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As I sat down to write about data and Think Kidneys a headline flashed up. ‘Boots, Tesco and Superdrug to get access to NHS Medical Records’ The public concerns around how health data are handled remain topical and for many, a cause for concern. So what was this story about? It was about personal health data being transmitted from one health professional to another, in this…
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Please click below for the Summer update from the Think Kidneys Programme Think Kidneys update Summer 2015
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This case study focuses on how Salford Clinical Commissioning Group and Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust have been working together to prevent acute kidney injury (AKI) and improve kidney care.
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This case study focuses on improving patient safety and reducing harm through the development of an Acute Kidney Injury Specialist Service at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust.
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So, what’s this Clinical Coding thing, and how can it help to improve the care of patients with AKI? All hospitals have a Clinical Coding Department, usually hidden away somewhere, and not many people know what it does, or what it’s for. Put simply Coders turn written information about a patient into a coded format so that it can be easily analysed and used for a…
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