Part of Child Health Interoperability (CHI) implementation guide for health visiting services
PDS change of address
PDS change of address
PDS change of address event messages are generated by the Spine and published to the NEMS when the usual address of a patient is changed within their PDS record. The event message will contain the patient’s new address and their previous address.
1. Data fields available in this message
This table lists the data fields in the PDS change of address notification message.
|
Current address type |
| Address type 1 or 2 |
| Address line 3 |
| Address line 4 |
| Address line 5 |
| Postcode |
| PAF KEY |
| Address description |
| Address effective from date |
| Address effective to date |
| Previous address type |
| Previous address |
| Previous postcode |
| Previous address description |
| Previous address effective from date |
| Previous address effective to date |
4. What benefits can be achieved
This table provides information about the benefits of using change of address notifications in NEMS.
| Do you currently? | With NEMS | Which means | What may be impacted | Possible measures before and after |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receive address changes periodically for example weekly or ad hoc and from multiple sources | You will receive address changes as they happen for all your population |
You may know about newborn moving in earlier The accuracy of your population cohort is improved |
Timeliness of processes for newborns (bloodspot) Better support for commissioning discussions and reporting |
NBV, Hepatitis B, Blood spot key performance indicators (also see birth notifications) frequency of receipt of demographic changes number of demographic changes per day or week. |
| Ever find out a child has moved out some time after the event? | as above | Receiving child information services or health visiting services may be notified sooner or most consistently proactively for a mover out. | Responsibility for child potentially re-allocated sooner with reduced risk of missing intervention | Number of movers out inititiated. |
| Ever find out a child has moved in some time after the event? | as above | You may know about a child moving in sooner | Responsibility for child potentially re- allocated sooner with a reduced risk of missing an intervention | Number of address changes for movers in which weren't notified before. |
| Get multiple demographics changes when updating screening results? | as above | You have fewer changes when screening results are received | The time required each day to process screening results. | Number of records with demographic changes before or after. |
Last edited: 1 October 2020 8:04 am