6.5 Maintain a high standard of data quality for reporting accuracy and research.
A high standard of data quality is maintained throughout the surgical department supported by the DASO Unit.
Consultants are regularly engaged in the review of specific databases to determine how the processes and database can be improved. The review identifies opportunities to improve: data collection, efficiency, clinical relevance, clinical audits, research, mortality and morbidity meetings.
Examples of consultation reviews include:
The Orthopaedics department recently implemented changes to increase junior doctor involvement to improve data collection and compliance.
The Hands department introduced several data validation processes to track Patient Reported Outcome Measure compliance and data collection/ compliance by junior medical officers. The Neurosurgery and Interventional Neuroradiology departments reviewed definitions for complications currently reported on in departmental clinical audits, and modified the database to be more clinically relevant and user friendly.
In 2023/2024, the DASO Unit increased the utilisation of coded data to support data requests, aligning to national reporting standards.
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