IM & DQ Standards for NHS Informatics

Current Status and Progress

Mike Sinclair –Project Manager

Context

• Benchmarking Club and Processes• Standards Development• Past and current BIP• Accreditation Project• Future plans

Attendees

• Mike Sinclair, • Christine Walters, • John Rayner, • Douglas McLay, • Gary Hotine, • Peter Saunders, • Christopher Prior• Sarah Scobie, • Dorothy Blundell, • Catherine Donnelly• Jason Bradley

Sam RileyAndrew Chronias, Ann-Marie Morgan.Tracy Mundell

Mini BIP (v3.2)

1. Service DescriptionSize, type, scale, scope

2. Governance & PlanningStrategyPlanning & approvalsKPIsBenefits Realisation

3. Corporate & CommercialUse of SLAs & Performance ReviewAsset & License ManagementGreen ITVFM & Service Line Costing

4. WorkforceLeadershipStaff - PDP- Qualification, Professional

membership etc

5. Service DeliverySLA/Green/ Contract PerformanceBC & DRInfrastructure– Service Desk, , ITIL– NIMMTelecomms & NetworksApplication SupportInformationTraining

6. AssuranceRisk ManagementIGCustomer SatisfactionBreachesFinancial ManagementAuditClinical Safety

Refining the measures (I)

– Contextual: • Service summary / general / • Pre-assessment

– Information Management• Questions 5.29 – 5.35• Question text and definition• Guidance• Answer options• Evidence

Refining the measures (II)

– Data Quality• Questions 5.36 & 5.37

– Clinical Coding• Question 5.38

Additional Issue

• Processes for assessment– Applying the standards– Definitions– Benchmarking

• Supporting the IC DQ Programme• Integration with HIBC BIP• Potential integration with Accreditation

Feedback

• Definition (IS, IM, BI, IA, DQ, Assurance)• Reflect variation of scale, scope and style

of practice• Appropriate differential between service

delivery and organisational responsibilities• Relate to new structures: NCB, IC, CQC

Actions

• Refine Measures following feedback• Circulate to wider HIBC membership• Retain connection and feed into IC DQ

programme• Retain linkage with Accreditation Pilot• Pilot the measures