A new update has been made to the SSNAP dataset: Section 9 is now accessible to all teams. This section appears as a new tab titled "Additional Questions for All Teams" within patient records and contains questions relevant to various local audits.
What You Need to Know
If Your Team is NOT Part of These Studies
If your team does not participate in any of the local audits associated with these additional questions, you can simply ignore Additional Questions for All Teams tab. You can continue to lock and transfer patient records as you normally would without any required action.
If Your Team IS Part of These Studies
For teams involved in one of these studies, you only need to answer the specific questions relevant to your study. There is no requirement to complete questions outside your study's scope.
If you would like to add some additional questions that will be available only to your team, please contact the SSNAP helpdesk.
Impact on SSNAP Exports
Exports of SSNAP data will now include extra columns corresponding to the questions in Additional Questions for All Teams tab. However, the export file specification has not changed. This means you can safely delete the additional question columns from the exported file without affecting your existing data processing workflows.
For details on the import/export file specification, refer to the documentation here: SSNAP Import/Export Specification.
This update aims to streamline data collection for participating teams while ensuring minimal disruption for those not involved in these audits. If you have any questions, please reach out to us at ssnap@kcl.ac.uk.