Dr Foster Intelligence

In this section:

• Management information
  • Contacts
  • Improving quality of care
  • Supporting effective organisations
  • Managing long-term conditions
  • Commissioning
    • PPM
    • RTM
    • PHM
  • Patient experience
• Approved FESC provider

Commissioning

Practice and Provider Monitor (PPM) – a common information source for both providers and commissioners

PPM provides a monthly statement of accounts for each GP practice as well as activity and financial statements with drill downs to individual patient records and information on historical patient treatment.

Other analysis and reports provided include:

• A shared view of all inpatient and outpatient activity for providers and commissioners
• Comparisons of the effectiveness and efficiency of providers with data for all trusts in England
• Analysis of trends in income and tariff/bed days by HRG, diagnoses and procedure
• Analysis of admission numbers, episodes of care, length of stay, excess bed days over tariff, potential bed-day savings and emergency readmission rates
• Benchmarking to allow comparisons with other practices within the PCT and nationally
• Monthly activity statements at trust, PCT and practice level showing who has been treated, where and for what conditions
• The ability to drill down to individual patient records and histories dating back ten years

• Access a demonstration of PPM
• Find out more about PPM

Real Time Monitoring (RTM)

RTM is a web-based tool, enabling benchmarking and monitoring of safety and clinical outcomes in near real-time, helping PCTs commission for quality and delivery of their quality accounts.

Functionality includes:

• Standardised and benchmarked safety indicators and clinical outcomes to monitor performance against all acute trusts in England
• Near real-time information on patient outcomes such as mortality, length of stay, day case rates and readmissions for all inpatient activity
• Automatic alerts to users of significant divergence in clinical performance
• Intelligent analysis to assist in early investigation and audit.

• Further information on RTM

Population Health Manager (PHM) - matching health services with community needs

In line with the World Class Commissioning agenda, PHM is an invaluable tool offering extensive reporting and analysis functions that support:

• Local health profiling
• Evaluation of commissioning decisions
• Monitoring inequalities
• Scenario planning
• Evidence on which to base and design marketing campaigns
• Reporting on key targets such as NSF and Joint Strategic Needs Assessment

• Find out more about PHM