Data Management Program

Data Management Program

Purpose

The purpose of the WQPHN Data Management Program is to:

• Supply practices with tools and education to support Quality Improvement initiatives implemented in the practice
• Develop and supply monthly data reports to the practice

Objectives

The objectives of the WQPHN Data Management Program is to: 

• Assist practices to meet accreditation standards
• Supply the practice with data extraction tools and monthly data reports to assist with decision making and QI initiatives
• Assist practices to clean the data in their Practice Management Systems (PMS)
• Educate providers on how to enter data in Practice Management System (PSM) correctly
• Work with practices to begin or expand their quality improvement programs within the practice

Criteria

Criteria for a Practice to join the Program are: 

• The practice’s management system must be compatible with the data extraction tool. System specifications must meet the requirements to install the data extraction tool. For operating system requirements or a list of compatible programs:  http://www.pencs.com.au/products/cat4/technical/
• The practice and WQPHN sign the Practice Level Agreement including agreement from the practice to upload de-identified, aggregated data every month to PATCAT.
• The practice agrees to begin a process to first clean and then improve their data quality
• The practice agrees to discuss the monthly data report with their staff and work on one area to improve.

Cat 4 Plus

The Pen CS Clinical Audit Tool (CAT Plus Suite) is an extraction tool that takes a ‘snapshot’  of your clinical data and allows you to analyse that data.

The CAT4 Suite software provides excellent information that you can use to:

• Improve the management of your business
• Identify and target patients who are ‘at risk’ or have particular needs
• Improve clinical data which, in turn, leads to better patient outcomes
• Potentially increase practice revenue
• Improve your disease and other registers
• Improve data quality for accreditation preparation
• Contribute to medical research