live monitoring of clinical data
High quality clinical coding is an essential feature of modern healthcare, particularly with the increase in sharing of electronic clinical records between organisations. With highly complex coding systems (SNOMED and READ) offering multiple clinical codes that appear to mean the same thing it is easy for practice staff to use incorrect clinical codes when recording data.
Ardens-QMasters constantly monitors all clinical data as it is typed in EMIS Web and will either automatically correct coding errors where the error is obvious, or alert users with a clear and simple message explaining what the coding error is and how to fix it. We understand that pop-up alerts can be a distraction so we have taken care to only use them where there is an important coding error or clinical safety issue.
GPs benefit
CCGs, Federations, and Primary Care Networks benefit
Ardens-QMasters constantly monitors all clinical data as it is typed in EMIS Web and will either automatically correct coding errors where the error is obvious, or alert users with a clear and simple message explaining what the coding error is and how to fix it. We understand that pop-up alerts can be a distraction so we have taken care to only use them where there is an important coding error or clinical safety issue.
GPs benefit
- Practice income has become increasingly dependent on accurate coding of clinical data. This feature will help practices ensure they are correctly claiming for work they are doing by ensuring clinical coding is accurate and follows the national coding guidelines.
- Clinicians no longer have to spend time remembering which clinical codes to use when recording data as Ardens-QMasters will alert them if they use an incorrect code.
CCGs, Federations, and Primary Care Networks benefit
- These organisations require high quality coded data to monitor performance and also to pay practices for work they have been commissioned to do. Ardens Pro includes coding alerts for local coding requirements for incentive schemes and local enhanced services.
- NHS England uses national prevalence data to understand the burden of chronic disease in CCGs. National funding decisions may be weighted towards areas with a higher burden of chronic disease. Ardens-QMasters ensures clinical diagnoses are recorded using clinical codes that are monitored by NHS England rather than one of the many similar clinical codes that would not influence practice prevalence data.
