Using data to drive service improvement: false dawns and a promised land?

Increasing emphasis and expectation is being placed on the role of healthcare data in addressing the problems faced by the NHS. The ideal is to replace the current fragmented system of individual systems and registries with a universal, integrated data system that provides frontline staff with what...

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Published in:Future healthcare journal 2022-07, Vol.9 (2), p.150-153
Main Authors: Dunn, Ken W, de Belder, Mark A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
data
data quality
federated data platform
performance metrics
Quality and Service Improvement in England
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Summary:Increasing emphasis and expectation is being placed on the role of healthcare data in addressing the problems faced by the NHS. The ideal is to replace the current fragmented system of individual systems and registries with a universal, integrated data system that provides frontline staff with what they need while also allowing monitoring of services, intelligent population-based commissioning and the facilitation of quality improvement (QI) and research. With the recently published tender for the creation of a federated data platform (FDP) there is optimism that these aspirations are being addressed; however, concerns remain that the future use of healthcare data in the UK will not fulfil its potential if the current well-recognised shortcomings of existing systems and processes are not dealt with.
ISSN:2514-6645
2514-6653
DOI:10.7861/fhj.2022-0058