McDonnell, Head of IM&T, WSH said: ‘In two months, the solution has enabled us to cut turnaround times in cardiology and ENT by 2.36 days on average per letter. At the current rate of improvement, we predict turnaround times will be reduced even further by the end of 2010.’ from greater efficiency in renal patient management with the installation of new specialist software. The eMEDRenal application from Mediqal H.I. was installed as part of Dudley’s 15-year IT services Managed Equipment Service (MES) agreement with Siemens Healthcare. Siemens Healthcare and Mediqal H.I. worked to ensure the smooth implementation of the software, which is a clinical patient database for renal specialities. eMEDRenal manages patient information from first referral through to dialysis, treatment and transplants. Technology at core A consortium of 10 NHS Trusts has put technology at the heart of accelerated progress towards ‘cost per patient’ spending control, in line with deficit linked public sector budget cuts. County Durham & Darlington Foundation Trust is extending its web-based e-procurement platform to 6,000 users and 3,000 suppliers, adding e-auction capabilities and planning online supplier management. Full integration of its web3 best of breed procurement solution with Oracle Financials, allows this procurement organisation the freedom to use advanced purchasing technology with seamless internal process. This is the latest stage in the culmination of a targets led 10 year plan to increase spending efficiency at CDDFT. Motion sense Motion sensing technologies, such as the Nintendo Wii Remote, could be used in the rehabilitation of people with aphasia – a language impairment, often caused by a stroke. The research is being carried out at City University London, in collaboration with The Stroke Association and funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The aim is to develop an affordable, computer-based technology to help stroke survivors, who have limited spoken or written output, learn how to ‘gesture’ independently at home. The project will create a prototype system that enables users to practice. Autumn 2010 HINOW 05
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