The Hospital Waiting List Project-Adrian Corcoran (OKI)

1. Hospital Waiting Lists
Adrian Corcoran @corcoran_ad
20th January 2016
“Hospital Waiting Lists should be
published in an Open Data Format”

2. Agenda
1. Introduction
2. Section 1 - Data Information Knowledge Action
3. Section 2 - Open Data
4. Section 3 - Benefits
5. Section 4 - Strategic Actions
6. References

3. NTPF Website (As-Is)
Shared Understanding;
1. Publically Available Data (http://ntpf.ie)
2. Non Personal (counts only)

4. Publish Hospital Waiting Lists as Open Data
As-Is (Closed) To-Be (Open)
Open
Data85 PDF’s

5. Agenda
1. Introduction
2. Section 1 - Data Information Knowledge Action
3. Section 2 - Open Data
4. Section 3 - Benefits
5. Section 4 - Strategic Actions
6. References

6. Section 1 Data-Information-Knowledge-
Action
(Open Data) (Dashboard)
Experiences

7. Agenda
1. Introduction
2. Section 1 - Data Information Knowledge Action
3. Section 2 - Open Data
4. Section 3 - Benefits
5. Section 4 - Strategic Actions
6. References

8. 2.1 Open Data (Ordinary Level)
2.1 Open Data (Ordinary Level)
1. Machine
Readable
2. Open License
NTPF

9. 2.1 Open Data (Ordinary Level)
2.1 Open Data (Ordinary Level)
1. Machine
Readable
2. Open License
NTPF
We want machine readable data,
because we can then:
● Easily import data into a spreadsheet
● Quickly build our own graphs.
● Perform analysis that we are
interested in.

10. 2.2 Open Data (Higher Level)
Linked Data

11. 2.3 Wikipedia

12. 2.4 OSM

13. 2.5 Linked Data integrated into Dashboard

14. Agenda
1. Introduction
2. Section 1 - Data Information Knowledge Action
3. Section 2 - Open Data (**Machine Readable, Open License**)
4. Section 3 - Benefits
5. Section 4 - Strategic Actions
6. References

15. Section 3 Benefit#1 (Increased Transparency)
HSE Service Plan 2015
Target
12 Months
(52 Weeks)

16. 3.1 National Trends

17. 3.3 Benefit #2 (Increase value, reduce costs)
1. (Costs): IT Direct Costs: PDF System - License costs, Cost of Changes, Upgrade &
Support Costs.
2. (Value): But the Key Question is: “Who actually uses the PDF documents
published on the web site ? ”
a. Hospital Managers - NO
b. Minister for Health - ? < Why not use the Hospital Waiting List Dashboard ? >
-> Publish Open Data at the monthly level, allow stakeholder groups to aggregate as
required.
A Strategic Implementation of an Open Data based approach can reduce IT costs, while
also providing increased capability for decision makers and civil society.

18. Agenda
1. Introduction
2. Section 1 - Data Information Knowledge Action
3. Section 2 - Open Data (**Machine Readable, Open License**)
4. Section 3 - Benefits (**Increased Transparency, Increased Value**)
5. Section 4 - Strategic Actions
6. References

19. Section 4 - Strategic Actions
1. NTPF Board of Directors adopt an
Open Data Policy
2. Set Up an Innovation Forum
between NTPF, ODGB and OK
Ireland.
Cultural Change
10% 20%
70%
Sphere of Influence to drive the
necessary cultural change

20. Section 4 - Strategic Actions
1. NTPF Board of Directors adopt an
Open Data Policy
2. Set Up an Innovation Forum
between NTPF, ODGB and OK
Ireland.
3. HSE publish an Open Dataset of
Hospitals.
Cultural Change
10% 20%
70%
Sphere of Influence to drive the
necessary cultural change

21. Wrap-Up
Hospital Waiting List for Dec 2015 is
now available on IPFS.
A) okfn-ie-hospital-data
https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmT66oHDwzb8dU5
vnZt3Ez5aStcWCjbqjNE2pA25ShTjmM/
(B) hospital dashboard
http://openknowledge.ie/
( Dan Alexandru Bujoreanu, 2015)

22. Thank You