The Information Sharing
Challenge Fund
Keith Naylor (DHID Tech Office)
ISCF Update - Agenda
• ISCF details
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Launch announcement recap
Who can apply and what can it be used for?
Award Styles
Themes and Styles Matrix
How much?
Payment Milestones
Critical dates
Making an Application
• Application Evaluation
• Participation So Far
• Questions
ISCF announcement and launch
• On 31st August 2012, we launched a new
£2.2m fund for local NHS organisations to
deliver digital services that improve patient
care
Who?
• The Fund is open to NHS organisations in England, with
the exception of strategic health authorities (SHAs) and
primary care trusts (PCTs) due to limitations associated
with the payment mechanisms.
– SHAs and PCTs should approach an acute NHS trust/Foundation trust
within their area to be the lead organisation on any applications they
wish to make.
• The fund is not directly open to suppliers and system
developers. Our intent is to stimulate the NHS to
purchase standards based products. Suppliers should
partner with local NHS organisations to deliver these
products
What?
• Because timescales are tight (completion by 31st
March2013) we have asked for a limited number
of largely pre-existing ITK themes:
– Clinical Correspondence
• Just about any document type can be shared, PDF, DOC, XML
• Plain text and coded information
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Urgent Care Clinical Dashboards
Maternity Digital Capture
Admission, Discharge and Transfer (HL7 v2 ADT)
Telehealth Personal Health Monitoring Report
Health and Social Care Integration
ISCF Award Styles
• Adoption
– Designed to help suppliers develop their application
around an ITK ‘theme’ and gain accreditation
– And to deploy at an initial site
• Deployment
– Designed to allow additional sites to deploy an
accredited application
• Development
– Designed to allow the development of new ‘themes’
– Or to prove the stability of a new candidate ‘theme’
specification (first of type accreditation and deployment)
ISCF Awards and Themes Matrix
Development Award
Adoption Award
Deployment Award
Clinical Correspondence
Clinical Correspondence
Clinical Correspondence
(New content e.g. Mental health
discharge coded content specification
development in association with
RCPsych)
(ITK2 Generic Clinical Correspondence)
(ITK2 Generic Clinical Correspondence)
Maternity Digital Capture
Not offered
Not offered
Telehealth Personal health
Monitoring Report
Telehealth Personal health
Monitoring Report
Telehealth Personal health
Monitoring Report
(First supplier application accreditation
required)
(Only after first supplier accreditation)
(Only after first supplier accreditation)
Health and Social Care
Health and Social Care
Health and Social Care
(First supplier application accreditation
required)
(Only after first supplier accreditation)
(Only after first supplier accreditation)
Not offered
Clinical Dashboards
Clinical Dashboards
Not offered
Admission, Discharge and
Transfer (ADT
Admission, Discharge and
Transfer (ADT
Not offered
Not offered
ITK 1.1 Uplift
(Theme specification development)
(Only available for sites with existing
ITK 1.1 deployments)
How much?
• The value of individual awards is likely to
range between £25,000 and £75,000 up to a
maximum of £99,000. The expectation is that
the majority of the awards will be below
£50,000.
• The final award value established on a caseby-case basis through a review of each project
application.
ISCF Awards Milestone Matrix
Development Award
Adoption Award
Deployment Award
Create New ‘Theme’
Specification
Not applicable
Not applicable
Grant Intellectual Property Not applicable
for Specification
Not applicable
** Not required where
specification is developed by ITK
team
** Not required where
specification is developed by ITK
team
1st Supplier Application
Accreditation
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Accreditation of Supplier
Application
Not applicable
Deployment on Site
Deployment on Site
Deployment on Site
Case Study
Case Study
Case Study
** Required to prove stability of
candidate specification prior to
release for wider adoption
Critical Dates
Making an Application
Application and evaluation process
• Applications for the scheme is via a self
assessment form
– Looks at the impact on patient care, value for
money, capacity and capability of your
organisation and partners to deliver the project
– Each question may be accompanied by supportive
evidence justifying your self assessment score
• Applications will be reviewed by an
independent panel of NHS Clinicians and Trust
ICT Directors
ISCF Webinar Participation
1% 2% 1% 3%
3% 1%
NHS
107
Supplier
29
Academic
5
Charity
2
Central Government 1
Local Government
3
Media
1
Other
4
Total
152
19%
70%
Contact Details
• Download the ISCF launch pack from (DH web
URL)
– Application Form
– Prospectus
– Award Agreement
• More information, FAQ and help videos –
http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/itk
• Help and general queries
– toolkit.enquiries@nhs.net
ISCF Closing Date
Questions