Practice and Provider Monitor (PPM)

PPM is a web-based tool that provides insight into performance management.

It helps to improve financial, operational andclinical outcomes, with compelling return on investment and rapid time-to-value. PPM is currently used by 35 per cent of PCTs and 55 per cent of acute trusts.

PPM is a strategic planning tool and a joint information resource for providers and commissioners. It enables users to quickly identify opportunities for efficiency and productivity that can be delivered directly to reduce costs and improve quality.

“By making sure that those people see primary care staff first, we could be making savings of at least £500,000.” - Ray Guy, Practice Service Manager, Liverpool PCT

PPM offers:

  • A shared view of all inpatient and outpatient activity for providers and commissioners
  • Comparisons of the effectiveness and efficiency of providers, with data for all trusts in England
  • Analysis of trends in income and tariff/bed days by HRG, diagnosis and procedure
  • Analysis of admission numbers, episodes of care, length of stay, DNA rates, DOSA rates, excess bed days over tariff, potential bed day savings and emergency readmission rates
  • Benchmarking against a chosen peer group, within the SHA or nationally
  • Monthly activity statements at trust, PCT and practice level, showing who has been treated, where and for what conditions
  • The ability to drill down to individual patient records and histories dating back 15 years.

New features include:

  • A range of new Standardised Admission Ratios across GP referrals, consultant-to-consultant referrals and hospital admissions
  • Improved charts including stacked bars, bubble plots, trend graphs, pie charts, and pie-of-pie charts
  • Nested and cross-tabbed queries to enable multiple drill-down within one report
  • New outcomes measures, such as complication spell ratios and analysis by HRG4.

Dr Foster Intelligence knows the role that information plays in meeting QIPP requirements and is in a unique position to support both commissioners and providers by:

  • Helping PCTs understand their position as world class commissioners against the Assurance Framework by drilling down further into their data
  • Helping providers understand the impact of commissioning on the use of their services and how hospitals can allocate resources effectively.

PPM in pictures

Download the factsheet for Practice and Provider Monitor (PPM)