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Pioneering north west London research data to enable cutting-edge research and innovation to benefit UK patients led by ICHP
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Discover-NOW, a unique partnership led by Imperial College Health Partners (ICHP), will be the Health Data Research Hub for Real World Evidence in the UK. One of seven pioneering data hubs to be set up this October, it will enable cutting-edge research for health discoveries and will aim to give patients across the UK faster access to pioneering new treatments. Discover-NOW will bring together NHS organisations, globally recognised academic, commercial and charity partners as well as patients and the public to revolutionise the way health information is used to treat and prevent disease in the future. We will scale our already leading data eco-system working in partnership with technology and academic partners such as Google, IBM, NorthWest EHealth, Imperial College London and Medopad.
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Suspicion of Sepsis Dashboard shortlisted for awards
We are proud to announce that our Suspicion of Sepsis (SOS) Insights Dashboard has been shortlisted for two HSJ awards; Driving efficiency through technology and Acute sector innovation of the year.
The SOS Dashboard enables NHS staff to improve patient care and reduces potential harm by – for the first time ever – providing consistent, accurate and reliable data on sepsis outcomes.
The Dashboard has huge potential to help reduce harm and already enables clinicians to track the impact of their interventions in order to deliver safer care. Winning this award will further enable our aspirations to build the adoption and spread of this work by developing the Dashboard to support clinicians to better recognise and diagnose Sepsis.
ICHP's Patient Safety Programme Director Kenny Ajayi said: "I am delighted that our continued hard work and collaborations have been recognised on such a prestigious platform. We are committed to delivering improved outcomes for our patients, and to be chosen among the other incredible nominees is a wonderful achievement."
Winners will be selected ahead of the 2019 HSJ awards ceremony, which is due to be held at the Battersea Evolution Centre, London Wednesday 6 November.
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Improving patient safety for hospital referrals
Patients – and the doctors who treat them – in Hillingdon will soon benefit from a safer, more efficient system of referrals to hospital thanks to our jointly developed dashboard add-on launched this month.
The Advice and Guidance Dashboard, by ICHP and Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, is an add-on to the NHS e-referral (NHSeRS) system launched in 2014. It functions as a two-way tool, allowing GPs in the Hillingdon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to communicate online to consultants at the Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s two hospitals, at Hillingdon, and at Mount Vernon in Northwood.
The dashboard works by allowing GPs to log queries concerning a patient’s care. This is screened by managers at the Trust and allocated to the appropriate discipline. Consultants and other specialists then respond in a timely way with assistance for the enquirer. All patient data is anonymised before it leaves the GP practice, using a unique reference number instead.
Full, accurate referral information is important for improving patient care, just as inappropriate or unnecessary referral to hospital is a drain on resources, so the dashboard will also help to save money across the local healthcare budget.
Contact Craig Brown, Head of Provider Portfolio, for more information.
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Early warning system improving patient safety
ICHP has been working with Northwick Park Hospital's STARRS (Short-Term Assessment, Rehabilitation and Reablement) team to support them in increasing patient safety and their access to appropriate resources, by implementing NEWS2 (National Early Warning Score v2).
The scoring tool supports clinicians in the recognition and management of deterioration in unwell patients, allowing deteriorating patients to be better identified and given appropriate treatment. It also creates a common language amongst clinicians working in different settings, increasing consistency of treatment.
Since we began aiding with implementation in January, the STARRS team are now reporting that 95-99% of all patients are now having a NEWS2 score calculated.
Following this success the STARRS team are looking to roll out NEWS2 across Brent GP practices and nursing homes, meaning that clinicians will have an objective measure of a patient's clinical state across the system.
Contact Hai Lin Leung, Innovation Advisor, for more information
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PINCER programme reducing medication-related harm in north west London
More than 960,000 patients in north west London are having their chances of medication-related harm reduced thanks to ICHP's work with pharmacists and GP practices on the national PINCER programme.
PINCER is a pharmacist-led IT intervention for reducing clinically important errors in general practice prescribing. Trials have shown that it reduces error rates by up to 50% following adoption.
ICHP has been rolling out PINCER across north west London, introducing it to GP practices and practice pharmacists and supporting PINCER training, since January this year. The latest figures, released this month, show that we have successfully engaged 120 GP practices, bringing them on to the first step of implementation, with 21 practices using it live.
PINCER is in QOF (Quality Outcomes Framework) and if you are part of a GP practice or are a pharmacist wanting to know more, please contact Innovation Advisor Hai Lin Leung for more information.
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Last chance for TEDxNHS tickets
ICHP are proud to be strategic partners, supporting this year's TEDxNHS event, to be held on Friday 4 October, at Indigo at the O2, London.
With an exciting lineup of speakers announced from across the NHS, the event brings together ordinary people who do extraordinary things for our health system. They will be celebrating our workforce, culture and people, whilst also creating a platform for innovation and positive change within the system.
Early-bird tickets have now finished, but there are still a few places released on general sale, so get your ticket before they sell out!
Read more and book tickets here
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Value in public health - a system perspective
Traditionally in the NHS we’re used to thinking of value as value for money. However, there is now a drive to focus more on the wider determinants of value – care outcomes and user experience for example, set against the resources needed to deliver a service.
Andi Orlowski, Deputy Director of Business Intelligence, takes a look at how we measure value on a broader spectrum and how this can help us improve healthcare.
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Collaborating with French ‘big data’ specialists to benefit the NHS
ICHP is always passionate to take part in collaborations locally, nationally and internationally, and a partnership with French company HEVA is promising to help support the NHS in improving care for sepsis patients. Andi Orlowski, ICHP’s Deputy Director of Business Intelligence, and Martin Prodel, Data Scientist at HEVA, discuss their recent project.
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Engagement with Londoners must go deeper in order to realise the full benefits of joined-up health and care data
A new report suggests that system leaders must go further than before to fully understand the public’s expectations of how health and care data is used in a variety of real-world situations.
OneLondon Local Health and Care Record Exemplar (LHCRE) have published Understanding public expectations of the use of health and care data – an independent report authored by CurvedThinking and developed in consultation with Understanding Patient Data.
The report reveals that previous research and engagement has largely focused on the anticipated benefits or potential concerns around the use of health and care data; and it highlights that we know too little about the way that people weigh-up these respective benefits and concerns in real-world scenarios.
Download the report and read more here
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The big population health conversation with the King's Fund
Book now to ensure you don't miss the King's Fund's free virtual conference on population health.
On Wednesday 18 September, 10am-4pm, it will look beyond health and social care to areas where there is untapped potential for local and national action to support healthier lives.
Through a series of three hour-long events, speakers will explore how a wide range of organisations – across local government, the voluntary sector, the private sector and local communities – have it within their power to improve people’s health.
Read more and register here
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Join us in delivering meaningful change in healthcare
Are you excited about improving healthcare by realising the benefits from working with innovators and wider industry? Come and join our growing team and become part of our mission at Imperial College Health Partners.
We are currently hiring for the following roles:
Commercial Director
Executive Director
Read more and find out how to apply
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At ICHP we value all feedback to help us to continually improve and ensure we always strive to give an excellent service.
We have developed a customer satisfaction survey that we have been actively sharing with our customers to gather their feedback.
We proudly share our results and invite you to complete our survey.
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Courage, Collaboration, Quality and Impact
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