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Dorset Council adult alerts added to the Dorset Care Record

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Adult alerts from Dorset Council have been added to the Dorset Care Record (DCR) from today.

The new feed will allow GPs and other health professionals to know whether adult social care is involved with a specific patient and in what circumstance, based upon the alert that is now available in the system.

Sharing this type of information can also enable early interventions to prevent the escalation of risk, coordinate effective and efficient responses across our health and social care partnership and prevent abuse and harm that may increase the need for care and support. Continue reading “Dorset Council adult alerts added to the Dorset Care Record” →

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Growing the use of the Dorset Care Record – A Partner’s story

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One of Dorset HealthCare’s Project Support Officers, John Hutchence, has for the past 4 months been working on finding out what DHC users think of DCR and how to promote the system. In our latest blog, John highlights some of important feedback received and details what is being done to further promote the system.

DCR has been live for several years and statistics regarding use are regularly sent out to partner organisations. The number of trained users within DHC has risen to over 1000, but the number of active users each month has typically been around 20% of this figure.  In mid-February a questionnaire was sent out to all trained users to find out more about how the Trust uses DCR, with a view to increase the figures. Continue reading “Growing the use of the Dorset Care Record – A Partner’s story” →

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Dorset Care Record Guide for Potential new Health and Social Care Users

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This guide has been produced by the PMO team to help staff with any questions they might have about the Dorset Care Record. It is available also in word format. For further information please contact our Communications and Engagement Manager Tony McDougal – tony.mcdougal@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk (Tel: 01305 224831) Continue reading “Dorset Care Record Guide for Potential new Health and Social Care Users” →