The things we are proud of
NHS Clinical Knowledge Summaries
The NHS CKS site has now got its version 3.2 of content and software released on 10th
December 2008 and we are seeing over 17,000 unique visits a day.
NHS Appraisal Toolkit
From 2002 SCHIN has been providing an electronic appraisal record for appraisee and
appraiser plus administration for PCTs. In 2007/2008 about half of the UK’s GPs
filled their appraisal record electronically with us.
PRODIGY
The PRODIGY Programme started in 1995 and ran through to 2006 when the contract
for PRODIGY Knowledge maintenance was re-procured as the NHS Clinical Knowledge
Summaries and awarded to SCHIN.
Over the 11 years of work the PRODIGY Programme covered many other areas than knowledge
production from decision support software, portal development and education and
training. As a programme of work it pushed many boundaries back and is internationally
respected.
Some of the experience learned by SCHIN is used through the SCHIN / Clarity Informatics Group in
commercial products and within SCHIN ASCC Decision Support Services.
Better Testing
We produce the Better Testing
web site and support Dr Stuart Smellie in generating the content.
Electronic Transfer of Prescriptions
After a two year project in 2003 SCHIN published its evaluation of the ETP pilot
project for the NHS in addition the SCHIN / Clarity Informatics Group completed the ETP-XML project
which included all the relevant messages to implement the pilot. This project has
now been implemented as the Electronic Prescription Service by Connecting for Health.
NHS DM+D
The Primary Care Drug Dictionary model was produced by the SCHIN / Clarity Informatics group in 2003
though a detailed analysis of use cases - this model was utilised by the NHS PPA
(now NHS BSA) to produce the NHS DM+D.
Durham and Darlington EHR
In 2002 the SCHIN / Clarity Informatics Group published a key ERDIP project which aimed to define
the infrastructural requirements of the EHR as well ethical and governance frameworks.
It did this through ethnographic and enterprise modelling methods and formally reviewed
all the other ERDIP projects to ensure an encompassing infrastructural model.
The resulting model was key in defining the Connecting for Health Integrated Care
Record Services (ICRS).
GP2GP
In 2003 the SCHIN / Clarity Informatics Group researched and published a set of HL7 v3 messages
to enable the transfer of electronic records between disparate GP clinical systems.
These messages where tested for fitness of purpose and a report was produced to
highlight recommendation to progress the projects piloting.
eHealth Horizons
A 2001 report, for the cabinet office, looking at a 10 year horizon on health and
the consequences of eHealth.
The remit was to look at changes in society, new technologies and their capabilities
and opportunities for modernising the health system.
The mission was to propose the health services that could be implemented electronically
and to identify the learning, behavioural and cultural change that is required to
enable the realisation of the vision.
HL7
The SCHIN / Clarity Informatics Group has been active contributor to HL7 as well as a founder member
of HL7-UK and Ian Purves has been the Chair the Clinical Decision Support Technical
Committee and the Clinical Guidelines SIG.
In particular we have lead on the following:
- Record Architecture Standards in EHR SIG and Virtual Medical Record for Decision
Support
- Narrative Guideline Record Architecture
- In addition we are key contributors on vocabulary issues.
GIN
SCHIN was a founder member of the Guidelines
International Network which seeks to improve the quality of health care
by promoting systematic development of clinical practice guidelines and their application
into practice.