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Developing an electronic software solution for Caseload Analysis

Developing an electronic software solution for Caseload Analysis. Debbie Campbell District Nurse Team Leader Southern HSC Trust. District Nursing Practice. Autonomous tradition Invisible to manager Workload/staff resource dependent on assessment/management skills of DN Climate of change.

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Developing an electronic software solution for Caseload Analysis

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  1. Developing an electronic software solution for Caseload Analysis Debbie Campbell District Nurse Team Leader Southern HSC Trust

  2. District Nursing Practice • Autonomous tradition • Invisible to manager • Workload/staff resource dependent on assessment/management skills of DN • Climate of change

  3. Caseload Analysis An analysis of caseload variables across a group of caseloads using descriptive statistics to examine : - content validity of individual caseloads - benchmark caseload management across the group.

  4. Historically • Used graphical data • Statistical Package for Social Sciences • Labour intensive • Required technical data management skills • Feedback to Nurses was limited

  5. Caseload Size

  6. Caseload Size by WTE

  7. Visiting Patterns

  8. Throughput

  9. Disadvantages of SPSS Method • Feedback to Nurses was complex and slow • Manager needed well developed IT Skills • Not easily transported into a word document • Archive at local level for updating purposes • Manual Forms

  10. eCAT Project • Commenced 2004 to September 2008 • Joint Project CPHVA & S&E Legacy Trust • £20,000 funding from CPHVA • Tested regionally across 4 Trusts • Evaluation by University of Ulster

  11. eCAT Tool Purpose To assist caseload management practice for the caseload holder and effective and equitable resource allocation at team, local, and regional levels. Features • Direct input • Graphical reports on a range of caseload measures • Facility to cut and paste reports into a word document • Helpful hints alongside reports to assist with analysis • Provides a template for a Caseload Analysis Report

  12. eCAT Caseload Analysis Tool

  13. Advantages of eCAT • Use existing data • Correlate reports • Analyse results • Make changes • Evaluate the changes • New practice/technology emerges • Dynamic –tool adapted to meet requirements • Could be used by other Professional Disciplines

  14. eCAT- Conceptual Solution to a Nursing Issue • Designed by Nurses • Tested by Nurses • Implemented by Nurses • Developed by Nurses • Led By Nurses

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