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Accreditation Services
The Royal College of Physicians offers a range of accreditation services, with the aim of improving the quality, safety and outcomes of healthcare, the patient experience and service delivery. Our Accredition unit also manages certification and quality assurance processes for trainees and practitioners. more >> |
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Admission records
Standards for the structure and content of hospital admission clerking records have been developed in a project led by the Health Informatics Unit (HIU). The project was characterised by very wide consultations including online questionnaires, clinician workshops, hospital pilots, and patient involvement throughout. more >> |
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Consultation responses on record keeping and patient care
At the RCP, The Health Informatics Unit (HIU) responds to national consultations on matters related to the delivery of high quality patient care through setting standards of medical practice and promoting clinical excellence. more >> |
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Developing record standards
The Health Informatics Unit (HIU) contributes to improving quality of patient care in hospital through developing standards for the structure and content of health records. The standards developed by the HIU include extensive consultation with stakeholders including the medical professions, specialist societies and patients and carers. more >> |
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E-learning modules on record keeping
E-learning modules on record-keeping standards have been developed by the Health Informatics Unit (HIU); they focus on generic health record keeping standards, and standards for the hospital admission clerking, inpatient handover and hospital discharge. more >> |
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FallSafe
FallSafe is a quality improvement project led by the RCP in partnership with NHS Southern England and funded by the Health Foundation. This project aims to introduce best practice in the prevention and management of falls in clinical hospital wards. more >> |
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Future Hospital Commission
Future Hospital Commission is RCP’s innovative and groundbreaking project to review all aspects of the design and delivery of inpatient hospital care. more >> |
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Generic standards for clinical records
Generic Health Record Keeping Standards that are applicable to all inpatient clinical records have been developed in a project led by the Health Informatics Unit (HIU). This has been achieved through large-scale multi-disciplinary consultations including online questionnaires, clinician workshops, hospital pilots, and with patient involvement throughout. more >> |
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Handover records
Standards for the structure and content of consultant to consultant handover records, and out of hours handover records, have been developed in a project led by the Health Informatics Unit (HIU) The project was characterised by very wide consultations including online questionnaires, clinician workshops, hospital pilots, and patient involvement throughout. more >> |
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Hospital discharge records
Standards for the structure and content of hospital discharge records have been developed in a project led by the Health Informatics Unit (HIU). The project was characterised by very wide consultations including online questionnaires, clinician workshops, hospital pilots, and patient involvement throughout. more >> |
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Implementing NICE guidance for the workplace
This project supports the implementation of NICE public health guidance for the workplace by the NHS. This fits into a programme of activities run by the Health and Work Development unit in collaboration with NHS trusts. The overarching aim of these activities is to improve the health, wellbeing, effectiveness and productivity of the NHS workforce and ultimately the care provided to patients. more >> |
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Improving clinical coding
The Health Informatics Unit (HIU) conducted a programme of work that focussed on improving clinical coding, and clinicians’ understanding of analyses of hospital activity data and Hospital Episode Statistics (HES). more >> |
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Improving Lung Cancer Outcomes Project - ILCOP
The Improving Lung Cancer Outcomes for Patients project joins up healthcare teams including doctors and nurses from different NHS Trusts to share best practice in diagnosing, treating and supporting patients with lung cancer, and to look for the underlying differences in rates of lung cancer survival at different Trusts. more >> |
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Learning to Make a Difference (LTMD)
Learning to Make a Difference is all about empowering junior doctors to learn and develop skills in quality improvement and put these new skills into practice to make a real difference to their patient care. Find information and examples on how to get quality improvement projects started and keep going until the project is completed. more >> |
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National Audit of Continence Care (NACC)
The National Audit of Continence Care is a highly successful and influential audit project building on the National Audit of Continence Care for Older People which demonstrated the variability of care and service delivery across the country. It subsequently showed the utility of clinical audit in improving continence care. more >> |
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National audit of falls and bone health in older people
The national audit of falls and bone health is a programme of work which examines the organisation and commissioning of services provided to older people for falls prevention and bone health, the clinical care delivered to people that have fallen and fractured a bone and patient’s experiences of fall services. more >> |
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National audit of services for people with multiple sclerosis
The national audit of services for people with multiple sclerosis is a clinically-led audit of the organisation, resourcing and performance of NHS services for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) in England and Wales, funded by the Royal College of Physicians and the Multiple Sclerosis Trust. The primary goal is to improve care for all people with multiple sclerosis. more >> |
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National clinical guideline for stroke
The Royal College of Physicians National clinical guideline for stroke is an evidence based guideline updated every four years that gives guidance to clinicians in the field of stroke care. The draft for the fourth edition is now out to public consultation. more >> |
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National Review of Asthma Deaths
The National Review of Asthma Deaths (NRAD), run by a consortium of asthma professional and patient bodies, led by the Royal College of Physicians, will look into the circumstances surrounding deaths from asthma from 1 February 2012 to 30 January 2013. The NRAD has been commissioned and funded by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP). more >> |
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Outpatient records
Standards for the structure and content of hospital outpatient records are currently being developed in a project led by the Health Informatics Unit (HIU). The project was characterised by very wide consultations including online questionnaires, clinician workshops, and patient involvement throughout. more >> |
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Policy - standards for record keeping
The HIU makes major contributions to the development and implementation of national policy for fully inter-operable, clinically relevant patient focussed records to support high quality clinical care, research and patient empowerment that are major goal for the NHS. more >> |
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Referral records
Standards for the structure and content of referral records are currently being developed in a project led by the Health Informatics Unit (HIU) of the RCP. The project will involve very wide consultations including online questionnaires, clinician workshops, and patient involvement throughout. more >> |
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Revalidation
Revalidation is the process whereby, from 2012, all licensed doctors will have to demonstrate to the General Medical Council (GMC) that they are up to date and fit to practice. The Royal College of Physicians believes that revalidation should support professional development and result in higher standards of care for patients and the public. more >> |
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Revalidation and the quality of medical note keeping
Guidance for the use at appraisal for revalidation of evidence on the quality of medical note keeping has been developed by the Health Informatics Unit (HIU). It was developed with wide consultation including online questionnaires and clinician workshops. more >> |
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Risk management
Reducing risk and improving quality of patient care in hospital is at the core of the work carried out by the Health Informatics Unit (HIU) at the Royal College of Physicians. The HIU contributes to this through their work developing standards for the structure and content of health care records. more >> |
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Standards for core clinical information
Standards for the structure and content of core clinical headings are being developed in a project led by the Health Informatics Unit (HIU). These headings are meant to apply to the patient focused record, and be accessible in any care context and communication. more >> |
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National Review of Asthma Deaths The National Review of Asthma Deaths (NRAD), run by a consortium of asthma professional and patient bodies, led by the Royal College of Physicians, will look into the circumstances surrounding deaths from asthma from 1 February 2012 to 30 January 2013. The NRAD has been commissioned and funded by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP). more >> |
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Revalidation Revalidation is the process whereby, from 2012, all licensed doctors will have to demonstrate to the General Medical Council (GMC) that they are up to date and fit to practice. The Royal College of Physicians believes that revalidation should support professional development and result in higher standards of care for patients and the public. more >> |
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FallSafe FallSafe is a quality improvement project led by the RCP in partnership with NHS Southern England and funded by the Health Foundation. This project aims to introduce best practice in the prevention and management of falls in clinical hospital wards. more >> |
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Improving Lung Cancer Outcomes Project - ILCOP The Improving Lung Cancer Outcomes for Patients project joins up healthcare teams including doctors and nurses from different NHS Trusts to share best practice in diagnosing, treating and supporting patients with lung cancer, and to look for the underlying differences in rates of lung cancer survival at different Trusts. more >> |
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National audit of falls and bone health in older people The national audit of falls and bone health is a programme of work which examines the organisation and commissioning of services provided to older people for falls prevention and bone health, the clinical care delivered to people that have fallen and fractured a bone and patient’s experiences of fall services. more >> |
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National audit of services for people with multiple sclerosis The national audit of services for people with multiple sclerosis is a clinically-led audit of the organisation, resourcing and performance of NHS services for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) in England and Wales, funded by the Royal College of Physicians and the Multiple Sclerosis Trust. The primary goal is to improve care for all people with multiple sclerosis. more >> |
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Future Hospital Commission Future Hospital Commission is RCP’s innovative and groundbreaking project to review all aspects of the design and delivery of inpatient hospital care. more >> |
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National clinical guideline for stroke The Royal College of Physicians National clinical guideline for stroke is an evidence based guideline updated every four years that gives guidance to clinicians in the field of stroke care. The draft for the fourth edition is now out to public consultation. more >> |
Updated: 9 May 2012 Published by: Clinical Effectiveness and Evaluation Unit |
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Future Hospital Commission Future Hospital Commission is RCP’s innovative and groundbreaking project to review all aspects of the design and delivery of inpatient hospital care. more >> |
Updated: 11 April 2012 Published by: Policy Team |
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Consultation responses on record keeping and patient care At the RCP, The Health Informatics Unit (HIU) responds to national consultations on matters related to the delivery of high quality patient care through setting standards of medical practice and promoting clinical excellence. more >> |
Updated: 20 March 2012 Published by: Health Informatics Unit |
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Standards for core clinical information Standards for the structure and content of core clinical headings are being developed in a project led by the Health Informatics Unit (HIU). These headings are meant to apply to the patient focused record, and be accessible in any care context and communication. more >> |
Updated: 26 March 2012 Published by: Health Informatics Unit |
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Risk management Reducing risk and improving quality of patient care in hospital is at the core of the work carried out by the Health Informatics Unit (HIU) at the Royal College of Physicians. The HIU contributes to this through their work developing standards for the structure and content of health care records. more >> |
Updated: 20 March 2012 Published by: Health Informatics Unit |
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Admission records Standards for the structure and content of hospital admission clerking records have been developed in a project led by the Health Informatics Unit (HIU). The project was characterised by very wide consultations including online questionnaires, clinician workshops, hospital pilots, and patient involvement throughout. more >> |
Updated: 10 May 2012 Published by: Health Informatics Unit |
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Improving clinical coding The Health Informatics Unit (HIU) conducted a programme of work that focussed on improving clinical coding, and clinicians’ understanding of analyses of hospital activity data and Hospital Episode Statistics (HES). more >> |
Updated: 20 March 2012 Published by: Health Informatics Unit |
