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NMH | 2024 200 Administration H ealth Information Management is an important and essential resource: hospital data from various clinical and administrative systems is validated and analysed in order to produce meaningful reports to support and improve decision making, for national returns, clinical audit, research publications and presentations, medical coding and billing. The main source of data is from the electronic patient record that each patient across all specialties holds on the national Maternal and Newborn Clinical Management System (MN-CMS) and the national Patient Management System iPMS. MN-CMS reporting revolutionised clinical data analytics in The NMH and ongoing challenges in developing and rolling out reports have eased over the years. Where clinical systems are not available, local measures are taken to ensure essential data is captured and audited. During the Information Management year, a data insights report was developed locally for Postpartum Haemorrhage and Breastfeeding report visualisation. Improving information management practices is a key focus for many organisations across both public and private sectors and we are no exception. Generating interest in reporting and outcomes plays a significant role in improving practices and can provide motivation to ensure high quality data is recorded in order to return high quality reporting. However, it is not always simple: daily, weekly, monthly and annual validation checks undertaken on data across many systems takes time and requires the expertise of busy staff in particular the MN-CMS Team, Quality, Risk and Patient Safety Department, Labour & Birthing Unit Staff, Clinic Supervisors and iPMS Administrators. Efforts become all the more worthwhile as the benefits of high quality reporting are seen. Cillian Power, NMH Data Analyst. The Information Management Department consists of Fionnuala Byrne, Information Officer and Cillian Power, Data Analyst. The Department works closely with all staff across all areas of the Hospital. The main functions of the Department are to: • Extract and analyse information from hospital information systems to assist local management decisions and highlight changing/emerging trends across all departments. • Organise Health Service Executive returns including Outpatient Cancellations, Bed Closures, Monthly Data Returns and Waiting Lists. • Produce hospital activity reports for the Scheduled Care Committee, Clinical Governance Executive Committee, Executive Management Team, Finance Committee, Quality Risk and Safety Patient sub-committee of The Board as well as the Executive Committee (The Board). • Coordinate the NMH Irish Maternity Indicator System (IMIS) returns. • Prepare and publish the monthly NMH Maternity Safety Statement online. • Coordinate the completion and submission of all eligible perinatal death notification forms to National Perinatal Epidemiological Centre (NPEC). • Project manage the Hospital Annual Report. • Manage the submission of all eligible babies to the Vermont Oxford Network led by Breda Coronella. • Fulfil ad-hoc, activity, audit and research requests for staff and students. In response to increasing demand for timely and relevant data, Cillian Power, with the assistance of Shirley Moore, ANP Neonatology, released the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Dashboard. This NICU Dashboard provides key insights into monthly neonatal activity and assists in supporting clinical and operational decisions. In addition to this new Dashboard, a full redesign of the main dashboards was undertaken, incorporating feedback from the Communications Team, to enhance clarity, visual appeal and usability. Fionnuala Byrne, Information Officer.

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