HSJ article link: https://www.hsj.co.uk/comment/are-you-a-victim-of-data-bias/7035821.article Investing in professional analytics teams is vital to eliminate data bias in healthcare and address health inequalities, ensuring better decision-making and patient care, write co-authors Ruth Holland and Emma Wright If you’ve been reading AphA’s blogs, you’ll know by now that your organisation is sitting on…
HSJ article link: https://www.hsj.co.uk/technology-and-innovation/decision-making-should-be-a-science/7035610.article Rony Arafin, CEO of AphA and Kate Cheema, Director of Evaluation and Insights at UCLPartners write How professionalising healthcare analytics helps in unlocking the power of data for informed decision-making in the NHS which is a vital investment. Effective, high-quality decision-making, whether small and day-to-day or…
NHS England published the long term workforce plan on 30 June 2023, it sets out the case for long-term change for the NHS workforce. Analysts are pivotal to the NHS’s data goals, yet we are absent from the workforce plan. On behalf of AphA, supported by FEDIP, we wrote to…
HSJ article link: https://www.hsj.co.uk/technology-and-innovation/nhs-must-stop-treating-data-analysis-as-a-clerical-role/7035547.article Recognising data analysts as vital technical experts, not clerical staff, is essential for the NHS’s data-driven future and improved patient care, writes Andrew Barraclough and Dr Marc Farr Bodies like AphA are working with NHS and the Department of Health and Social Care to formalise exactly…
HSJ article link: https://www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/dont-underestimate-the-power-of-pen-pushers/7035467.article Save time and money by upskilling your analytical workforce and making better decisions, write Andi Orlowski and Mark Foy Non-clinical NHS work can get a bad rap from outside observers. Staff like analysts are often framed as back office-dwelling pen pushers, existing to restrict or impede…
HSJ article link: https://www.hsj.co.uk/service-design/unearthing-the-hidden-riches-of-your-organisations-data/7035412.article The board of directors at AphA write on ways an organisation can benefit from proper refinement of data, shedding light on three critical functions – business intelligence, data science and analytics Untold stories of a precious resource are running through your organisation. Left underground, it provides…
HSJ article link: https://www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/why-you-need-a-chief-analytics-officer/7035310.article NHS organisations need a chief analytics officer to lead data-driven culture, inspire analysts, and unlock potential in healthcare through analytics, write Mark Foy, Marc Farr, and Neil Morgan. Analytics has never been more important to the NHS – and the need for analysts is growing all…
Last month, NHS England published a workforce plan designed to ensure the health service can meet rising demand and evolving health and care needs. Unlocking the power of artificial intelligence, which could help revolutionise disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment, is key to that vision. At the Association of Professional Healthcare…
HSJ Article Link: https://www.hsj.co.uk/quality-and-performance/your-data-analysts-should-be-professionals/7035239.article As part of their continued focus on supporting professional registration, Rony Arafin, CEO of the Association of Professional Healthcare Analysts, and Andrew Griffiths, CEO of the Federation for Informatics Professionals, come together in a joint article to discuss professionalisation and why it matters You probably wouldn’t let…
HSJ and AphA (Association of Professional Healthcare Analysts) have launched a strategic partnership to increase awareness of the vital role of health analytics and analysts. Building on HSJ’s legacy of working closely with NHS senior leadership, and AphA’s sector expertise as the recognised professional body for Analytical professionals, the two…
“Most hospital discharge data is useless,” said the HSJ headline recently, reporting comments by former NHS CEO and current chair of two NHS trusts Sir David Nicholson. This twitched my antenna because data is obviously neutral; it’s what you do with it that counts. On this, Sir David is spot…
As the end of the year draws closer, it is an appropriate time to reflect on what has been a momentous year for healthcare analysts and look ahead to what AphA’s focus will be in 2023. We’re all aware the healthcare system is going through tremendous changes – service…