01/20/09 Alan Clark, Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust 1 ‘UK Genetics Laboratory QM...

01/20/09 Alan Clark, Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust 1

‘UK Genetics Laboratory QM e-Group’ ?

Incorporating a ‘tour’ ofNW Pathology Quality Management Forum


Why a Group?

• Shared interest– Genetics– Quality Management / Accreditation– Technologies

• Group specific issues– Supra-regional service provision

• Influence & Control• Relevance of particular CPA Standards

– Technologies

• Support / Share ideas


Why an e-Group?

• ‘Real’ Pressures– Geographical separation– Limited symposia opportunities– Limited available funding

• ‘Virtual’ Opportunities– Access to membership-wide knowledge base– Wide spectrum of opinion & solutions– ‘Heads up’ on emerging issues– Convenience 24/7/365 access– Potential Response time– Free services (NB. Pop-ups / Local IM&T Policies)


Northwest Pathology Quality Management Forum-http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NWPathQMForum/


Navigation Bar – Major Areas

• Home• Messages• Files• Photos• Links• Database• Polls• Members• Calendar


Messages – ‘Le Raison d’etre’

• Messages > Post– Group Communication

• Ask a Question• Notifications

• Members– Listing includes e-mail link

for messages to individual



Files – User defined structure

• Files– Repository of useful files– Organised in user-defined

folders– Post files instead of

sending e-mail attachments

– Limited only by allocated space (100MB) and end user applications to ‘read’


Files –NW Path QM Structure (36MB)

• Annual Management Review• Audit Tools• CPA documentation (Quality Manual template)• Doc Control• EU Directive Blood Transfusion• Group Docs (T.O.R)• Group Agendas• Group Minutes• Lean Process Methods• Meeting Venue Documents• Miscellaneous• POCT• Presentations• QM Job descriptions• Quality Control / Assurance• Quality Management Docs – H7 related docs• Specimen Acceptance• Training & Education (Competency assessments)• Transportation (PI650)• User Survey Docs




Links

• Links to useful web sites– Group requirements?

• ACDP• BSHG (ACC / CMGS)• CPA (UK) Ltd• DH• EDDNAL/ EuroGentest• Greenwich BioMed• HSE• IBMS• NGRL• NHS Jobs*• ORPHANET• Pathology Quality Groups• RCPath• UKAS• UKGTN….




Database

• Limited flat field utility• NW Path QM Forum – Members details*• Ideas?


Poll

• Only used recently on NW Path QM Forum– Poll to rank priority topics of interest across group

members ‘check’ their top 10.


Calendar

• Post events of interest– Events like today

– Local QM group meetings*

– CPA meetings

– Best Practice meetings

– EuroGenTest events



Promote / Invite

• Promote– Access html code to cut’n’paste into

other web sites

• Invite– Access page to issue invitation– Requires Yahoo ID or e-mail address– Batch up to 50 invitations at a time– May be subjected to moderator approval


[email protected]@hospx.nhs.uk


Applications

• New feature • Beta release applets including:

– Contact List* (= redundant contacts database)

– Jobs*

– Profiles

– People Map

– Places Map


Issues

• Yahoo! or other provider / solution• Group Name• Ownership (Multiple ownerships)• Moderators (Multiple if used)• Membership vetting (Open/ Approved / Closed)• Membership details (Hide / show e-mail addresses)• Posting rights (prior moderation?)• ‘Etiquette’• Content retentions and deletion• Colour scheme


Live Access Tourhttp://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NWPathQMForum/

• Files– User Surveys

– Lean

– Path QM Job Descriptions

• Poll• Application -Contact List*

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NWPathQMForum/


Acknowledgements

• Chair & Members of ‘NW Path QM Forum’• Gemma• CMGS

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