A man’s life has been saved thanks to the Dorset Care Record.<\/p>\n
The middle-aged man, who has complex learning difficulties, a history of alcohol dependency and a form of psychosis, has in the past often presented himself to hospitals saying he had something in his heart or something was trying to get out of his stomach.<\/p>\n
Anna Cosslett, Chief Clinical Information Officer at Dorset HealthCare, said she had noticed some weeks ago that the man also exhibited very high cholesterol levels: “We managed with his GP to add this information to the man’s Summary Care Record, which feed in to the Dorset Care Record (DCR). We said that he should be physically examined before being discharged if he presented himself again at hospital,” she told the DCR Programme Board this week.<\/p>\n
The man presented himself at Dorset County Hospital and the first consultant, who did not have access to the DCR, referred him to a psychiatrist on mental health grounds. The second consultant looked on his Dorset Care Record as the first port of call and after tests realised he had suffered a heart attack. He has been treated in Dorchester and is recovering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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