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12 February 2016
According to one healthcare intelligence firm, the depth of coding was around four codes on average per patient in June 2009, up from an average of three in 2005. Today’s average is around five codes per patient. Depth of coding is an arbitrary measurement, however, and something which is not defined by the NHS Clinical … Continue reading “Depth of coding is not always the answer to improving data quality”
4 February 2016
Let’s get managers to explain the way they see the world, so we can present data in a meaningful way to them Guest blog by Neil Pettinger It doesn’t take much digging to find people in the NHS who are still sceptical about the benefits of using data. They would prefer to rely on their … Continue reading “Let’s present data in a meaningful way to NHS managers”
12 October 2015
“The higher number of patients waiting to be admitted into a hospital bed from A&E than in previous years points not only to patients being admitted when they are sicker, but also to pressure on beds in other parts of hospitals. This leads to disruption in the flow of patients though A&E. Delays in discharging … Continue reading “Are you winter ready?”
1 June 2015
Closing beds is often something you will here when there is talk of efficiency savings in the NHS. However, closing beds is not as straightforward as it sounds. It has to be planned, thought through and importantly be part of a longer term strategy plan for the organisation to deliver sustainable patient flow from admission … Continue reading “How the NHS can save money by closing beds”
1 June 2015
This week sees the launch of the Beautiful Information manifesto which sets out what we hope to achieve over the coming years. Although it is aspirational, we know that we can make a great deal happen right now, just by using information more effectively and by making it actionable. We call this ‘data into action’ … Continue reading “The beautiful information manifesto launches on the 6th June”
23 April 2015
There are numerous challenges facing any chief operating officer, but keeping on top of patient flow must be one of the most difficult. Not only does a COO need to know what is happening now, they have to know how to react when something happens that might disrupt patient flow. The COO needs to be … Continue reading “Putting together the patient flow jigsaw”
1 March 2015
Solent NHS Trust commissioned beautiful information to provide an external review of the information team’s structure, strategy and work plan and to identify how the reporting framework could move from historic data analysis to the provision of real time intelligence. We commissioned this work because of beautiful information’s success in developing real time intelligence within … Continue reading “Case study: Solent NHS Trust”
21 November 2014
Publishing consultant outcomes should be, well…simple, shouldn’t it? We have the data, we have guidance on what to publish and we have the means to publish it, but in between there’s a whole spectrum of how to get this simple process wrong. Not least of all by getting the backs up of all our consultants … Continue reading “Consultant Outcomes”
3 November 2014
Data Architecture is often overlooked in informatics as something that is dull and ‘for geeks’. Far too often the source and structure of the data is side-lined to focus on trends and reporting. However, in my opinion (and it may well only be my opinion) if data architecture is improved, the analysis of information will … Continue reading “The Analysis Mansion”
22 November 2013
EKBI’s Marc Farr has been named in the HSJ Top 50 Innovators in Health 2013. It said: “He is the founder of Beautiful Information at East Kent, which among other things tracks A&E activity levels. The project won the data/information management category at the 2013 National Patient Safety Awards. Made honorary professor in geomatic and civil engineering at UCL in 2007, his academic … Continue reading “Marc Farr named in HSJ’s Top 50 Innovators”