PRSB starts work on Burden Assessment of CDSs
NHS Digital has commissioned the PRSB to undertake a new project to assess the burden placed on healthcare providers when they are collecting and reporting on the Commissioning Data Sets (CDSs). The purpose of this project is for the PRSB to undertake burden assessments of the data sets across a representative sample of the health and care systems. This will help us obtain a rich and accurate picture of what information is […]
PRSB boosts patient engagement
People are at the centre of what we do, and this year the PRSB is aiming to boost our engagement with patients, carers and citizens. Since we began creating standards for information sharing, we have consulted patients at all stages of the journey, to ensure their voices are always reflected in our work. In 2018, we […]
PRSB supporting development of a digital ReSPECT form
A PRSB workshop is being planned to bring together end-of-life clinicians, system suppliers and informatics professionals to review proposals for a digital ReSPECT form. This is the next step in the work PRSB is currently undertaking with NHS Scotland and Resuscitation Council UK to develop a digital specification for the ReSPECT form, which outlines a […]
PRSB visits NHS Grampian
Further developing our relationships in Scotland, the PRSB recently visited NHS Grampian, to better understand how the health board is pioneering an integrated approach to health and care information sharing and to promote the use of PRSB standards. The PRSB presented our work on transfer of care and integrated care standards and our role in […]
PRSB launches new website
This month we launched our new website to improve how we share information about our growing portfolio of standards for health and care records and our work to support their adoption. The updated site is easy to navigate, with a new tool that allows people to view the contents of a standard in a user […]
Sharing lessons helps trusts to implement standards
PRSB to share lessons learned from trust visits to help others implement standards. A webinar hosted by the PRSB this month outlined some of the key actions that need to be addressed for wider implementation of the e-discharge standard to ensure information in care records is shared between hospitals and GPs in primary care. We realise that […]
Reducing errors and improving standards of care for patients
Sharing information on patient medications with community pharmacists after hospital discharge is helping to improve care, according to NHS Wales Informatics Service. Following the implementation of the e-discharge summary standard, many hospitals are sharing specific discharge information on medications with community pharmacists, provided they have the patient’s permission. This means that pharmacists can have access […]
Animations bring patient data to life
New series of animations will help raise awareness about patient data In a bid to bring to life its messages, the Wellcome Trust have been working with the PRSB and other supporters to produce a series of animations to demonstrate how patient data is used in the NHS and beyond. The animations, part of the Understanding Patient Data project, […]
Patient portal is helping improve care
Long-term patient at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Alan Craig, speaks to the PRSB about his experience using the patient portal tool MyChart. Why did you start using the MyChart patient portal? I first got in touch with Dr Afzal Chaudhry, (renal consultant and chief medical information officer at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH)), some years […]
Help us improve the quality of GP referral letters
We’re asking for your help with a survey to develop a standard for clinical referral letters to improve the quality of information sent by GPs. When finished, the clinical referral letters standard will complete our suite of transfer of care standards, and will enable hospital clinicians to reduce inappropriate referrals and better manage heavy caseloads.Working […]