The Health and Social Care Board (HSCB) has been successful in an eHealth and Data Analytics Dementia Pathfinder Programme bid which has been part funded by the NI Executive Office, Atlantic Philanthropies and Department of Health.
This Programme has two related strands – one of which is focused on building the capacity to collect and use dementia data to improve the planning and commissioning of efficient, effective and value for money dementia services, and to create a platform that can be utilised to enable data driven care-planning solutions across the health and social care system.
Priority Areas
Projects which focus on using data to address the following priority areas within a Northern Ireland context, which has been developed in consultation with key stakeholders including service users, health professionals and commissioners:
In December 2018, HSCB eHealth sought for further data analytics projects aimed at improving our understanding of dementia in Northern Ireland and informing better services and support for people with dementia and planning for the future.
Out of the 12 submissions for full projects received. To-date, nine projects have been approved and have successfully received funding.
Successful applicants and teams who have secured funding as part of a programme using data and technology to help improve our understanding of dementia pictured with (far left) Soo Hun, from the Health and Social Care Board and Angela Hodkinson, from The Atlantic Philanthropies.
Dr Tony McGinn, Ulster University. The Implementation of the data management component, of the proposed dementia care pathway for learning disability in Northern Ireland.
Dr Sarah Bravey – Northern HSC Trust Title: Data Analytics regarding dementia in people with a learning disability: developing the full picture in the Northern Trust
Dr Paschal McKeown – Age NI Title: Re-Thinking Dementia…What really matters to carers and people with MCI (Mild Cognitive Impairment)
Dr Michaela Black- Ulster University Title: A multidisciplinary, Data Analytics and Public Participatory Approach to better understanding the risks of dementia in ageing.
Dr Gillian Mullan – Western HSC Trust Title: Analysis of Western Trust memory service data 2009-2018 and the experience of people with dementia and caregivers accessing this service
Dr Gemma Catney – Queen’s University Belfast Title: A spatial analysis of dementia, mild cognitive impairment and ageing for the understanding of future care provision within rural areas of Northern Ireland
Dr Frances Duffy – Northern HSC Trust Title: Understanding the outcome of Memory Service Assessments and the impact of CLEAR Dementia Care
Dr Bernadette McGuinness – Queen’s University Belfast Title: Development of an Analytics Programme for Dementia in Northern Ireland.
Dr Barry Devereux – Queen’s University Belfast Title: Clinical Narrative Analytics: Using computational linguistics to predict dementia diagnosis from descriptive clinical text
