hiqa barbara foley
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Information management
standards for national health
and social care data
collections
Barbara Foley
Health Information Function of HIQA
Sets standards for all aspects of health information
Provide leadership in defining the health information landscape in Ireland
Enhance the foundations required to enable eHealth in Ireland
Drive improvements in quality of health information
Implement Business Intelligence
- National Patient Experience Survey
There is a need for standards to drive the quality of health information to ultimately improve the safety
and quality of patient care
National health and social care data collections enable:
Development of standards
Expert Advisory Group
Public consultation
Additional engagement
with key stakeholders
10 Information management
standards
Person-centred Governance,
leadership and
management
Statement of purpose
Legislation and codes of
practice
Health information standards
Data quality
Use of information
Information governance
Workforce
Use of resources
Scope and Purpose of the standards
‘Managing organisation’ of national health and social care data collections
e.g. NOCA – Irish Hip Fracture database
Provide a framework of best practice to enable national data collections collect quality data
Work towards advancing improvements in national health information
1. Statement of purpose
2. Statement of Information Practices
3. Data quality framework
4. Data quality statement
5. Data dictionary
Five Quality Improvement Tools
Data Quality Statement
Assurance of data quality
To accompany published outputs from the national collection
Informed judgements about fitness for use
Information on how each area of data quality is addressed
Data Quality Framework
Data quality policies and procedures
Data quality KPIs and metrics
Data quality audits
Data quality improvement initiatives
“Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort”
- John Ruskin
Data Dictionary
Standardise definitions for data items
Ensure consistency in the collection of data
Ensure validity and reliability
Clear summary of all data items
Remove confusion or ambiguity
Review programme for national data collections
2017
Phased programme
Prioritisation criteria for inclusion
Guide to review programme
Self assessment tool – questionnaire to assess how managing organisation meets the standards
Summary aggregate report published
Review of two national data collections
Step 1:
Self-Assessment Tool
Answer questions
Submit documentation
Improvement plan
Step 2:
Information request
Documentation requested by HIQA
Information requested
by HIQA
Step 3:
On-site review
Documentation review
Interviews with staff
Observation
Review programme for national data collections
2017