Data & InformationIain Bishop

Principal Pharmacist – PrescribingInformation Services

NHS National Services Scotland

Overview

• Secondary Care data– Data collection and Drug mapping– HMUD progress– Output examples– Denominators

• Primary Care data– Data collection– PRISMS– Output examples

HospitalPharmacySystems

Mapping Tool Data availablefrom HMUD

datamart

Secondary Care

Mapping process

HMUD Progress

• Mapping tool 99% complete• Datamart >90% complete and being tested• Standard report development – early stages• Data collection – about to start

HMUD will notreplace local

reporting!

Denominators

• Patients– How do we define a “patient”?– Should any weightings be used?

• Episodes• Occupied bed days• Other ideas?

Primary Care

• Lots of data– Prescription based– No indications– No patient information

• Queried using PRISMS– Over NHSnet– Detail to individual drug/formulation/strength– Detail to individual prescriber

Where does the data come from?

eVADIS

DCVP

PIS

PRISMS

Output examples

• Prescribing Indicators• Benchmarking