People living in Dorset can look forward to enhanced coordinated care as further records are joined up within the Dorset Care Record (DCR).
The next tranche of health and social care records are coming on stream this week, which will mean that a quarter of the proposed data feeds within the Dorset Care Record have been successfully integrated. Continue reading “Better Informed means Better Care for Dorset residents – Further pathways added to the Dorset Care Record”
People living in Dorset can look forward to enhanced coordinated care as further records are joined up within the Dorset Care Record (DCR).
The next tranche of health and social care records are coming on stream this week, which will mean that more than a quarter of the proposed data feeds within the Dorset Care Record have been successfully integrated.
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A man’s life has been saved thanks to the Dorset Care Record.
The middle-aged man, who has complex learning difficulties, a history of alcohol dependency and a form of psychosis, has in the past often presented himself to hospitals saying he had something in his heart or something was trying to get out of his stomach.
Anna Cosslett, Chief Clinical Information Officer at Dorset HealthCare, said she had noticed some weeks ago that the man also exhibited very high cholesterol levels: “We managed with his GP to add this information to the man’s Summary Care Record, which feed in to the Dorset Care Record (DCR). We said that he should be physically examined before being discharged if he presented himself again at hospital,” she told the DCR Programme Board this week.
The man presented himself at Dorset County Hospital and the first consultant, who did not have access to the DCR, referred him to a psychiatrist on mental health grounds. The second consultant looked on his Dorset Care Record as the first port of call and after tests realised he had suffered a heart attack. He has been treated in Dorchester and is recovering.
In our latest blog, Dorset Care Record solution architect Andy Hadley explains why it is so important to provide an Integrated Care Record to support people whose lives have been dominated by long-term care needs, including easy access for both them and their carers.
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Adult service lead for Mosaic, Martin Turner, believes the Dorset Care Record is an important innovation and will make a difference across a range of health and social care fields.
A Dorset County Council Occupational Therapy Assistant talks about how the Dorset Care Record can help provide a better overview of client’s health conditions:
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A Borough of Poole spokesman told us the following instance where the Dorset Care Record provided to be useful:
More than 100 health and social care professionals have signed up to the Dorset Care Record (DCR), marking a milestone for the project which aims to create a comprehensive and up to date record for every resident having treatment in the county.
Continue reading “First 100 health and social care professionals sign up to the Dorset Care Record”
Dorset County Council Continuing Healthcare Advisor Jonathan Williams is the 100th health and social care professional to complete the training for the Dorset Care Record, including the mandatory modules around consent and security.
Mr Williams, who joined six months ago from neighbouring Somerset County Council, is involved in improving how health and social care work together for people across the county.
Speaking about how the DCR will make a difference, he further said: ‘The DCR will ensure people get the right support at the right time. This should really help to ensure that people – particularly those with intense, complex and unpredictable health needs – get the help that’s needed.
‘It should make decision making far more straightforward as we will be able to discern each circumstance more easily across records, particularly where people are applying for CHC (Continuing Health Care).
‘The DCR is extremely important as it will reduce duplication of efforts and make sure the right information is seen by the right people at the right time.’
Alerts and encounters from Dorset County Hospital (DCH) have this week been added to the Dorset Care Record (DCR).