Analyse this
Aasiya Moreea, the assistant director of clinical information and business intelligence at Bedford Hospital NHS Trust argues that a data warehouse and business intelligence are essential – and her first priority.
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Mind the gaps
Dr Phil Koczan, chief clinical information officer at UCL Partners, considers the NHS’ need for information – and why it is proving so hard to get it flowing around the service.
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Another view: Neil Paul
DH sets out public health data tasks
The Department of Health has set out the tasks local authorities need to address to meet their new obligations on health intelligence in the reorganised NHS.
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Nuffield Trust backs PLICS ‘investment’
New kids on the block
Commissioning support services have emerged as important parts of the latest reforms, not least when it comes to providing information and analysis to commissioners. Fiona Barr reports.
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NHS IC to provide data services to CCGs
The NHS Information Centre is looking provide national ‘at scale’ data services to clinical commissioning groups.
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Handful of CSSs to host data centres
All commissioning support services have the opportunity to become one of eight to ten new data management integration centres being set up nationwide.
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Taunton signs BI deal with SSentif
Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has implemented a business intelligence and benchmarking system from SSentif.
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Derbyshire buys BI from Cora Systems
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has implemented new project management software to help it tackle the efficiency savings target set by the ‘Nicholson challenge’.
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