HEALTH INFORMATICS

Critical issues for Electronic Health Records - considerations from an expert workshop (12th March 2009)
This report is based on the Electronic Health Records Symposium - an expert seminar hosted by the Nuffield Trust and Wellcome Trust. This seminar brought together health leaders, policy-makers and academics to identify the key priorities involved in research, strategy and implementation of electronic health record systems (EHR).

Critical Issues for Electronic Health Records – Considerations from an expert workshop augments the workshop findings with further comment from the authors and identifies the key requirements for successful EHR systems implementation, integration and maintenance worldwide.
Report

INFORMATICS

Informatics planning 2009/10 (8th December 2008)
The NHS Operating Framework for 2009/10 outlines the need for informatics planning with board level ownership and support to deliver information enabled service transformation. This document, which includes a link to supporting tools for Chief Executives and other key stakeholders, provides further guidance. The national expectations contained in this document should be used by all NHS organisations to refresh and re-focus their informatics plans.
Document

HEALTH INFORMATICS

Health Informatics Review Report (10th July 2008)
This report builds on the Next Stage Review by describing how informatics is supporting the delivery of better, safer care of patients, improving the NHS through better research, planning and management, and empowering patients to make more informed choices about health and care.
Click here for the Report
Frequently asked questions
Equality impact assessment

HEALTH INFORMATICS

Choose and Book release 4.0 (February 2008)
Significant changes to the Choose and Book software will be introduced in April 2008 to support free choice in accordance with the principles outlined in the NHS Operating Framework 2008/09. Changes are outlined along with briefing packs to support communication. The site is available to NHS web users only. NHS chief executives should note these changes in relation to providers and commissioners and ensure action is taken to prepare locally.
Click here for the Information

Data Quality Report for Independent sector NHS funded treatment Q1 – Q2 2007/08 (11th February 2008)
The Information Centre’s (IC) second data quality report for Independent Sector Providers of NHS funded care. This report is part of their work to support independent sector (IS) providers with submission of high quality data as required by the NHS.
Click here for the Report

HEALTH INFORMATICS

Hospital Activity Data: A Guide for Clinicians (published November 2007 New to website 9th January 2008)
The Royal College of Physicians Health Informatics Unit has produced a guide to hospital activity data, designed to support consultants from any specialty (medical or surgical) in the interpretation and use of routinely collected data held in their name. Analyses of consultant-level data are becoming more commonplace, and may be provided by hospital trusts or by external benchmarking companies such as Dr Foster Intelligence and CHKS. The guide contains answers to the questions clinicians most commonly ask when regarding such data, along with worked examples, a glossary and ten tips for good note keeping practice to ensure accurate clinical coding. English and Welsh versions reflect subtle differences in the way data are handled in the two countries.
Click here for Hospital Activity Data: A Guide for Clinicians (for consultants working in England)

Click here for Hospital Activity Data: A Guide for Clinicians (for consultants working in Wales)

Click here for Top Ten Tips for Coding: A Guide for Clinical Staff

Click here for Sample Analyses of Hospital Activity Data for Consultants

Click here for Hospital Activity Data Query Methodology for NHS Information Analysts