CHKS Award
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is delighted to have been announced as joint winner of the CHKS Top Hospitals data quality award for specialist trusts 2015.
The CHKS Top Hospitals awards celebrate excellence throughout the UK and are given to acute sector organisations for their achievements in healthcare quality and improvement.
CHKS has used over 25 years of experience in the analysis of hospital data to decide the indicators on which each of the Top Hospitals awards are judged.Awards are made on the basis of an analysis of publicly available datasets and every NHS acute trust is included.
Tony Grayson, Head of Information Services at LHCH, said: “This is the fourth time in five years that we have won this award – a truly outstanding achievement, for which we are all enormously proud.”
The data quality award, which LHCH shared with Papworth Hospital, recognises the importance of clinical coding and data quality, and the essential roles they play in ensuring appropriate patient care. It is based on a range of coding indicators, including coding related to primary diagnosis.
Tony added: “It is wonderful recognition for the excellence of our Clinical Coding Department. Whilst it demonstrates the effort our clinicians and other healthcare professionals put into documentation, it is also testimony to the strong relationship that exists between clinicians and coders in ensuring information is documented correctly.”
Jason Harries, managing director, CHKS said: “Every hospital is accountable to its patients, their families and carers as well as the local community to provide a safe environment. Ourdata quality award winners share a commitment to improving data quality and staff at both trusts should be proud of this achievement.”
The CHKS Top Hospitals awards were held in London on 19th May and attended by over 200 guests including leaders from across the healthcare sector, from the Department of Health, Royal Colleges, and acute trusts.