Heather Strachan Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions eHealth Directorate NHS Scotland (17/10/08, Plenary session 1)

1. Information Literacy – An NMAHP perspective October 2008 Heather Strachan NMAHP Clinical Lead Scottish Government [email_address]

2. Population 5,057,400 Approximately 150,000 NHS staff 06/07 eHealth expenditure £225m (592m $NZ)

5. Information? Information is data that are processed to be useful: provide answers to who, what, where and when. Dictionary definition

6. Information? “ The power of information is in its capacity to reduce uncertainty.” Alan Hyslop, Head of eHealth Strategy, Scottish Government

7. Information qualities (1) Information must be fit for purpose!

8. Finagle's Law of Information The information you have is not what you want! The information you want is not what you need! The information you need is not what you can obtain! The information you can obtain costs more than you want to pay! Source: Campbell (Ed), 1957, Publication of Astounding Science Fiction

9. Applied Information Illiteracy! © Bill Waterman

10. Literacy? “ The possession of education” “ A person’s knowledge about a particular subject or field” Dictionary

11. Information qualities (2) Information must be fit for purpose and used for a purpose!

12. Better Health Better Care Action Plan Health Improvement Tackling Health Inequalities Improving Quality of Healthcare Mutuality

14. Information Literacy “ a generic set of skills, values and behaviours which support evidence-based practice, lifelong learning, self-management, social inclusion and service improvement .” NHS Knowledge Services: Information Literacy Framework 2008

19. Why does it matter ? “ Knowledge is the enemy of disease. The application of what we know already will have a greater impact on health and disease than any drug or technology likely to be introduced in the next decade.” Muir Grey MEDINFO 2007

20. Our Vision for eHealth “ exploiting the power of electronic information to help ensure that patients get the right care, involving the right clinicians, at the right time, to deliver the right outcome” Better eHealth Better Care NHS Scotland eHealth Strategy 2008 www.ehealth.show.scot.nhs.uk

25. NMAHP Contribution

26. NMAHP Leadership and engagement in eHealth Use eHealth to deliver, Improve quality of care and improve health Represent the NMAHP community Develop national strategy and policy Influence national strategy and lead implementation locally NHS Boards Nursing and AHP Directors National eHealth Strategy Board NMAHP eHealth Advisory Group and Network NMAHPs Community

27. www.elib.scot.nhs.uk

28. An Educational Framework! Proctor and Ward 2008

29. Information Literacy Cycle NHS Knowledge Services, Information Literacy Framework 2008

30. www.clinicaltemplates.org

31. Clinical Templates Clinical Templates + Paper form Evidence Experts = Logical Data Model/ Compound Clinical Concepts Data Schema Output data set/ via the portal EPR

33. www.clinicaldecisions.scot.nhs.uk

34. Supporting Evidence Based Practice at Point of Care

35. www.usinginfo.org

36. Key messages Information must be fit for purpose and used for a purpose. Information is a tool to support organisational learning We must develop confidence and a shared understanding about using information in practice. eHealth is a journey but we can gain benefits as we travel.

37. Gaun Yersel! The phrase “Guan Yerself” is used to cheer a person on as they embark on a challenge. It is a vote of confidence and a message that the person has your support!

38. Embrace Information literacy