Connected Bradford Real-Time, Linked Data Advancing Population Health Intelligence and Improving Health and Services Across Yorkshire Connected Bradford
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A COLLABORATION BETWEEN BRADFORD NHS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTNERS Connected Bradford Real-time, linked data advancing population health intelligence and improving health and services across Yorkshire Connected Bradford • PUBLIC 3 OPT-OUT CCGs • HIGHEST LEVELS OF SECURITY & GOVERNANCE 3 TRUSTS • MULTIPLE DE-IDENTIFIED 2 LINKED LOCAL DATASETS AUTHORITIES Harnessing data 700,000 to redesign CITIZENS 86 GP PRACTICES healthcare Linked data sets have been used to establish a more comprehensive view of the needs of One aim: population, and the different levels and costs of services that these populations consume. Population Health Management Linking GP practice to hospital, and other healthcare data, empowers commissioners - and providers across Bradford & Airedale to to improve the health and wellbeing understand discrete events that impact groups of people within the GP, community and of patients across the Bradford & Airedale region in the hospital. Work across the regions is now focussed on how we can best support these populations as a whole, and bring services together whilst supporting them in the community for as long as possible. Our research teams are open to collaboration and partnership working. If you would like to discuss a health data research / The projects are examples of how the Connected service improvement study please contact the programme office at Bradford Database has been used for population [email protected] ABOUT health management. @CityOfResearch Connected Bradford Database Data Tapestry • 700,000 citizens • Prescriptions • Clinical tests and diagnoses • Demographics • Appointment History • Allergies • Air Pollution • Diseases • Green Space • Referral codes • Noise • Immunisations / • Fast Food Outlets Primary Vaccinations Care Data • Housing Integrating datasets from across the region 1970 Health Environment Connected Bradford connects de-identified, longitudinal, near Visitors to real time data from different organisations for approximately 700,000 citizens across the Bradford and Airedale region into a single database. The database is held securely at Bradford Mental Health School Nurses Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust using the highest standards of governance and security to protect citizens’ records. Airedale Community Wharfedale & Public Care Connected Bradford started in January 2016 and we discussed Craven CCG our approach with the Information Commissioners Office in September 2016. The database is supported by individual data Bradford City Pharmacy CCG Prescriptions sharing agreements with multiple data providers across the region. Connected Bradford has ethical approval for a research database Bradford Palliative that is overseen by a Steering Group of committed individuals A&E from each of the different organisations who meet regularly to District CCG Care oversee the database and review requests for anonymised data National from analysts and researchers. Connected Child 111 IRAS ID: 227117 REC reference: 17/EM/0254. Bradford Measurement Programme Connected Bradford also has Confidentiality Advisory Group s251 approval to link with education data and is exploring connecting Secondary Education Care Data to additional data sources such as crime, housing, voluntary care organisations and air quality. Adult Social The database can be used to for whole population analysis by Care examining trends as well as population segmentation to track care, Yorkshire identify patient journeys, draw conclusions, develop interventions Children Ambulance Centres and evaluate interventions. Our goal is to be proactive and identify Service citizens that are not just unwell but at risk of developing illnesses and provide them with the right care before they worsen. Children Social Services Education We continue to engage with our citizens and professional Data stakeholders to ensure that we have the support we need for population health management, learning health systems using the Secondary latest technology for service improvement, planning, evaluation Care Data and research. • Clinical tests and diagnoses • Early Years Foundation Stage Profile • Appointment History • Key stage 1 Whilst the database cannot re-identify anyone, citizens can choose • Demographics • Key stage 2 not to have their records in the Connected Bradford database by • Diseases • Free school meal liaising with their GP so their opt-out preferences can be recorded • Dispensing • Language in their primary care record. BACKGROUND @CityOfResearch @CityOfResearch Connected Bradford Database Connected Bradford Database 1 Improving the service redesign pathway for 3 Wheezy Children To improve population outcomes for children Improving the and young people with wheeze or asthma, the Ambulatory Care Experience (ACE) project was pathway in the implemented at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS 2 Foundation Trust. The ACE service has been running diagnosis of Child for one year now at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is growing from strength Autism Spectrum to strength as a value based healthcare. Children Supporting older with wheeze/asthma are referred predominantly Disorder by primary care to specialist nursing roles within people with frailty the community who deliver care in the patient’s We know that the current Autism Spectrum home rather than urgent and emergency care. This project aimed to respond proactively Disorder (ASD) process is lengthy and parents to the needs of older people at risk of mild level and children have to wait for long periods Commissioners are working in collaboration of frailty whilst optimising their health outcomes (sometimes 3-4 years) to receive a diagnosis. with BIHR to evaluate the service redesign using and patient experience. By segmenting a How did we help? the Connected Bradford Database measuring population in primary care and in collaboration improvements and outcomes using the integrated with Age UK at Saltaire Medical Practice, the Using the linked datasets, the population health de-identified data from the Trust and primary project developed an intervention to improve was segmented to identify children that had care for this segmented population. The database their help aimed at increasing people’s knowledge received a diagnosis of Child ASD. Additional identifies the different patients referred to the about their conditions to improve their ability to information on the socio-economic status of the service and the types of services they received self-care and use health services appropriately. families indicated that diagnosis of autism is late before the referral including hospital admissions. in families with low income, ethnic minorities and The project evaluation used a controlled cohort families with low education. In addition, health care Other than identifying costs and savings which to match patients against their health and data was linked to education data which indicated fall beyond the direct costs associated with the social care resource utilisation and created the interplay of health and education in children. bed bases, the database enables budget analysis a similar cohort of patient who did not receive Ultimately this could lead to potentially fast track of the broader health and care economy. These the service. The database was used to identify assessment and subsequent early interventions. include average length of stay for patients, A&E a segmented population based on their health attendances, and hospital admissions for a similar status, healthcare needs and priorities in primary A pilot project across 10 schools in Bradford is group of patients supported by more traditional care. The linked de-identified data across the currently being undertaken to establish whether services. whole system spanning primary care, secondary education data leads to an earlier identification care and social care provided insight into the of children with potential ASD and earlier access If you would like to know more please visit us at clinical outcome measures of the impact of the to intervention and reduce inequity in provision www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk/the-ace-service/ Age UK intervention. of assessment at each intervention. PROJECTS @CityOfResearch @CityOfResearch Connected Bradford In partnership with: Bradford City CCG Connected Bradford Office Bradford Institute for Health Research Bradford Districts CCG Bradford Royal Infirmary Airedale, Wharefdale & Craven CCG Duckworth Lane Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Bradford Bradford District Care Trust BD9 6RJ Bradford Institute for Health Research T: 01274 383941 © 2019 Bradford Institute for Health Research E: [email protected].