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Video: What can you find in myDCR?

Our business analyst Theresa Smith runs through the functionality available in our patient health record myDCR in this video.

Ahead of the launch of our pilots, she talks about the appointments, goals and actions available so that you can better look after your health. Theresa also touches on shared files and how you can add people to your support network and the health and video library available on the system.

The video was first aired at the Digital Dorset Festival of the Future Health and Social Care Day last week.

 

Crystal Dennis - being interviewed by Tony McDougal as part of the Digital Dorset Festival of the Future Health and Social Care Day

Lets talk about our digital future….

As part of Digital Dorset’s Festival of the Future Health and Social Care Day, the Dorset Care Record’s communications and engagement officer Tony McDougal interviewed the DCR’s Senior Responsible Owner Peter Gill and the Operational lead for public facing digital health technologies Crystal Dennis

Tony McDougal – So Peter, as Senior Responsible Owner for the Dorset Care Record, how is the record making a difference to the lives of clinicians and the public? What are the benefits of having a shared care record and does data really save lives?

Peter Gill – So, I think the simple message is instant access to critical information to the DCR which is hard to get to through other mechanisms. Previously people would have had to call through to a GP – a GP receptionist to try and speak to a GP to ask their GP for some information and that person may be coming from a busy emergency department and try to make those calls while the patient is in front of them would be very time consuming and possibly not even effective. Maybe the GP couldn’t come to the phone and describe what they know about the patient. So those very old fashioned processes have now  been replaced by clinicians across UHD and social care staff at a click of a button whilst already in their core electronic record they use every day they can now click through to the DCR and have critical information that primary care, Dorset County, UHD knows about the patient and client in front of them. Continue reading “Lets talk about our digital future….”

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myDCR highlighted in NHSX blog on a celebration of progress for shared care records

The Dorset Care Record has been showcased in a new blog on the progress of shared care records by NHSX Programme Director Ashley Hannah.

The blog highlights the achievements of shared care records across England over the past nine months but Mr Hannah touches on the  DCR for its work on moving towards our patient portal myDCR.

Mr Hannah wrote: “Secondly, the Dorset Care Record (DCR) which brings together Dorset’s acute hospitals, two local authorities, community and mental health providers and GPs. Three years after accepting its first demographic information, the DCR will soon pilot its patient health record “myDCR”. This will enable people in Dorset to view their record, record and monitor health goals and actions, share data with health and social care professionals and receive clinic letters from hospitals about discharge information and appointments.” Continue reading “myDCR highlighted in NHSX blog on a celebration of progress for shared care records”

Dorset Council's future fest

Coming Soon – We’re climbing aboard the Festival of the Future

We’re looking forward to taking part in Digital Dorset’s Festival of the Future 2021. We’re involved in  the health and social care day on Friday 8 October and will be online and present at Moors Valley Country Park.

We’re planning to show our new myDCR video for our patient portal. Filming took place at the end of September at University Hospitals Dorset and editing is fully underway. Our business analyst Theresa Smith will also be showing what you can expect from the patient portal. And finally our Senior Reporting Officer Peter Gill and head of digital innovation Crystal Dennis are in the spotlight in a Q and A session with DCR’s Communications officer Tony McDougal

In the meantime, have a look at the video produced by the Digital Dorset team.

 

DCR team hard at work pine cutting at RSPB Arne on their volunteering day

Pine pulling at RSPB Arne: Our Volunteering Day

The Dorset Care Record team has spent their volunteering day this year helping conserve one of our rarest heathland habitats. Equipped with gloves and tree clippers, the team spent the day  at RSPB Arne harvesting fast-growing pine trees that can spread rapidly through the lowland health and gorse.

The team saw a sika deer, which have become quite common on the reserve, but despite scouring the skies failed to spot the white tailed eagle which was seen at Arne at the weekend after flying over from the Isle of Wight. Continue reading “Pine pulling at RSPB Arne: Our Volunteering Day”

Robots supporting the Dorset Care Record

All of Dorset GPs are being given click through access to the Dorset Care Record (DCR) thanks to an emerging form of business process automation technology based on software robots (bots) or artificial intelligence (AI) workers.

The process – known as Robotic Process Automation (RPA) – has been created by IT specialists at Dorset CCG using a solution from global leader in intelligence automation Blue Prism.

Paul Wyman, RPA architect at Dorset CCG, has been working in automation in Dorset with the NHS since 2012 and says the virtual software robots, which are based in the cloud, can perform a range of jobs. Continue reading “Robots supporting the Dorset Care Record”

Head of Service Andy Cowling

Dorset Care Record celebrates new milestones

Patient safety is being increasingly enhanced across Dorset thanks to the growth of the county’s shared health and care record.

More than 40,000 patient records within the Dorset Care Record were viewed during August, enabling professionals to have the most up to date health and social care information.

And more than 3,000 health and social care professionals have now completed the mandatory information sharing and security training, ensuring that the records are used correctly and stored safely. Continue reading “Dorset Care Record celebrates new milestones”

Painting a picture of the Dorset Care Record

Alex May has been producing illustrations for teams across Dorset Council over the past few years. In our latest blog, Alex writes about his work and how he came to produce the diagram for the Dorset Care Record Partnership.

I began to draw “rich picture” process maps some years back (diagrams with images of the “thing” next to the words for the “thing”). I used these to help gain a buy-in and a greater understanding from my customers for pieces of work I was involved with. I worked closely, at the time, with DCR Business Analyst Jayne Catley, who introduced me to this format.

One thing led to another and soon I was producing sketch notes / graphic recording / illustrations regularly for not only my own but Corporate projects. I really enjoy the format and believe in the adage that “a picture speaks a thousand words” ……plus the hope is that, on some occasions, they allow me to avoid writing!

All my illustrations to date have been drawn freehand. This can, however, make the whole process very time consuming and if I mess something up…

Continue reading “Painting a picture of the Dorset Care Record”

Social workers are using the Dorset Care Record widely

Adult social workers benefitting from the Dorset Care Record

In our latest case study, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council’s  Learning and Development officer Debbie Macaulay has been speaking to one of the council’s adult social workers about how they have been using the Dorset Care Record.

“It  is actually a massive help (aspects of huge time saving, accurate information gathering and efficiency) and I have been using DCR since it became available with increasing frequency as more and more detail has become available to view.

Continue reading “Adult social workers benefitting from the Dorset Care Record”