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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
Speaking at the ‘Empowering people in a digital world’ conference on 13 February, Matthew Swindells discussed how technology fits into the Long Term Plan.
When the Local Health and Care Record Exemplars LHCREs were created, the official line is that they would support local direct care and enable population health management and analytics at regional level. But, as Digital Health editor Jon Hoeksma reports, tensions are emerging on whether they should also provide a bridge to a federated care.data-like national data resource.Ā Ā
The three new selected LHCRE sites which have been awarded money are the Share2Care, the Great North Care Record and the South West.
The medical team wanted a solution which supported individual and collaborative working when examining and comparing medical images.
Data sharing between primary and secondary care has long been a digital challenge for the NHS. But with Matt Hancock focusing his attention on resolving the problem and a new national programme underway, is a corner about to be turned? Maja Dragovic finds out.
How much progress has been made on shared records, what obstacles remain, and can the exemplars help other areas of the NHS progress? Maja Dragovic investigates.
