Medical history and past and current medications information in the Dorset Care Record is helping clinical staff prepare patients for surgery.
Rebecca Bradley has worked in the University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) endoscopy pre-assessment department since October 2020 while her colleague, Simone King, has been in the endoscopy pre-assessment for the past 4 years. Continue reading “Dorset Care Record: Helping to prepare patients for endoscopy surgery”
Three weeks ago Simon Heazell went to have the removal of temporary stents at University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) following an operation to remove kidney stones.
Ahead of the operation Simon had a detailed discussion with a member of the UHD pre-assessment team to ensure that he was physically fit to undergo the operation. Continue reading “The Dorset Care Record – A Patient’s View”
Our privacy officer Tracy Brinson is leaving after 28 years following a range of roles across Dorset Council. These are her farewell thoughts on the Dorset Care Record and Information Governance.
Imagine a football match at the beginning of a new season. Both teams are chomping at the bit to get their first victory and grab those precious three points. Side A is up to speed with all the rules and regulations having poured over the Football Association’s rule book. Side B has failed to notice the offside rule has changed meaning that at least one attacker can be ahead of the last line of defence when the ball is passed through. The result? Side B faces a crisis of confidence. The calamity of an unprepared side and a heavy defeat. And a loss of support and belief from their fan base. The moral of the story – if you are prepared and up to date with developments you stand a much better chance of victory. Continue reading “Privacy, Data Protection, Training and Engagement in the Dorset Care Record”
When Fiona White qualified four years ago as a medicines management technician, she was constantly ringing GP surgeries and asking staff to fax through often hand-written information.
Now she is a regular and consistent Dorset Care Record user and loves its easy access and intuitive nature.
Fiona has been working at Poole Hospital since 2015. The role complements the hospital pharmacists but is different. Fiona is involved in supplying medication to patients while they are in hospital, in preparation for their discharge; counselling patients on their past and current medication; carrying out technical checks and liaising with members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure a safe and efficient service.
Having blood test results and clinical correspondence in one place at a touch of a button is helping boost patient care for Poole oncologist Dr Mike Bayne.
Dr Bayne, has been a consultant oncologist in Poole since 2005 specialising in lung cancer, radiotherapy for haematological malignancy and is chair of the Dorset Neuroendocrine MDT. Continue reading “Bridging the county – how the DCR is enhancing patient management for Poole oncologist”
Osteoporosis and Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) lead nurse practitioner at Yeovil District Hospital Clare Cockill is an enthusiastic user of the Dorset Care Record.
Clare, who has practised at Yeovil since 2006, said that in an average year Yeovil FLS deals with around 1500 new patients with fragility fractures, many of them elderly due to the demographic nature of the population in north Dorset and south Somerset. Continue reading “Community information through the DCR providing a lifeline for bone specialists”
We recently sent out a questionnaire to around 30 users asking how our record helps them and how it is making a difference to their working lives and helping patients: Continue reading “Benefits of using the Dorset Care Record explored”
Health and social care professionals using the Dorset Care Record are now receiving GP data in a different way that is in-line with GP Connect standards.
The system has replaced the traditional Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG) system. It aims to support better clinical care by opening up information and data held within GP practice IT systems for use across health and social care. Continue reading “Better, more convenient patient care – Dorset Care Record introduces new system for primary care information”
Our team have been working closely and at pace with Wessex Care Records and Orion Health to introduce a GP Connect standard to replace the current MIG primary care system. Ian Haywood, Wessex Care Records’ business analyst talks about some of the benefits associated with the changes in our latest blog.
Having access to Primary Care (GP) data is a significant part of why the DCR is so useful to clinicians. Since its inception, the DCR has accessed GP information via an interface provided by Healthcare Gateway, known as the MIG, and this has been hugely successful in providing a level of information previously inaccessible to many Health and Social care clinicians.
In recent years NHS Digital, and with the creation and support of NHSX, has pushed the interoperability agenda further, with a huge amount of focus on better enabling primary care information to be shared with other NHS and Social Care organisations to support direct care. Continue reading “Moving to GP Connect”
Patient safety in one of the region’s largest eye units is being enhanced thanks to additional information being picked up by consultants from the Dorset Care Record.
Consultant ophthalmologist Cath Marsh has been an eye consultant at the University Hospitals Dorset since 2003, specialising in paediatric ophthalmology and oculoplastics (eye plastic surgery). She is one of the consultants in charge of the Eye Emergency department, which in most years sees around 20,000 visitors a year. Continue reading “Keeping an eye on the Dorset Care Record”