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27 January 2020
This month we have started work on developing the new Kent and Medway Cancer Alliance Patient Tracking List (PTL) which will be a centralised tracking list of patients for the whole of Kent and Medway, to monitor them throughout their cancer treatment pathway. Staff will be able to see where a patient is on their … Continue reading “Kent and Medway Cancer Alliance Patient Tracking List (PTL)”
27 January 2020
We are working with The North Manchester Diabetes Centre and the University of Salford to capture the ‘current status’ of diabetes on a digital dashboard. The dashboard will initially focus on ulcers and amputations to establish key metrics for clinicians. To start, the project will rely on manual input but the long-term aim is for … Continue reading “Diabetes dashboard for North Manchester”
21 January 2020
Discovery Park, Discovery Event Centre, Innovation House, Ramsgate Road, Sandwich, Kent CT13 9FF Wednesday 12 February 2020, 10:00 – 17:00 The digital revolution has enabled virtually everything – from small computer parts to cars to buildings, and even whole cities – to become digitally connected and produce data that can be interpreted, tested, and manipulated. … Continue reading “Two’s company: The What, Why’s and How’s of Digital Twins in Industry Today & Tomorrow”
16 December 2019
With 20 guests at the William Harvey hospital in Ashford, our November Open Day gave them a close-up look at how over 40 solutions work together to help performance and patient flow in a busy live setting. As part of our workshop session, our guests posed 3 essential questions which we have outlined below. 1. My … Continue reading “Open Day: 3 essential questions we answered”
9 December 2019
Last week, our ED PTL (Patient Tracking List) took the award for its contribution to patient safety at The William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Kent. With ED performance under intense scrutiny, this product has been proven to help manage patient flow and improve efficiency. This affordable and flexible solution is compatible with all systems and was … Continue reading “Our ED PTL is named Emergency Department Patient Safety Project of the Year 2019”
18 November 2019
It has been estimated that each person produces 1.7 megabytes of data per second. If so, in the time it takes to read this sentence, 112 terabytes of data will be generated in the UK. This will come as no surprise to those working within health and care in the UK, which amasses colossal volumes … Continue reading “Untapped potential: how can organisations realise the value of health and care data?”
13 November 2019
Referral-to-treatment (RTT) times in England saw a sharp rise in August, reaching nearly 24 weeks, and far exceeding the target of 18 weeks. RTT times had shown an improvement in June, and the sudden increase in August is thought to be due to rapid growth in the number of patients on the wait list, as … Continue reading “RTT promise cannot be delivered without system-wide access to patient records”
13 November 2019
1. Responding to structural change. New organisations like NHS Primary Care Networks and Integrated Care Systems come with new data requirements and challenges. We have to be alive to changing demands on analytics across bigger care sectors and regions. See our Regional Operational Control Centre here. 2. Giving networks teeth. The emergence of bodies like … Continue reading “TOP 5 data challenges in public health 2019”
28 October 2019
Stakeholder workshop to share progress and identify further opportunities for collaboration Location: The Health Foundation, 8 Salisbury Square, London, EC4Y 8AP Date: 15/11/2019, 10.30-15.30 Aim: Workshop to further develop ideas and plans for how ALBs and other partners can work together effectively to address the key challenges in supporting the analytical workforce across local integrated … Continue reading “Developing Capacity and Capability in Population Health Intelligence”
20 September 2019
Route to impact – using examples of data to drive improvement and enable change in decision making Tuesday 26 November 2019The University of London, Senate House (South block), Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU 10.00 – 16.00 Producing and delivering high quality applied analytics depends on many factors that ultimately lead to their successful use and … Continue reading “Beautiful Information and KSS AHSN invite you to our autumn conference and exhibition”