NHS Pathology IT Projects A putative road map

Path IT Projects Currently there are many Path IT projects running inside and outside CfH This slide pack tries to gather these together and to show the links between them If you wish to update this with new projects or corrections please do so and return the file to

Laboratory Handbook LabTest Online Order Comms Core Standardised Datasets Lab to Lab Benchmarking Best Practice Harmony POCT A first pass attempt to summarize the relationships (real and potential) Blood Tracking

How to pull all this together Need a concerted & collaborative effort to : –Define a functional architecture –Set standards at all levels –Build the core service components –Implement them at National / Global scale Requires : –Leadership –Resources –New Skills

Foundation Data Services Data Architecture Data Standards Metadata Models Data Models Rule Models Data Management Result Repositories Service Catalogues Knowledge Sets Business Services Order & Results Contracting Benchmarking Lab 2 Lab Knowledge Support End User Functions Order Comms Planning Contracting EHR Support Laboratory Handbooks Performance Management N-Tier Conceptual Architecture

Project: Harmony Sponsor: DH Pathology Action Learning project Leader: Jonathan Berg, Contact: Kath Sidoli, Focus: standards Needs: –Service catalogues

Project: Lab to Lab Sponsor: DH Leader: Rick Jones Contact: Focus: Sample transfer between labs Needs: –Agreed standards – HL7, Test codes –Service catalogue

Project: Order Communications for GPs Sponsor: Joint DH / NHS CFH Leader: Ian Barnes Contact: Vicki Gledhill, Pathology Programme Manager, NHS CFH Focus: To learn how to best implement order communications into primary care Needs: –National Pathology Catalogue –Local Directory of Services (PCT/GP-based)

Project: National Laboratory Handbook Sponsor: ?? CfH / Knowledge Service Leader: Rick Jones Link: Focus: Lab Handbooks / Service catalogues Needs: –Standards

Project: National Pathology Catalogue Sponsor: NHS CFH Leader: Vicki Gledhill, Pathology Programme Manager, NHS CFH, Contact: John Ironmonger, Focus: Building a National 'Orderable Items' catalogue for Pathology with SNOMED CT Needs: Endorsement from professional bodies: –Royal College of Pathologists –Royal College of GPs –Association of Clinical Pathologists –Terminology Group of the NHS Data Standards and Products Directorate

Project: DOAS Poct Sponsor: DH Leader: Gilbert Weiringa Link: Focus: POCT testing in community Needs: –Messages –IT standards

Project: Primary Care Benchmarking Sponsor: DH Leader: Keele University (Helen Ogden) Link: Focus: Primary care clinical benchmarks Needs: –Service catalogues –Standards –HL7 messages

Project: Clinical Best Practice Sponsor: Cross association : CfH, RCPath, ACP, ACB Leader: Stuart Smellie Link: Stuart Smellie Focus: Definition of best practice for laboratory use Needs: –Standards –Dissemination channel –Web site under construction ?? CfH - Knowledge Service –

Project: Labtest Online Sponsor: ACB / CfH / others Leader: ACB Stephen Halloran Link: Focus: Knowledge for patients Needs: –Possible links to service catalogues –Dissemination links

Project: Blood Banking Sponsor: ?? SDO Leader: Jonathan Kay Link: Focus: Best practice in blood tracking Needs:

Project: West Midlands Lab to Lab electronic communication Sponsor: Department of Health Leader: Kath Sidoli Link: Focus: Improving electronic communication between labs Needs: –Possible nationally shared/endorsed solution? –Investment in systems/IT? –Organisational sign up –More work at national level to achieve buy in/ cost benefits analysis, –Review of potential improvement to quality

Project: Google Groups – NHS Order Comms Sponsor: None – free standing user group Leader: Fiona Wulf Link: Focus: This is a restricted group for NHS staff who wish to share their journey's past, present, and future, of procuring, configuring, testing, piloting & implementing Order Communications for pathology requesting by GP Practices and/or Hospitals. Needs: Links to other projects

Project: Sponsor: Leader: Link: Focus: Needs: