Briefing / Community PLICS toolkit - briefing
A set of illustrations for use of patient level information and costing system data in providers of community services
Good cost and activity data at the service user level can help health economies to understand variations in care between different service users, helping to optimise service delivery.
Although all NHS trusts have now implemented patient level information and costing systems (PLICS), the use of the data is at an early stage in many providers of community services.
The HFMA Healthcare Costing for Value Institute has developed this PLICS toolkit to support members turn the data generated by PLICS into powerful intelligence. It is hoped that by sharing the toolkit examples with other staff within their organisation, members can sell the benefits of PLICS to those who are currently less well engaged.
We hope that you will find our PLICS toolkit for community services helps you explore how you can maximise the value of PLICS data within your organisation.
There are also HFMA PLICS toolkits for mental health and acute services.
If you have ideas, comments or examples that you would like to share, please email [email protected]
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