Meet the PRSB team at The Care Show 2022
PRSB is excited to be exhibiting at this year’s Care Show, taking place on 12-13 October, at the NEC, Birmingham. Care Show brings together the key thought leaders and suppliers in the care sector. It’s free to attend and features over 80 hours of CPD accredited sessions. Meet the PRSB team at Stand G90 and […]
Person-centred care at the epicentre of PRSB’s Annual General Meeting
On Tuesday 20 September, PRSB had the pleasure of holding its Annual General Meeting to share details of its work on creating and developing standards which form the foundations of person-centred care. Attendees were greeted by PRSB Chair, Professor Maureen Baker CBE, who then introduced the first panel session speaker, James Sanderson, Director of Personalised […]
Orion Health celebrates landmark first of achieving conformance against PRSB Core Information Standard for shared care records
People will benefit from better joined up care as the PRSB standard allows Orion Health and its early adopter sites to share information for care when and where it is needed Orion Health already achieved conformance against the ‘About Me’ standard, that helps personalise care for people Orion Health has been awarded the PRSB Quality […]
Using the About Me standard to understand people’s preferences and promote person centred care
A guest blog from Chris Graham, Chief Executive at Picker. Picker is a charity with a vision of “the highest quality person centred care for all, always”: It is this vision that has fuelled our work, ensuring patients and service users remain at the heart of care services. Our late founder, Harvey Picker, has been […]
PRSB to join in the conversation at HETT Show 2022
The PRSB is delighted to have representatives participating in several panel sessions at this year’s HETT Show, taking place on 27 and 28 September, at London’s ExCeL Centre. Speaking on the first day in the Equipped, Enabled and Empowered: Can Personal Health Technology Foster Long-Term Patient Engagement? session will be the secondary care professional lead […]
Care provider directory, Autumna, becomes a PRSB partner
Autumna, an organisation focused on providing independent and impartial elderly care advice, has become the latest organisation to join the PRSB’s Standards Partnership Scheme. Launched in 2019, Autumna is now one of the most detailed online directories of elder care providers and retirement living developments in the UK, aimed predominantly at servicing the self-funding care […]
Challenges to widespread adoption of standards
Lorraine Foley, CEO, PRSB As the mercury spiralled, we knew it was going to be a tough week for health and care services, already under pressure from another increase in numbers of people with COVID-19 and the battle to restore services after the last two extraordinary years. It is now widely accepted that there is […]
New information sharing standards to support diabetes management
There are approximately 4.8 million people living with diabetes in the UK and this is expected to rise to 5.3 million by 2025. PRSB has published two standards that will help to ensure the right information flows between services and from medical devices and tools to the professionals that need it, to support better care […]
A welcome plan, but delivery is key
In quick succession in recent days, the Government published two strategies for digital transformation and use of people’s data for health and care planning and research (A Plan for Digital Health and Social Care and Data Saves Lives). The digital agenda is central to plans for the future of the NHS and social care, and […]
System C & Graphnet Care Alliance joins PRSB Standards Partnership Scheme
The System C & Graphnet Care Alliance has joined the Professional Record Standards Body’s (PRSB) Standards Partnership Scheme. The Alliance brings together five of the UK’s most innovative and experienced health and care IT providers to create integrated solutions for the health and social care market. The Standards Partnership Scheme connects the PRSB with digital […]