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HFMA 2020: conference told of analytics importance
by Seamus Ward 03 December 2020 Covid-19 has raised the profile of healthcare analytics and this must be maintained once the pandemic is over, the HFMA annual conference heard. Paul Stroner (pictured), president elect of the Association of Professional Healthcare Analysts (AphA), said analysts played a significant role in improving…
Read MoreExpanding the AphA Network in 2021!
AphA are expanding! We are looking for more analysts to get involved with our regional branches across the UK. We would love to hear from analysts at all levels and experience to share your ideas and help us promote the professional development of all analysts in the public sector. We…
Read MoreAphA YouTube Channel
If you haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channel now’s a good time. There are 3 new videos on there from our Webinar on 19 November. https://youtube.com/channel/UCJVrw1kIEyQmb1khi1nQSNQ…
Read MoreProfessionalising the analytics role in the NHS
Andi Orlowski, non-executive director at the association of professional healthcare analysts (AphA) and Director of the Health Economics Unit, reflects on the academic paper Bringing NHS data analysis into the 21st century by Goldacre et al. I have long championed the amazing work of fellow public sector analytical colleagues and…
Read MoreLearn When to Say No
This is an interesting and helpful article from Bruce Tulgan on the Harvard Business Review website: https://hbr.org/2020/09/learn-when-to-say-no
Read MorePRSB survey on community mental health care planning standard
Dear Colleagues, The NHS is working with social care and the voluntary sector to develop new community-based services for people with serious mental health problems. NHS England/Improvement have commissioned the Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) to help create tools to improve care planning for this group of mental health service…
Read MoreDido Harding questioned on safety standards of using Microsoft Excel
Our letter got quoted on the Digital Health website. We’ll let you know as soon as we get a reply from Matthew Hancock and Sir Simon Stevens. https://www.digitalhealth.net/2020/10/dido-harding-questioned-on-safety-standards-of-using-microsoft-excel/ Dido Harding questioned on safety standards of using Microsoft Excel
Read MoreCovid-19 Data Collection Crisis – Independent Review Requested by the Association of Professional Healthcare Analysts (AphA)
Leaders from the Analytical Professions have jointly written a letter to Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, and Sir Simon Stevens, the Chief Executive of the NHS. As we have learned on Monday, 5th October more than 50,000 potentially infectious people may have been missed by…
Read MoreINSIGHT 2020: A festival of analysis and learning – Sep-Nov 2020
This is an invitation for you to come to a free, online INSIGHT 2020 festival! The Strategy Unit are hosting a 6-week festival of virtual events, called INSIGHT 2020, exploring some of the challenges facing decision-makers in health and care in 2020 and beyond; emerging models of practice to make best use of…
Read MoreExclusive free trial license and support from Alteryx
Alteryx are offering exclusive extended free trial license and support for AphA members What is Alteryx: Alteryx is a self-service data analytics platform that helps gather disparate data, prep, blend, cleanse and outputs to visualisation tools Alteryx plan to strategically work with AphA to bring this technology to the Analysts…
Read MoreNHS Providers report ‘Recovery position and what next for the NHS’
NHS Providers published a report earlier this week looking at ‘Recovery position and what next for the NHS’, based on surveying 158 Trust Chairs and Chief Executives. The 4 key points identified are below and I think very pertinent in terms of Demand & Capacity and framing the summer series…
Read MorePLETHORA : PLanning the Effective Transformation of Healthcare using Operational Research and advanced Analytics
Reference Guide Series – Progress Update Dear Colleagues, Last year I circulated information about the PLETHORA Reference Guide Series initiative – click here. This project, supported by the Health Foundation, is progressing well and we are currently developing two pilot editions of exemplar guides. If successful we hope this will…
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