WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME Workload Analysis Tool Workload analysis tool What issue has the biggest impact on practice workload management for you at the moment? What is the Workload Analysis Tool? A tool to extract and format data relating to workload from general practice computer systems into easy-to- understand reports. To help practices understand the different high impact elements of their workload. 1.A self-help guide to Why is the workload tool needed? Changes in Government policy New GMS contract 2004 Information & Technology Directed Enhanced Service (IM&T DES) Need to have information for PBC How does it work? Apollo Medical Systems Ltd SQL Suite Anonymous Data Uses Excel Monthly reports What can it do? Provides information on workload issues Helps with planning Working smarter What do the reports show? Workbook A total number of read code recorded by chapter headings. Workbook B Diagnostic read codes recorded by GPs, Nurse Practitioners, Practice Nurses, HCAs, Phlebotomist, Community Staff and Others Workbook C most frequent read codes recorded against patients in each age/sex band. Workbook A Workbook B Workbook C What does this mean? Data quality - read coding Areas of high impact workload Who is doing what? What have we learnt so far about the tool? Practices valued interaction of feedback from other sites Enabled practices to improve data quality Catalyst for challenging current working practices What is the potential for the tool? A powerful information tool To improve effectiveness of organisation and the delivery of care A resource for PBC Challenge current working practices What is needed to take part? Virtually any clinical system Apollo SQL suite Excel 2003 An understanding of excel spread sheets Someone to help analyse data Interested team Approximately an hour a month How can you join the project? Contact Janet Bell