We continue to see a rise in use of the Dorset Care Record – both in terms of numbers of patient records viewed and health and social care professionals trained to use the system.
Latest figures for February show that 19,008 records were viewed during the previous month, a rise of 1% on December’s figures. The number of pathology and radiology reports viewed also reached a record high of 4,676 during January. Continue reading “February Update – Ongoing growth for the Dorset Care Record”
Our training manager Catherine Snook highlights the digital changes introduced to make our information more relevant and easier to use
The importance of accessible, digital training content has never been greater than it is today. Here at the Dorset Care Record we have proactively reacted to the Covid-19 pandemic and used this opportunity to create newly revised online training content which is more relevant and accessible than ever before. What’s more, we now also provide a platter of online learning options to support our partner organisations, all of which can be accessed by the click of a button! Continue reading “Digital Training during the Covid Pandemic”
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.
Mental health records from Dorset HealthCare are for the first time feeding into the Dorset Care Record (DCR).
It means that mental health and community health data have now joined hospitals, GPs and social care in both seeing a view only summary and contributing data.
Continue reading “First mental health records from Dorset HealthCare enter the Dorset Care Record”
Orion Health has this week published an updated digital Dorset Care Record case study. The online study is divided into five sections:
Continue reading “Orion Health’s updated Dorset Care Record case study”
Adult referrals from Dorset Council (DC) have this week been added to the Dorset Care Record, expanding the amount of social care information available.
The move will be particularly beneficial to other health professionals, who will be able to see details of when older people, informal carers or younger adults with learning difficulties, visual impairment or physical impairment have been referred.
Continue reading “Dorset Council goes live with adult referrals in the Dorset Care Record”
Finding information swiftly through the Dorset Care Record is helping a Dorset HealthCare worker, as it provides vital, accurate information about patient care and saves time for busy health professionals, GP’s and acute hospital staff.
Cathy Hopkins has been working at the Mid-Dorset hub in Dorchester for the past two years as a health and social care coordinator after 5 years working in human resources at the then Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals. Continue reading “Additional DCR information making a difference for NHS Health and Social Care Coordinator”
Come and hear from our new Training Manager Catherine Snook on how she is introducing technology to train our partners and Communications and Engagement manager Tony McDougal about the establishment of user groups to test pilot plans for our new citizen portal (My Dorset Care Record), plus the exceptional growth of people using the Dorset Care Record over the past six months due in part to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Community physical health data is to be used in in the Dorset Care Record (DCR) to help provide a better service for patients.
Physical health data includes information from community hospital inpatient stays, therapy services and district nursing alongside many other services that use SystmOne.
All the additions are in line with the DCR’s aim to bring all health details together so medical and social care staff can give the best possible care.
Continue reading “Community physical health data to be used in the Dorset Care Record”
Seven years ago, our Programme Director Astrid Fairclough was seconded to the then Department of Health to lead the Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) programme. Working closely with NHS Digital, the team delivered world leading statistics about FGM and the FGM Information Sharing System. Last year, with the support of a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust fellowship, Astrid travelled to Kenya, Egypt, Sierra Leone and Australia to look at the personal and emotional side to FGM. The report was published last week, and Astrid is now embarking on the next stage of her work – sharing her findings with colleagues across the NHS and those working to End FGM.
I’ve been lucky enough to have made a career in the NHS, but never when I joined my local PCT straight after school did I imagine that some 15 years later, my employer would supported me to complete an international research Fellowship. But last year, I travelled to Kenya, Egypt, Sierra Leone and then Australia, and I have just published my report recommending how we can improve how we tackle female genital mutilation (FGM) in the UK.
Within this article, I’d like to both share a little about the research and also share about the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, the remarkable organisation who gave me a grant to complete this opportunity.