With 1,700 trained health and social care professionals now able to use the Dorset Care Record (DCR) and 11,400 records accessed last month, we’ve been looking at the areas where partners find real benefits and highlighting comments made in recent case studies.
Preliminary analysis over the past few months has shown that the DCR is widely used by pre-admittance and pre-op clinicians and by specialist respiratory, kidney and heart consultants across our three acute hospitals.
Across our two local authorities, there is also consistently heavy use from Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard teams as well as occupational therapists, physiotherapists and social workers.
Additional information to help professionals better understand people’s medical history and current situation and quicker, more up to date details, enabling better coordinated and safer care, are often cited as reasons for people using the DCR.
Here are some comments from partner case studies from across the Our Dorset partnership: Continue reading “Case study analysis: Why partners are using the DCR and how they are benefitting”