Modelling complex patient pathways
Clinical pathways don't always run in straight lines. Here is how you can model even quite complex pathways quickly and easily using Gooroo Planner.
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England breaches 18 weeks
If you take non-reporting Trusts into account, the English NHS probably breached 18 weeks in October - for the first time since the target was originally achieved in January 2012.
Consultation: automatic deletion of old files
When you've been using Gooroo for a while, your account can get quite filled up with old datasets and reports that you don't need any more. We are consulting on proposals to automatically move items to the Trash after 2 years, and then permanently delete items that have been in the Trash for more than 3 months.
Modelling pathways that bypass outpatients
What happens when some patients bypass outpatients and are added directly onto the elective waiting list? Conversion rates don't work as straightforwardly as they should. Here's what you can do about it.
18 weeks still on course for England-wide breach
The English waiting list improved a bit in September, and by slightly more than expected, which pushes the anticipated breach of 18 weeks back into January.
Tying your shoelaces
We've just had the biggest waiting list increase ever seen in the month of August. Even then, it was less than 4 per cent of the number of patients treated.
Major upgrade to Gooroo Planner
Run your models from any date, to any date. Update them as often as you like. Do it all automatically... and much more, in our latest upgrade on Monday 23rd November 2015.
Analysis: when will England breach 18 weeks?
Predicting is a mug's game. Nevertheless, grab your calculator, and let's see if we can work out when the 18 week target is going to be breached across England.
Putting operational managers in control of performance
The "exceptions table" sounds innocuous enough. But whoever controls it has the power to transform the management of entire hospitals.
Biggest ever August increase in English waiting list
Longer queues mean longer waits: the elective waiting list in England is edging towards breach as the number of patients waiting for hospital treatment in England shot up in August.