gs1 standards improving clinical effectiveness and patient safety

Keith Jones, Clinical Director of Surgery, Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

GS1 standards improving clinical effectiveness and patient safety

12 April 2016

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GS1 standards improving clinical effectiveness and patient safety

Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Clinical effectiveness

• The degree to which a particular healthcare intervention does more good than harm

• The application of best knowledge derived from research, clinical experience and patient preference to achieve optimum processes and outcomes of care for patients

• The process involves a framework of informing, changing and monitoring practice.

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Our world is barcodes

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FMCG

The whole system is based on:

POINT OF USEWhat the customer buys

So why not the patient?

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Tracking

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Traceability

So Why Is It So Important?

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Benefits of GS1 in FMCG

• Stock contamination identified

• Traceability

• Speed

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Not in Healthcare?

PIP breast implants; The medical devices manufactured by a French company, Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP).

French regulator (AFSSAPS) Identified the manufacturer had used unapproved materials which may affect their safety and performance.

Finding those patients affected?

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Traceability, Patient Safety & Data Capture

• Patient Scanned and Checked

• Staff Scanned and Tracked

• Track scopes/ Instrumentation to patients- CJD & AIDS

• Tracked theatre & stock room consumption- Loan sets & Surgical trays tracked

• Lot number captured – Product Recalls• Prevented expiry wastage & Warning Flag

• Attribute cost to Scope/Instrumentation use

• Track planned maintenance e.g. 100 uses

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Selling The Idea

How to get Clinical Engagement?• Start the rollout in a compliant area

• Patient Safety - out of date stock

• Traceability - Instruments /implants

• Coding – Income Improvement/Reduce Cost Improvement Impact

• Automatic update of external records – implants

• Comorbidity recording – correct tariff and understanding Dr Foster data

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hTrak Device Showing OPCS Codes Already Loaded

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Coding Status

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Coding Problem

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Use Trust’s Own GS1 Codes

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How the Coders receive hTrak data

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“Big Steve”

Co-Morbidities Recording

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Coding Impact

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Operational Changes

Changes in Clinical and Operational Practice

Addressing “false economies”

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Synergy Tray – Screw Example

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Individual And Multiple Screw Packs

Individual Screw Pack Multiple Screw Pack

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Efficiency Examples…

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Additional Benefits

Clinician Involvement

The ability to address Clinical variation with detailed and owned undisputed information

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Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Consumable Costs and Consultant Variation

Consultant Description

AvgConsumable

Cost

Avg No of

Products

Avg No of Staff

AvgMinutes

No of Procedures

Lower Quartile

Upper Quartile

Variance Std Deviation

Mr S Lingam £285 82 5 181 1 £285 £285 £0 -S Awad £239 74 7 127 3 £232 £250 £37 £19

Mr A Awan £231 70 6 123 6 £192 £255 £160 £59Mr P Leeder £227 70 6 98 9 £197 £248 £146 £45Mr Z Khan £223 70 5 100 11 £216 £235 £120 £31A Bohra £218 69 6 93 6 £203 £238 £60 £24

Ms C Thomas £209 62 6 79 8 £192 £231 £103 £38Mr S Iftikhar £188 64 7 90 9 £164 £224 £149 £53