The Dorset Care Record is a good example of how shared care records become more effective as they mature. It has just gone life with a clinical maternity pathway for practitioners and will be considering implementing Orion Health Medicines next year. However, communications and engagement manager Tony McDougal told a recent King’s Fund event that there is more to do.
Large-scale digital care record projects can take time to find their feet. Yet, once they move from “seeing to doing” – from giving clinicians a “view” of information held in different IT systems to using it to actively improve care – they can take off rapidly.
The Dorset Care Record is just at that point. Having spent two years integrating hospital and GP information using the Orion Health Amadeus open platform, it has just gone live with its first pathway: a clinical maternity pathway that will support Dorset’s pioneering Better Births project.
To read more about Tony’s six key takeaway messages – go to Orion Health’s blog page – https://blog.orionhealth.com/an-issue-of-social-justice/