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Statistics for March 2023

Shared care record celebrates new usage milestone

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More than 100,000 records were viewed during March by health and social care professionals, marking a new milestone for the Dorset Care Record.

Figures for the month show there were 108,844 records viewed, including 89,606 views through Single Sign On and 19,238 via the web portal link.

And for the first time there were also more than 100,000 log-ins by our 6,200 trained users, with a total of 103,767 reported.

The number of pathology reports viewed was also at its highest level since the care record started 5 years ago, at just over 19,100.

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Graph showing rise in use of DCR

Dorset Care Record viewed over 1.5m times by health and care professionals

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The Dorset Care Record (DCR) has now been viewed more than 1.5 million times by health and care staff, helping them provide faster, safer, and more effective care across the county.

This is a major milestone in the development of the Dorset Care Record, which was introduced in April 2018 to enhance communication between care professionals across Dorset.

November’s figures were the highest so far with 92,624 patient records accessed and 87,952 logins, representing an 8% monthly rise. Over the last 12 months, there has been a 66% rise in use of the DCR. Continue reading “Dorset Care Record viewed over 1.5m times by health and care professionals” →

Graph showing rise in use of Dorset Care Record

On track for 750,000 views in 2022

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We passed a number of milestone in January as the Dorset Care Record saw the largest number of records accessed (67,530) and log-ins ( 61,037).

For the first time, University Hospitals Dorset (covering Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch and Poole Hospitals) had over 40,000 log-ins to the system.

And practitioners at Dorset County Hospital accessed more than 10,000 patient records in January – another first.

Projections based on this month is there to be over 750,000 patient views this year, showing the increasing maturity of our record.

 

DCR Programme Manager Andy Cowling

Review of the Year – 2020

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In our final thought piece of the year, our Programme Manager Andy Cowling highlights the progress made by partners across the Dorset Care Record over the past 12 months and looks at some of the exciting initiatives ahead.

It has been a really exciting and productive year for the Dorset Care Record programme with our component number rising to 47 and a number of major releases completed successfully through 2020. We have seen meaningful contributions from all our partners and one partner completing all their deliverables. We have also introduced single sign on functionality for many of our users, resulting in a huge increase in people using the system.

What has been especially pleasing to see is that the partners, Orion Health and the DCR project management office have been able to form strong and effective working relationships that has meant communication is better than ever and it really feels like a team.

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Better sharing of health records between NHS and care services – a consumer view

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In our latest blog, Healthwatch Dorset’s manager Louise Bate considers the feedback the organisation gathers from local people and the benefits of joined up health and social care records

Healthwatch Dorset offers an independent way for local people to ask questions about health and social care services and give their feedback. We’re a small team – 4 members of staff, plus a fantastic group of 120 volunteers working across the county. We use all the feedback we gather, through community engagement, social media, press, events and focus groups to improve local services. You can read more about our work in our latest Impact Report: https://healthwatchdorset.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/HWDorset-Annual-Report-2019-20-finalLr2.pdf

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Update: Steep rise in records accessed during January

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Handling and sharing sensitive records in the Dorset Care Record

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The Dorset Care Record is the first shared health and social care record in England to work through the complexities of handling and sharing sensitive records from NHS Digital’s Personal Demographic Service as marked on the NHS Spine.

These restricted records are used to protect the location of vulnerable patients in high risk categories, such as adoption and witness protection.

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