Dr Wayne Smith, Health Economic Lead, draws on his extensive experience to explain why a systematic literature review is such an important tool for healthcare decision-making. When it comes to decision-making in healthcare, the implications are huge, with most affecting a significant number of patients. It’s important for all decisions to be informed and backed...Read More

Andi Orlowski, Deputy Director of Business Intelligence, explains how his team’s existing work on case finding – the last step in population health management analysis – can help support individualised patient treatment today. GPs have been able to case find at practice level for a long time, and great tools like PRIMIS’s GRASP AF and...Read More

The awards celebrate the vital role robust analytics play in identifying opportunities to support change and innovation within the health sector. Just three teams are shortlisted for the Team of the Year award, which looks at how excellent engagement with clinicians has led to demonstrable improvement in service. For the ICHP Business Intelligence team, collaboration...Read More

On world Sepsis Day, Kenny Ajayi  ICHP’s Programme Director – Patient Safety, shares his reflections on the last 12 months and what they have meant for Suspicion of Sepsis (SOS) Insights Dashboard… Today is World Sepsis Day. It is also the first anniversary of our award-winning Suspicion of Sepsis (SOS) Insights Dashboard. For us here...Read More

NW London population to be the focus of a national data hub part of seven being set up across the UK to speed up research for new medicines and treatments, support quicker diagnoses and potentially save lives. Patients and the public will be involved in making decisions about how data is used through one of...Read More

The findings from a survey to identify local NHS innovation and research needs across England have been published. The views of local health stakeholders (including clinical leaders, managers and directors) within each AHSN (Academic Health Science Networks) region were collected through qualitative interviews with 61 people and a questionnaire which received more than 250 responses...Read More

ICHP has been working with NHS RightCare to produce an interactive dashboard that will help commissioners make more informed decisions on local care for patients with atrial fibrillation. Head of Data and Analytics Julia Wilkins explains more.  Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an irregular and often fast heart rhythm and is the most common heart rhythm...Read More

We talk about collaboration a lot as an organisation, but what does this look like in real terms? How can the simple act of bringing people together help to improve population health around the world? Our content manager Tom Parnell joined a recent collaboration with the World Bank Poland to see how we’re helping to...Read More

Imperial College Health Partners (ICHP) are delighted to announce that the ‘Suspicion of Sepsis (SOS) Insights Dashboard’ tool  has been shortlisted for two 2019 HSJ awards in ‘Acute Sector Innovation of the Year’ and ‘Driving Efficiency Through Technology’ recognising their outstanding contribution to healthcare. The judging panel, made up of a diverse range of highly influential...Read More