Where do westand with the nat lab handbook
On 16/8/05 09:44, "Jonathan Kay" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> This is very important. Let's just check which forum we want to use to
> discuss it...
>
> College rep is James Paton.
>
> It's multidisciplinary.
>
> Does Bill Bartlett's group still exist?
>
> Lead at CfH is Ian Arrowsmith
>
> I'd prefer it to be national, but it's currently Southern Cluster.
>
> There is an identified "Wave 1 of early adopters". We are one at the
> Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre.
>
> Jonathan
>
>
> On 16 Aug 2005, at 09:32, O'Connor John (Royal Devon and Exeter
> Foundation Trust) wrote:
>
>> Morning Chaps
>>
>> I thought that the following offering from the Fujitsu Alliance on the
>> naming of things might provoke a discussion thread on the SIG. But
>> before I
>> release it to the wider world, I thought it prudent to air it on
>> mailbase
>> first. It may become a national template so it is of relevance to all.
>>
>> Cheers
>> John
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Subject: Viewing of Southern Cluster Pathology Catalogue
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear Pathology clinicians,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Based on the last 2 weeks of discussions and recommendation from the
>>> Southern Cluster Clinical Advisory Group and representative members
>>> from
>>> the cluster Pathology steering group, we have taken 2 key actions to
>>> ensure that NHS/FJA/Cerner will move together successfully through our
>>> deployment programme for R0 - we have:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> (1) Revised the content configuration and layout of the catalogue
>>> (with inclusion of some of the earlier comments from last week)
>>>
>>> (2) Provided a viewing opportunity of this catalogue for R0
>>> deployment
>>> trusts (Path Labs)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Background:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> * The signed agreement between the NHS and FJA was that for R0, the
>>> Southern Cluster will use an existing Cerner Millennium build and
>>> configuration that is the Homerton and Newham hospitals. Their current
>>> catalogue contained around 600+ investigations. After analysis of this
>>> catalogue against our previous CSP catalogue, PBCL catalogue, and the
>>> below mentioned national catalogue, we had recognised that the
>>> existing
>>> catalogue is clearly not sufficient to maintain current business
>>> processes
>>> for many of the trusts. We have taken input from a number of these
>>> resources to build a catalogue which we aim will meet most of the NHS
>>> business needs (see content below).
>>> * The NHS CfH is also concurrently trying to complete an NHS version
>>> of the Path catalogue for the purposes of standardising the content
>>> across
>>> the country - this is nearing completion. While not formally
>>> released, FJA
>>> had been given a provisional viewing of this to facilitate our rapid
>>> deployment programme. The NHS authority themselves concurs with our
>>> experience that no catalogue will ever be complete, without ongoing
>>> maintenance. Cerner will be adopting the full NHS catalogue as we
>>> move to
>>> the next phase (or as and when the NHS catalogue is finally completed
>>> and
>>> released). Future maintenance will be based against the NHS
>>> standards. No
>>> formal date is set for this NHS release, but is anticipated for later
>>> this
>>> year. This national catalogue is based on a SNOMED CT naming
>>> convention,
>>> which is the NHS mandated standard.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> OBJECTIVE:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> * To provide a viewing opportunity by the R0 deployment sites
>>>
>>> * To try and clarify any queries
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Special note:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> * Any new content recommendation, we will be submitting this to the
>>> NHS authority to be considered for inclusion in their National
>>> Pathology
>>> catalogue - please note that we have drawn our content from the
>>> proposed
>>> NHS Path catalogues. So if an item is not in our catalogue, it is not
>>> likely to be in the National Catalogue. The NHS will need to know
>>> this as
>>> they need to ensure that all Clusters' needs are met through their
>>> final
>>> catalogue releases.
>>> * Our maintenance of content will be against NHS catalogue content
>>> releases
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> General explanations about the catalogue:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The content of the attached catalogue are drawn from:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> * The proposed NHS national catalogue for pathology
>>> investigations
>>> (this is the enhanced version of the current PBCL catalogue, later to
>>> be
>>> formally released by the NHS. It extends the range of procedures to
>>> secondary care settings)
>>>
>>> * Best practice data collection from the Common Solution
>>> Project
>>> from hospital trusts and its sub-departments
>>>
>>> * Cerner's internal catalogue from their content drawn from
>>> various existing deployment sites in UK
>>>
>>> * Newham and Homerton input
>>>
>>> * Provisional input from the SCCAG and Path Steering group
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The naming convention of the catalogue:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> * The naming convention is based on SNOMED CT (fully specified
>>> names) - the reason is to eliminate any ambiguities during the review
>>> process
>>>
>>> * When viewing, please think of proper/generic chemical names
>>> of
>>> the test to ease locating the test within the catalogue (eg. "Dilantin
>>> level" is not in the catalogue, but "Phenytoin level" is)
>>>
>>> * The SNOMED naming convention will be adopted by all the LSPs
>>> across the other clusters to minimise training needs of clinicians as
>>> they
>>> move across clusters, which they invariably do during their working
>>> careers.
>>>
>>> * Synonyms, or clinically common descriptors will be built
>>> within
>>> the catalogue to ease searching (most of this will be based on SNOMED
>>> recommendations, and some others are common clinically accepted
>>> acronyms).
>>>
>>>
>>> * Where a SNOMED CT concept does not exist, we will use the
>>> current naming convention in Cerner until one is determined by the
>>> NHS.
>>> The key is that we will provide the investigation to maintain current
>>> processes
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Deployment:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> * The content of this list contains the entire catalogue which will be
>>> loaded into the Cerner database. This does not mean all tests will
>>> need to
>>> be provided at all sites. This only allows the trusts to pick and
>>> choose
>>> the tests to be made available or hidden away from viewing locally
>>> because
>>> the trust labs do not provide that service.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Summary:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We wish to provide a successful viewing opportunity for
>>> the
>>> NHS R0 deployment sites. We will try to capture queries associated
>>> with
>>> this catalogue. Please note that we are working closely with the NHS
>>> authority to ensure that their National Catalogue will in the future
>>> contain all the necessary content. Any content we identify which are
>>> not
>>> currently available within the National Path catalogue we will submit
>>> to
>>> the Authority for inclusion in their later releases. We will be
>>> releasing
>>> the Cerner Radiology catalogue within the next day or 2 for final
>>> viewing,
>>> so please let me have contact names of any Radiology clinicians who
>>> you
>>> know need to be included.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Queries to send to:
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> NOTE: ALL QUERIES ARE TO BE SUBMITTED BY CLOSE OF PLAY NEXT THURSDAY
>>> (25th
>>> August 2005)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Wyman Kwong
>>>
>>>
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