Facilitator Handbook 2005 - PRIMIS
Facilitator Handbook 2005 - PRIMIS Facilitator Handbook 2005 - PRIMIS
PRIMIS Facilitator Handbook Glossary GP to GP Transfer A project to develop the technical ability to transfer patient records electronically when a patient changes practices. ICD10 Terminology International Classification of Diseases version 10. The international standard diagnostic classification for all general epidemiological and many health management purposes. Information facilitator A person employed by a PCO whose role is to provide general practice staff with support and training to enable them to improve the provision of patient care through the effective use of their information systems. Information Governance A broad-based approach to looking at all aspects of how information is processed by NHS organisations, including how it is held, obtained, recorded, used and shared. MIQUEST Morbidity Information QUery and Export SynTax. Software to enable enquirers to execute queries and extract data from different types of general medical practice computer systems using a common query language and providing a common output format. nGMS Contract The New GMS Contract is the mechanism for providing funding to individual GP practices and was introduced in 2003. It has two elements of funding: a basic payment for every practice and further payments for specified quality measures and outcomes. NHS Connecting for Health On 1 April 2005, the National Programme for Information Technology (see NPfIT) joined with the IS/IT services from the NHSIA to form a single new organisation - NHS Connecting for Health. NHS CRS NHS Care Records Service. Currently under development. This will be an electronic store of over 50 million health and care records which can be accessed by health professionals where and when they are needed. It will also give patients secure internet access to their own health record. NHS Plan The NHS Plan recognises that the NHS has achieved much but needs to keep pace with change to meet patient needs. Increased investment and modernisation are the steps described in the document (published July 2000). 84 PRIMIS
Glossary PRIMIS Facilitator Handbook NPfIT The National Programme for Information Technology, delivered by the Department of Health agency, NHS Connecting for Health, is responsible for procurement and delivery of the multibillion pound investment in new information and technology systems to modernise the NHS. NSF National Service Framework. A set of minimum national standards for clinical quality and access to services for the major care and disease groups. PCO Primary Care Organisation. A generic term to mean Primary Care Trust, Teaching Primary Care Trust, Primary Care Partnership, etc. Organisations responsible for commissioning all health care in their community. PDQ PRIMIS Data Quality query set. A set of HQL queries that allows a practice to start to identify areas where there are quality issues with the data recorded on the clinical system. PMS Payment schemes intended to give GPs, nurses and community trusts the opportunity to provide new, more flexible ways of offering primary care services that are sensitive to local needs. PRIMIS Primary Care Information Services. A free service to primary care organisations to help them improve patient care through the effective use of their clinical computer systems. PRIMIS CAS PRIMIS Comparative Analysis Service. Data analyses designed to assist primary care organisations with their clinical audit, clinical governance and commissioning requirements, by providing comparative data of specified clinical topics with national results. QMAS Quality Management and Analysis System. A system to give GP practices feedback on the quality of care delivered to patients measured against national achievement targets detailed in the new GMS contract, which sets out the way GPs work and the way they are financially rewarded. QOF Quality and Outcomes Framework. Part of the New GMS Contract, a tool for improving the services being delivered by general practice by targeting the key areas of clinical care, organisation, patient experience and additional services. PRIMIS 85
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Glossary<br />
<strong>PRIMIS</strong> <strong>Facilitator</strong> <strong>Handbook</strong><br />
NPfIT<br />
The National Programme for Information Technology, delivered by the Department of Health<br />
agency, NHS Connecting for Health, is responsible for procurement and delivery of the multibillion<br />
pound investment in new information and technology systems to modernise the NHS.<br />
NSF<br />
National Service Framework. A set of minimum national standards for clinical quality and<br />
access to services for the major care and disease groups.<br />
PCO<br />
Primary Care Organisation. A generic term to mean Primary Care Trust, Teaching Primary<br />
Care Trust, Primary Care Partnership, etc. Organisations responsible for commissioning all<br />
health care in their community.<br />
PDQ<br />
<strong>PRIMIS</strong> Data Quality query set. A set of HQL queries that allows a practice to start to identify<br />
areas where there are quality issues with the data recorded on the clinical system.<br />
PMS<br />
Payment schemes intended to give GPs, nurses and community trusts the opportunity to<br />
provide new, more flexible ways of offering primary care services that are sensitive to local<br />
needs.<br />
<strong>PRIMIS</strong><br />
Primary Care Information Services. A free service to primary care organisations to help them<br />
improve patient care through the effective use of their clinical computer systems.<br />
<strong>PRIMIS</strong> CAS<br />
<strong>PRIMIS</strong> Comparative Analysis Service. Data analyses designed to assist primary care<br />
organisations with their clinical audit, clinical governance and commissioning requirements, by<br />
providing comparative data of specified clinical topics with national results.<br />
QMAS<br />
Quality Management and Analysis System. A system to give GP practices feedback on the<br />
quality of care delivered to patients measured against national achievement targets detailed in<br />
the new GMS contract, which sets out the way GPs work and the way they are financially<br />
rewarded.<br />
QOF<br />
Quality and Outcomes Framework. Part of the New GMS Contract, a tool for improving the<br />
services being delivered by general practice by targeting the key areas of clinical care,<br />
organisation, patient experience and additional services.<br />
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