Ensuring Safety of CFH PACS Systems

1. Ensuring Safety of CFH PACS Systems Tony Newman-Sanders National Clincial Advisor, CFH PACS Programme

2. Overview • Some definitions • LSP Contractor Safety • National CFH Safety • Cluster Safety • National CCN • Examples • Clinical Safety Process

3. Some definitions • Safety; The process by which an organisation makes patient care safer. • It should involve: risk assessment; the identification and management of patient-related risks; the reporting and analysis of incidents; and the capacity to learn from and follow-up on incidents and implement solutions to minimise the risk of them recurring. • Hazard; A situation with a potential for human injury and/or damage to property or the environment. • Risk; Combination of frequency or probability and consequence/impact of a specific hazardous event.

4. Hazard Severity

6. Frequency/Probability

9. Risk Mitigation • Terminate • Avoid or eliminate • Barriers/Design//training • Treat • Tolerate • Acceptable level of risk • Transfer • Insurance

10. LSP/ Contractors • Patient Safety predominantly an LSP responsibility • CFH main role is Quality Assurance. • Joint end to end hazard assessment • Agreeing with LSPs which risks devolve to Trusts • Board/Clinical Governance Committee • Risk Management • PACS Project Board • Clinical Director Radiology

11. Clinical Safety Organisation

12. National CFH Safety Structure • Chief Clinical Officer - Prof Michael Thick • National Safety Officer-Dr Maureen Baker • acts to provide an independent oversight of the NHS CfH Clinical Safety Management System. • Clinical Safety Group • Fortnightly teleconference • National Integration Centre- Ian Harrison. • Major technical brief for safety testing • regularise the testing support process • facilitates collaboration between the service suppliers

13. Cluster Structure • CFH Clinical Lead • PACS Clinical Lead • Clinical Advisory Group • Patient Safety Forum • LSP Safety team • National PACS Safety Lead

14. Central Change Control Note (CCN) • ‘..new policy in relation to Contractors fulfilling their clinical risk management obligations’ • ‘…to ensure that each Contractor is implementing a structured and regimented approach to clinical risk management, and is regularly monitoring and reviewing its own activities in this regard.’ • …to set out the Authority's expectations of a "typical" Clinical Safety Management System, which is representative of Good Industry Practice

16. Patient Safety Assessment Workshop • The key input to the workshop is the PID. • Attendees typically include: • Chair: Supplier Clinical Lead • LSP Clinical Safety Manager • NHS CFH Clinical Lead • NHS CFH Release Manager • A representative from NHS CFH Technical Assurance.

17. Patient Safety Assessment • Interviews with appropriate accredited clinicians • Interviews with message analysts • Interviews with technical architects • Comments and observations from the Clinical Safety Officer at NHS Connecting for Health • Approved minutes of the ‘Safety workshop’ or overview of the process which took place to populate the hazard log • Names, statements and dates of relevant professional experience for all participants • A ‘Hazard Log’ completed using the appropriate template

18. Hazards in 4 main categories End to End Clinical Process Message Risk Technical Risk Patient Safety Risk NHS Connecting for Health’s ‘Hazard Checklist’ Hazard Log Raised By (Name / Job Title) Date Updated Owner Type Functional Area Summary Probability (High, Medium, Low) Impact (High, Medium, Low) Rating Safety Justification Summary of Actions and Approvals Status Patient Safety Assessment

19. Clinical Safety Case • Inputs • Patient Safety Assessment • System Specification and Requirements • Systems Design Documentation • Message Implementation Manual • Test Strategy and Plans • Quality Management Documentation • Structured document • Risk assessment • Mitigations

20. Safety Closure Report • Input • Patient Safety Assessment • Clinical System Safety Case • System Specification and Requirements • Systems Design Documentation • Message Implementation Manual • Test Strategy and Plans • Output- Summarise safety aspects of • Design and Build • Subsequent tests • Not carried out; reasons and mitigations • Inconclusive tests

21. Examples • MPR annotation • Radiation Dose • Southern Cluster Archive • Patient Record merge/misassignment • Plymouth deployment. • Clinical Safety Reporting Procedures