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

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”