Knowledge Matters Volume 1 Issue 2

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Knowledge Management Team, South East Coast Strategic Health Authority Knowledge.management@southeastcoast.nhs.uk

INSIDE THIS ISSUE 1

Welcome to Knowledge Matters

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The Green line controversy

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Unify 2 … Now at a desktop near you!

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A : Ask an Analyst

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Skills Builder

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Focus On … Mental Health

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Useful Links

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Fun Fact

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News and Events Coming soon…

Quick Quiz

July 2007 Volume 1 Issue 2

Welcome to Knowledge Matters By Samantha Riley Since the last issue, analyst network meetings have been held in Kent and Surrey with the Sussex network meeting on 8th August. There has been support for the idea of holding regular analyst network meetings and also creating a virtual community for the sharing of tools, knowledge and best practice. A programme of practical measurement/analytical training modules is currently being developed which will start to be delivered in the autumn. Dates and details will be published in the next issue of Knowledge Matters. Over the coming months, the SHA will be leading some work with the Information Centre for Health and Social Care across South East Coast to develop new and more sophisticated metrics to describe the pathways of care for stroke, COPD and dementia. The programme will seek to combine existing data sets from primary care, provider Trusts, social services and community services with a view to providing comparative information which is meaningful to clinicians. At the end of June, the SHA was alerted to the fact that SUS will have a period of down time for a maximum of 6 weeks from 26th July for essential maintenance. The SHA has issued guidance regarding how to proceed over this period. For further details please contact Andrew Wilk (01293 778876).

“Monitoring, helping, creating and facilitating – that’s what we’re about”

Finally, here’s a summary of the tools and products circulated by the team over the past 2 months: - mental health benchmarking, Annual Health Check scoring tool, programme budget analysis, British Association of Day Surgery (BADS) benchmarking tool, 18 week dashboard and AESOP (A&E System to Optimise Performance). For further information or to obtain your own copy, please e-mail: knowledge.management@southeastcoast.nhs.uk Samantha Riley


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