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Andy Cowling, DCR head of service

Dorset Care Record – Review of the Year 2023

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In our final think-piece of 2023, our Head of Service Andy Cowling looks back at some of the success stories of the past year and ahead to some of the interoperability plans to further enhance the Dorset Care Record.

Well, here we are again, this is the 4th annual review that I’ve done for the Dorset Care Record (DCR) programme and – as usual – it doesn’t seem that long ago that I wrote last year’s!
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Andy Cowling, DCR head of service

Dorset Care Record – Review of the Year 2022

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In our final think-piece of 2022, our Head of Service Andy Cowling looks back at some of the success stories of the past year and ahead to some of the interoperability plans to further enhance the Dorset Care Record

I can’t believe that it has been 12 months since I was asked to write the last one of these – time certainly flies in the world of the Dorset Care Record (DCR).

First off, let’s look at some of our key statistics for the year:

  1. We have increased our average daily uses from 2,000 to over 3,000 which shows a significant 50% improvement
  2. We have generated over £2.7m in non-cash releasing benefits for the Dorset system
  3. We have managed to surpass a major milestone in training over 5,000 health and social care professionals
  4. We have delivered nine pilots, involving real patients, for our patient portal myDCR.

These statistics will grab the headlines and myself and the team are rightly proud of them but they don’t tell the whole story – just the end results of all of the hard work that the PMO, Orion Health and our partners put into the programme every day. Continue reading “Dorset Care Record – Review of the Year 2022” →

Orion Health customer conference in Bristol

“Ensuring the right patient gets the right care in the right place at the right time..”

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The theme of the Orion Health customer conference in Bristol earlier this month was on building on the shared care records to make healthcare more efficient for organisations and clinicians, to coordinate care for patients and to move towards population health management approaches. Our Communications lead Tony McDougal reports.

Covid-19 has accelerated changes and the digitalisation of healthcare with a strong focus on data to improve the health and care experience for both clinicians and patients.

Newly appointed Orion Health Chief Executive Officer Brad Porter said around the world, countries were releasing data strategies that focus on the need to make healthcare more equitable and accessible to those who it need it most. Continue reading ““Ensuring the right patient gets the right care in the right place at the right time..”” →