Business Intelligence

As the credit crunch crunches, NHS trusts will need to be able to know how much they are spending on what and where they could get more for their money to make savings, meet targets and improve services.

That means they will need to be able to match up information about finances, human resources and activity so they can analyse it, make changes and monitor the results. And that is what BI promises to deliver. Daloni Carlisle looks at some of the BI solutions available to the NHS and what use trusts are making of them.

NHS organisations have been told to get their finances in order as the credit crunch crunches. The Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2009-10 warns that “very substantial efficiency savings” will have to be made in 2010-11, when the health service’s three year settlement with the Treasury comes to an end.