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Mary Brinsdon, UHD cancer nurse specialist

Patient allergy and medical history information useful for University Hospitals Dorset cancer nurse specialist

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Lead Gynaecology Cancer Nurse Specialist Mary Brinsdon has become a keen user of the Dorset Care Record in recent months, using the shared care record nearly 500 times during May.

Mary, who has been a gynaecology and oncology clinical nurse specialist at University Hospitals Dorset for the past eight and a half years, found out about the shared care record from colleagues. Continue reading “Patient allergy and medical history information useful for University Hospitals Dorset cancer nurse specialist” →

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Greater integrated care across Dorset as more feeds from acute hospitals enter the Dorset Care Record

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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 came on stream this week. Allergy information from University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust (formerly Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals (RBCH) and Poole Hospital (PH) will be available to health and social care professionals using the DCR.

It will mean that allergy details from across all of the county’s acute hospitals will be in place. This will be useful for hospital teams who will be able to prescribe medications more safely to patients

University Hospitals Dorset have also added clinic letters into the DCR as well as electronic inpatient and emergency discharge summaries, which will provide clear advice to GPs and social care teams helping to provide ongoing care to patients.

Continue reading “Greater integrated care across Dorset as more feeds from acute hospitals enter the Dorset Care Record” →

Pre-admissions team find Dorset Care Record useful for accessing latest primary care information

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A team from the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospital (RBCH) are currently accessing more than a third of all the records opened by Dorset Care Record (DCR) health and social care professionals.

The Pre-admissions team have accessed around 15,000 of the 40,000 DCR examined so far, using it for every patient that they have contact with primary care to look at GP practice information.

They have found the DCR particularly useful to gain information for medications, allergies, blood pressure and other tests. Continue reading “Pre-admissions team find Dorset Care Record useful for accessing latest primary care information” →

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Better Informed means Better Care for Dorset residents – Further pathways added to the Dorset Care Record

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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” →

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Dorset Care Record Update: Stakeholder article – October 2019

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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.
Continue reading “Dorset Care Record Update: Stakeholder article – October 2019” →