Barts Health has shared how a real-time data dashboard, linked to its EPR, has made an impact on patient safety, patient flow, and delivery of care.
The M-BRACE project, presents key information in a single place, including data relating to risk of falls, low blood sugar, and delays in assessment or transport, to support structured check-ins through the day. At 8-9am ward teams meet with support of the data, 10-12pm best practice reviews of every patient’s care take place, with check-ins 3-4pm, to review and track progress on discharges and identify any patients becoming unwell.
The trust shared examples of how the number of patients receiving blood thinners (to prevent blood clots) doubled in one ward and how patients being ready for discharge increased.
Auti Shhandra, leading on the project, highlighted how it has evolved since inception: “How we started this was imagining what our ideal delivery of care would look like. Utilising high quality data we transformed care, improving communication, outcomes and staff satisfaction. How we ended was creating a culture that is proud of the care it delivers and has the tools and data to continually strive for improvement.”
Barts Health is now looking to expand on the project’s success by introducing M-BRACE in other wards across the hospital.
The trust recently published its Group Clinical Strategy for 2025 – 2030+, placing a focus on utilising tech to identify at-risk patients earlier, and on preventing ill health. It also echoes wider work around the Barts Health Data Platform (BHDP), designed to offer a dedicated workspace for research projects and the opportunity to integrate AI in the identification of trends or patterns amongst large patient cohorts.
Wider trend: Data in supporting improved care, efficiency, and patient outcomes
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NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB has introduced a People Story Dashboard, a digital tool that offers insights into population health and workforce data, to help with “strategic planning and pathway redesign”. The ICB developed the dashboard as part of its own workforce breakthrough programme that began in 2024, with a focus on system transformation across the region. The tool aims to “revolutionise strategic planning, commissioning, and support for the three shifts outlined in the Government’s 10 Year Plan”, with access given to all staff and patients within the Humber and North Yorkshire integrated care system.
