Spotlight on the Future Hospital development sites: Data and demonstrations
Developing a data strategy with the FHP
The FHP have helped the development site teams to develop a data strategy. Crucially, the teams have learned to have ‘fun’ with data and use it in a productive way. The data demonstrate change over time, for example:
- the average time patients waited has dropped by more than 26 minutes
- waiting times for those awaiting surgery have dropped by more than half
- time to consultant review has improved by 20%
- there was no deterioration in the quality of care
- there was a small reduction in the average length of stay.
Worthing Hospital report one side effect: now everyone is collecting data. The occupational therapists are collecting data on falls and hip fractures, and physiotherapists on how quickly they get to see patients.
For this team, the biggest impact has been on surgery with patients either not being admitted or having a much shorter length of stay so that surgery wards were able to be reconfigured to medical wards. They have had increased patient numbers – and have started to meet the needs of people coming through the doors.
This blog is inspired by the presentations/conversations captured at a meeting of all eight development site teams in September 2016.
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