Medical Profiles
The project aims to contribute to the development of a culture whereby individuals and organisations providing clinical services routinely use data to stimulate reflective clinical practice. The Medical Profiles project (currently under development) seeks to bring together into one place (a medical profile) a suite of clinical indicators about medicine, derived from existing Scotland-wide data sources, and embed these in a governance process designed to drive improvements in patient care.
The medical profile presents a range of data about the medical care provided by Scottish hospitals. Each NHS Board is accountable for reviewing and, where necessary, acting upon its own data - and local and expert knowledge needs to be drawn upon to meaningfully interpret the data. This is a collaborative work between Healthcare Improvement Scotland and ISD, with ISD providing analytical expertise for the development of these indicators.
