crab clinical informatics (c-ci)

C-CI develops and markets Copelands Risk Adjusted Barometer (CRAB), a clinical risk assessment and quality improvement solution that provides a fair, representative system for monitoring and demonstrating the quality of care and outcomes. CRAB has full clinical case-mix adjustment by patient and has been shown to produce mortality predictions that are up to 4x more accurate. It is the only system to risk-adjust for complications as well as mortality, and to calculate risk-adjusted Length of Stay. CRAB offers: An automated way of capturing data for practice audit, research and peer review. Automatically compiled, evidence-based portfolios for appraisals and revalidation. An early-warning system for identifying clinical weaknesses before they escalate. The ability to understand the strong and weak points of organisational care delivery. The tools and information to reduce Avoidable Harm. Improved coding and more informed M&M reviews. Actionable, root-cause analysis. CRAB, which has been developed with Graham Copeland, the author of the POSSUM system of surgical audit that is in use at hospitals around the world. Already installed at prominent locations, including Imperial College Healthcare, CRAB also provided core information analysis for the recent Keogh Review of Hospitals. CRAB enables hospitals and Trusts to See The Whole Picture.