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Using Quality Information in Heath Communities

Using Quality Information in Heath Communities. Dr Simon Barton and James Mechan. Using quality information in Health Communities. Dr. Simon Barton Primary Care Advisor (IM&T) Cornwall Information & Technology Services. Patient-identifiable Direct patient care Research

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Using Quality Information in Heath Communities

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  1. Using Quality Information in Heath Communities Dr Simon Barton and James Mechan

  2. Using quality information in Health Communities Dr. Simon Barton Primary Care Advisor (IM&T) Cornwall Information & Technology Services

  3. Patient-identifiable Direct patient care Research GPs, practice nurses, researchers Anonymised Commissioning Public Health Development planning Research PCTs, Health Authority, researchers Types of data

  4. QMAS National Quality and Outcomes Framework Management and Analysis Sub-System

  5. QMAS – Principles Single national system Practice and PCT access to same information based on access rights Reduced dependence on individual suppliers Value for money

  6. Sharing data from Primary Care Why? Commissioning, planning, research Extract with: MIQUEST & QMAS Aggregate & present: Executive Information System, QMAS, Websites Who commissions? Local & national Who co-ordinates? No one!

  7. The Fujitsu Solution

  8. Dr. Simon Barton Primary Care Advisor (IM&T) Simon.barton@cornwall.nhs.uk

  9. Using Quality Information in Health Communities James Mechan Public Health Intelligence Manager Preston PCT

  10. Background • Working in Public Health since 1990 • Led a MIQUEST Pilot in Lancashire 1999 • PCG working 1999 • Commissioning and Performance Management in 2002 • Back to Public Health in 2003.

  11. Primary Care Data • Approximately 79% of contact with the NHS is in Primary Care. • Wealth of Data almost inaccessible. • Data not coded uniformly – so many local codes • Difference in use of Read Codes between practices • Data not recorded at all

  12. So What Does Public Health Need it For? • Public Health • Health Needs assessment • Disease Prevalence Analysis • Comparisons between practices for Intervention penetration • Health Equity Audit

  13. So What Do PCT’s Need it For? • NSF’s • New GMS Contract • Audit • HEA - Care Gap Analysis • Service re-modelling (Commissioning)

  14. The Way Forward • Delivering the performance management agenda in the NHS will depend on the availability of high quality information in general practice • Better, more consistent practice data • Readily available

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