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Utilise the Theatres data on the Model Health System

by Lynnette Lee | Mar 8, 2022 | in Coordination of elective care challenge | More than one region

https://model.nhs.uk/

Theatres data on the Model Health System is now updated fortnightly and organisations can really drill down into how their theatres are utilised and how they compare nationally and regionally.

The improved dashboard shows your organisation’s ‘touchtime’ utilisation. This is the amount of time spent operating on a patient, compared to the planned time for a particular theatre session. You can also see how much ‘downtime’ you have, which is the amount of time not spent operating on patients. Some downtime is essential to allow for preparing for the next patient, but with careful planning and understanding of your local data, is there an opportunity to make your non-essential downtime more efficient?

They have developed a new dashboard, which is accessed from within the theatres compartment in Model Health System and allows you to ‘drill-down’ even further into your data and filter results by specialty, type of list, day of the week and even individual theatres.

The Model Health System doesn’t tell you if performance is good or bad, it’s more about helping you to understand if you are different to others, and possible reasons for this – which may lead you to spot opportunities where you may be able to improve. You can also drill down into your data to see the bigger picture; how have your services been changing over time? How does this compare to your peer group and nationally?

Understanding the data and how you compare with others could help spot small changes that could bring about big improvements.

s your idea a commercial offer , or does it have the potential to be a commercial offer?

No

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All parts of the pathway

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Cathy Sloan Apr 12, 2022

Thanks Lynnette, the data can be a powerful way to start improvement - I did something similar when I managed Trauma and Orthopaedics in a NW hospital. We used the data to kick start conversations and also inform our 'Lean theatres' programme. It generated some healthy competition between surgeons!

Lynnette Lee Apr 19, 2022

That's great to hear Cathy. Would this lend itself to a case study? Or is there already one written up? We're always on the look out for actual examples of teams using the tool to drive improvements - it's the story and the 'so what' that people find really helpful. Could you contact me on lynnette.lee@nhs.net for a quick chat - this might be a great topic for one of our webinars. Many thanks :)