The launch of the maternity clinical pathway for midwives and health visitors has helped push the number of records accessed through the Dorset Care Record during December to more than 4,000.
Latest figures, provided by our tech company Orion Health, show there were 4,131 records accessed during December – a jump of 44.6% on November’s figures (2,856).
The December figure was more than 1,000 higher than any previous month since the DCR launched in February 2018.
We also had more than 400 pathology reports viewed by clinicians, 98 radiology reports accessed and nearly 3,000 log-ins, which were all the highest recorded figures for the DCR.
The number of health and social care professionals using the DCR, following mandatory training, continues to rise. At present, there are 1,068 people able to use the DCR among our seven partner organisations. Dorset HealthCare continues to have the largest number of users with more than 400.
Commenting on LinkedIn, Gary Birks, Orion Health’s general manager for GB and Ireland, wrote: “Great progress on the development of the Dorset Care Record.”