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"NetSearch has massively reduced the time it takes me to extract and analyse our data."
Gareth Hodgson, Everton FC’s Data Manager
HEALTH
Fast easy access to Patient Centric information where ever it is stored
Ardentia Search works in partnership with Ardentia Ltd, a leading supplier of Health Informatics to provide solutions for all areas of the Health Market.
Chronic Disease Management
- Looking at the frequency of admissions and attendances at A&E for defined conditions such as CHD or asthma, COPD;
- Analysing the clinical profile of events in terms of age, sex, co–morbidities and seasonality;
- Also looking at the use of resources such as beds, diagnostics, investigations and drugs.
- Reviewing the impact of treatments on outcomes;
- Access to selected relevant reference websites.
Clinical Audit
- Enabling key–word and key-code searches to identify specific diseases, procedures and outcomes; drawing together other patient–related information and use of resources;
- Cross reference surgical procedures by consultant against diagnosis;
- Laboratory tests and results with diagnosis and outcome;
- Grade and experience of staff against outcome.
Data Quality
- Identification of inconsistent recording (use of NetSearch dictionary);
- Identification of combinations of diagnoses and procedures (that may affect HRG grouper);
- Patterns in the data that might suggest value in assessing the methods and processes used in its capture;
- Cross reference to data definitions.
18–week Pathway
- Enabling the retrieval of information stored on disparate operational systems;
- Linking to activities beyond across these systems to monitor the overall waiting times including the new and sometimes difficult–to–include diagnostic services.
- Identify patients most likely to breach the current local and national standards.