Accurate, relevant and timely data is essential in order to deliver services and improve health and social care. It can be used to inform decision-making, monitor diseases, organise services, support policy making, conduct quality research and plan for future health and social care needs, both at local and national level.
Online learning course
HIQA has developed an online learning course on How to improve data quality for health and social care services to explain the importance of data quality, and assist organisations to implement HIQA’s Guidance on a data quality framework, see the modules below: