Clinical Insights Unit
The Clinical Insights Unit (CIU) uses advanced data analytics to support operational decision making at GOSH. The team is made up of data scientists and analysts who work with operational and clinical teams in the hospital to increase the accessibility and utility of Electronic Patient Record (EPR) data. By partnering with the clinical and operational teams, the CIU can understand their needs and build digital tools to enable data-driven decision making to help run the hospital.
Using data to provide operational insights
Data from EPR and IT systems can be accessed to provide insights into complex operational issues across the Trust
Working in partnership
The CIU team works in partnership with data teams across the Trust to increase accessibility of data
Unlocking operational inefficiencies and savings
The team also works alongside clinical and operational teams to advise how data insights can be translated into operational changes
Using ideas and data to transform processes
The CIU engages with idea submitters from the Trust to understand their ideas for improving clinical or operational processes. Our secure Data Research Environment (DRE) allows the team to rapidly collect and analyse data from the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) to define the nature and scale of the opportunity.
Project ideas that show evidence to improve experience or outcomes for patients and clinicians, or lead to financial or time savings, can then be taken forward and implemented at GOSH.
Bridging the gap
The CIU team is made up of a Lead, Project Manager, Operational Analysts, Data Scientists, an EPR Designer and the Trust's Deputy Chief Research Information Officer.
The team works closely with 10 Innovation Officers, who are embedded across the Trust in clinical and operational roles. They are ambassadors for innovation and act as change makers in their clinical and operational teams. The Innovation Officers support work across the whole of DRIVE, but work particularly closely with the CIU.
Meet the Innovation Officers