National Health Information Seminar: Better data, better decisions October 2017

1. HIQA - Driving
improvements in
national health
information
Barbara Foley
Health Information Manager
HIQA
bfoley@hiqa.ie

2. Presentation Outline
 Background
 Current Health Information work
programmes
 Updated Catalogue of national data
collections (2017)
 Review programme for national data
collections
 PIA Guidance – revised
 Data Quality Framework

3. Evolving Health Information
Landscape in Ireland

4. What is HIQA’s remit in health
information?

5. Health information is
expensive to collect
so
“Create once,
Use many times”

6. Complex health information landscape

7. Updated Catalogue of national health
and social care data collections

8. Importance of national health information
 Accurate, relevant and timely data is essential to:
 Improve care
 Inform decision making
 Monitor diseases
 Plan services
 Inform policy making
 Conduct high quality research
Need for standards to drive
quality health information to
improve the safety and
quality of patient care

9. Review programme for national data
collections

10. Review programme for national
data collections- 2017
 Self assessment tool – sent
to all national data
collections in HSE
 Review programme
underway to assess
compliance with information
management standards for
national data collections

11. Overview of SAT findings - HSE

12. 1. Statement of purpose
2. Statement of
Information Practices
3. Data quality
framework
4. Data quality
statement
5. Data dictionary
Guidance to support the standards
– 5 Quality improvement tools

13. Updated Guidance - Privacy Impact
Assessment • GDPR – May 2018
• “Data Protection by
Design”
• Transparency and
accountability
• Data Protection
Impact Assessment
• Data Protection
Officer

14.  PIA is a process that
facilitates the protection
and enhancement of the
privacy of individuals by:
 Considering the future
privacy consequences of a
proposed project or
initiative
 Evaluating the broad
privacy implications and
legislative compliance
 Mitigating privacy risks
where possible
Privacy impact assessment (PIA)

16. Data Quality Framework
“Quality is never an accident; it is always the result
of intelligent effort”
- John Ruskin
Plan
Document
Implement
Assess
Improve
Prevent

17. Data Quality
Framework
Data quality
strategy
Dimensions of
data quality
Data quality
assessment
methodology
Reporting on
data quality
Data quality
improvement
cycle
A description of:
• Governance structures
• Policies and
procedures
• Training
• Audit
• Standardisation
A description of how each
of the dimensions of data
quality relates to the
Health or social care
service
A description of the data
quality assessment
methodology used by the
health or social care
service.
A description of how data
quality is reported,
including:
• Data quality
assessment reports
• Key performance
indicators
• Data quality
statements
A description of how
continuous improvement
of data quality is
assured by the health or
social care service.

18. Health Information journey....

19. More information....
www.hiqa.ie

20. Better data, better
decisions...
for safer better
healthcare