Palliative shared record system adopted by 95% of Somerset GPs
Part of Somerset’s integrated care record programme, EPaCCS provides a ‘single source of truth’ regarding end of life patient care.
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Part of Somerset’s integrated care record programme, EPaCCS provides a ‘single source of truth’ regarding end of life patient care.
With giving the best treatment to a patient increasingly depending on the contributions of a range of health and social care professionals across a broad geography, the need for shared access to records is becoming ever-more pressing. So, almost two years since the five first-wave LHCRE sites were selected, what was the impact on the shared records and is there a recipe for success? Maja Dragovic investigates.
There’s no “inexhaustible pipeline” of leaders working within ICSs and more needs to be done to attract younger leaders, a King’s Fund report found.
Technology on its own is not a solution to integrated care problems but “underpins” the success of many health systems, a Nuffield Trust research said.
The event featured presentations from the Nottinghamshire, St Helens, Bolton, Salford, Frimley, Cheshire and Greater Manchester shared care record teams.
The update to the framework, published in October, includes a separate lot for suppliers of technologies that fall within a new set of digital services.