HSE Project 4059 - External Support for the National Audit of Admitted Patient Information in the Irish Acute Hospital Setting
The HSE wishes to engage external support to examine the quality of the HIPE system* with a strong emphasis on coding processes in the acute Irish hospital setting.
The successful Tenderer must demonstrate knowledge of ICD-10-AM/ACHI (International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision Australian/Australian Classification of Health Interventions) 6th & 8th Edition, Irish Coding Standards and the operation of Irish acute hospitals (view www.hpo.ie).
The scope of this audit should be broad enough to cover the following three areas:
- quality of documentation in the chart;
- quality of coding from the chart to the HIPE system and;
- quality of coding process flow
(*Hospital In-Patient Enquiry (HIPE) system is the main national system for recording information relating to inpatient and daycase attendances at acute public hospitals in Ireland)
The closing date for receipt of tenders is Thursday, 4th December, 2014 @ 12.00 noon.
Each tender submission should clearly identify the name and address of the Company making the submission using the Address Label at the end of the Tender Response document and be marked with Reference Number HSE Project 4059. Tenders may NOT be submitted by Email, Fax or via the Tender Postbox facility on the etenders website. Please refer to the Invitation to Tender document for full details.
For full details please see the Invitation to Tender documentation published with the Contract Notice on the etenders website, www.etenders.gov.ie