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Exploring how health and care professionals are using digital and data to make integrated care a reality,Ā spanning shared care records, population health, patient portals and remote care.Ā
Interoperability is often cited as a high priority for NHS IT leaders and is seen as critical to the sharing of data, however it can be a challenge to deliver. In our latest Industry Spotlight, Hannah Crouch spoke to Mike Symers and Russell Blackmore from ReStart about why a phased and open approach to interoperability might be the way forward.
The final phase of a project to join up just over half a million records of children across the whole of Cheshire and Merseyside has gone live.
The deal with Orion Health aims give staff working across Joined Up Care Derbyshire access to information held in existing systems by March.
Integrated care systems will need to have interoperability embedded if true joined up health and care is to be achieved, a healthcare supplier has said.
Having a shared care record in place can mean improved access to patient information and reduced risk of errors being made from a clinicians perspective. But how important is it to ensure that such records are being designed with patients in mind? Jennifer Trueland investigates.
Childrenās health records from across Bury, Oldham, Rochdale and Trafford have been integrated onto a health information system.
