FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPRESS RELEASEJuly 9^th 2008 Fareham, United Kingdom: DQ Global, the experts in data quality improvement today announced a successful data quality partnership to create a single patient view with the NHS. DQ Global have partnered with the Wirral Health Informatics Services (WHIS) as part of a national research initiative on the Electronic Health Record (EHR).
The  Wirral was tasked to develop the electronic record register for cancer patients and called on DQ Global to help them to identify non-identically matching patient records across multiple and different organisations to create a common holistic view of the cancer patient’s records. DQ Global provided the core technology their products are built upon, the DQ Toolkit. The technology allowed WHIS to embed data formatting, standardisation and matching capabilities right into their patient record management application, enabling WHIS to identify duplicate patient records with very high levels of confidence. The use of the DQ Toolkit was extended to be embedded into the Wirral MPI (WiMPI) and then further extended to one of the most advanced and complete EHR systems in the NHS. Pete Marsh, WHIS’ Technical Director stated “Our technical architect was effusive in praise for the DQ products, cost and effectiveness.” The DQ Toolkit allowed WHIS to cleanse and match demographic databases across primary, (GP's), secondary (Hospitals) and Tertiary care sectors (Specialist Oncology units) and link all their clinical data. Thanks to the DQ Toolkit, WHIS now has a duplicate free, single patient view for the electronic cancer register.   

About Wirral Health Informatics Services (WHIS)The Wirral Health Informatics Service is an NHS department which provides Information and I.T. services to the health organisations in Wirral, Merseyside, including: Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Wirral Primary Care Trust and Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Foundation Trust. They all jointly retain the services of WHIS to deliver infrastructure, development, support and project management services relating to their national NHS Information and I.T. obligations. 

About DQ GlobalWith over 10 years' experience in data quality improvement, DQ Global specialises in easy to use, database-independent, data cleansing software which saves money and provides a platform for better informed decisions. Solutions range from simple desktop, through larger departmental databases to complex enterprise-wide single customer view and master data management initiatives. Head Quartered in Fareham, Hampshire, UK; DQ Global also has regional offices in North America and South Africa serving over 500 clients worldwide, including: Toshiba, Harvey Nichols, Standard Charter Bank, Pfizer and Siemens. www.dqglobal.com For more information, please contact Michelle Soper-DyerTel: +44 (0)23 9298 8303Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it