BGS Report "Smarter data, better care: Empowering care homes to use data to transform quality of care"

 

"The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) hosted an event in London in September 2023 on ideas and practice around a minimum dataset for care homes. This report, which is based on presentations at the event and the debate that followed, makes 12 recommendations for the effective implementation and delivery of a national minimum dataset that we believe policy-makers and regulators should consider."

Below, I have related the report's 12 recommendations to Hodges' model:

 Individual
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     INTERPERSONAL    :     SCIENCES               

HUMANISTIC --------------------------------------  MECHANISTIC      

SOCIOLOGY  :   POLITICAL 

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GROUP

my quality of life my quality of care care home residents research - how new Artificial Intelligence can be harnessed safely and ethically to extract optimum value^^ out of linked social care data

my quality of life my quality of care integration - a harmonised set of quality of life and quality of care indicators not just a process* (data gathering/entry) by care sector on behalf of others high-level of interoperability

resident's families (advocate) needs that cannot be met at home ^Government recognition of contribution of social care sector to society linking of information sources, preserving privacy but improving public's understanding of how such data can be used (benefits) combine learning from the DACHA study, evidence of the analytic power of data instruments like interRAI, and the lived experience of those working in our care sector

care home managers & frontline staff shared decision-making - commissioners, regulators and providers sector-wide conversation around the data that does and does not need to be known by different stakeholders Investment in a data-informed system for health care and social care - greater equity between the two^ sustained - longer term approach - reduce the data burden Government funding of dedicated in-home data coordinators - cost recognised from outset

4Ps in Hodges' model -

INTRA- INTERPERSONAL - purpose
SCIENCES - process
SOCIOLOGY - practice
POLITICAL - policy

^^Where does 'optimum value' lie in Hodges' model?
How are these reconciled?

Transforming the quality of care in care homes through better use of data.  https://www.bgs.org.uk/policy-and-media/transforming-the-quality-of-care-in-care-homes-through-better-use-of-data