There is a growing need to link health and non-health data at the person level in order to generate the knowledge and evidence needed to run a health and care system and improve outcomes for the population we serve.
Arden & GEM provides an experienced data management service with a detailed understanding of the complex information governance (IG) landscape, data flow specifications and data asset onboarding required to support clients through this process.
We design, develop and deploy data flows from non-healthcare data sources, applying pseudonymisation and/or deidentification to link person level data. This data can then be used by analytical teams across the health and care system to explore the relationship between health and its wider determinants including education, environment, family and socio-economic status.
Flowing non-health data assets in a standardised and consistent format enables increased understanding of how wider determinants drive health status of an individual as well as a broader evaluation of interventions, services and outcomes.
Our award-winning data management service provides:
- Technical specification of non-traditional data assets
- Transfer load and data processing
- Information governance advice to navigate national and local requirements
- Implementation of matching processes and Privacy Enhancing Technology (including pseudonymisation) to enable linkage.
Why Arden & GEM?
We have experience of sourcing, collecting, linking and managing a broad range of datasets across the health and social care system.
As a Data Services for Commissioners Regional Office (DSCRO), we operate a secure and robust data environment meeting all IG requirements including appropriate reidentification of patients and data sharing best practice.
Our project for the Department of Health and Social Care, to improve services by linking adult social care and health data, won the ‘Digital solution for social care’ category at the HTN Now Awards 2023 and was shortlisted at the HSJ Digital Awards.
CASE STUDIES
Arden & GEM is already helping healthcare systems to link health and non-health data. Find out more by accessing the resources below.
Linking adult health and social care data to improve services
Arden & GEM has been working with the Department for Health and Social Care to develop a new national system to collect and link adult social care data with health data, which is already helping to provide a holistic picture of patient journeys and support care planning.
Supporting service redesign for children and young people
Arden & GEM’s Advanced Analytics Unit created a dataset and population profiles for children and young people in Milton Keynes to help the ICB and local PCNs identify areas of concern and use resources more effectively.
Generating actionable insights from a bespoke segmentation model
When NHS BLMK CCG wanted to better understand the healthcare needs and consumption of the local population, Arden & GEM’s Advanced Analytics Unit developed SMITH, a bespoke segmentation model, to enable person-level analysis which has informed service planning and commissioning.
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