Online Data Ratification Tool

Connect developed a website and web- based tool for the Healthcare Commission, to enable participating health trusts to ratify the data required for the Trust Star Ratings Evaluation.

The trust area of the website is a password-protected interface, allowing authorised users from each trust to view data collated by the Healthcare Commission which relates to their own specific targets and relevant areas of focus. Aside from being able to view the data relating to individual key targets the user is able to query and/or comment on individual data items. This query is then passed to the Healthcare Commission’s internal query management system for attention.

The administration area, accessible only to the Health Commission, enables staff to maintain and moderate the site. Data (which may have been amended to take account of queries raised by trusts via the tool) is provided via ad hoc upload to the website. This data is withheld from public view until authorised for publication, meanwhile previously published versions of the data remain viewable.