Personalised care in practice: a health and wellbeing coach’s perspective
Personalised care works best when information is connected and visible across all services supporting a person, including their GP, hospital teams, community services, social care and local pharmacy. Too often, care plans are stored in separate systems or recorded inconsistently, making it harder for professionals and patients to see the full picture. Effective personalised care […]
Improving epilepsy care using data standards
By Dr Colin Dunkley, Paediatric Consultant and Clinical Lead, Epilepsy12 Audit, RCPCH For over a decade, many have been working to make epilepsy care more joined-up by using data in smarter ways. As a paediatric consultant and lead for the national Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Epilepsy12 audit across England and Wales, […]
Spotlight on: Dr Steve Bentley, Clinical Lead at PRSB
This month, we spoke to Dr Steve Bentley, a recently retired GP with a long-standing passion for improving patient care through better use of technology. As a Clinical Lead at PRSB, Steve brings valuable expertise in health informatics and SNOMED CT, along with a problem-solving mindset shaped by years of hands-on experience. What initially […]
CareDocs on a mission to help deliver personalised care with their latest PRSB conformance achievement
As of today, 26 digital health and care system suppliers have met the PRSB’s Personalised Care and Support Plan Standard, enabling thousands of individuals to co-create their care plans and actively manage their own care. CareDocs, which has been proudly supporting care providers for 15 years, is the latest supplier to achieve conformance with this […]
Building a single patient record: the three pillars of success
A single patient record has the potential to transform the way health and social care work together in the UK. It represents an opportunity to break down silos, empower people to take charge of their care, and deliver a system that truly puts individuals at its heart. Beyond the essential purposes of care, it is […]
Understanding the power of data in transforming social care
A blog by Kate Colborne-Baber, Programme Director – Care Management, at Person Centred Software Millions of interactions between service users, care staff and service providers take place every day. Add to this, interactions between service users and their network of loved ones as well as healthcare professionals. Over the years, the industry has become much […]
High-quality data: the foundation on which to build the NHS’s 10-year plan
As a clinician, researcher and the new Chair of the Professional Record Standards Body, I know that to truly enable the Government’s three strategic shifts—from hospital to community, analogue to digital, and treatment to prevention—we must start with high–quality data. High-quality data is the golden thread, connecting care provision to research and development and back […]
Improving outpatient communications with standardised letters – how Epro is doing this
By Chandu Wickramarachchi, Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO) at Epro In our lifetimes, we encounter many different healthcare settings at different points in time. A typical example of this is a consultation with a GP leading to a hospital referral for more specialised care, followed by continuing treatment at home or in the community. The […]
PRSB’s year of progress: Accelerating standards adoption for better care
By Lorraine Foley, CEO at the PRSB 2023-24 has been an incredible year of growth for us at PRSB, filled with achievements that we’re really proud of. We’ve made huge strides in accelerating the adoption of standards, hitting record levels of software supplier conformance, and making standards easier to implement than ever before. Our partnerships […]
Navigating the data frontier – how can we accelerate the digital progress in health and care?
At times, it seems that the world is full of controversy and disagreement, but often, there is more consensus than one might suppose. Politicians, healthcare leaders, clinicians and people who rely on services all agree that digital solutions could transform most aspects of the delivery of health and social care. However, the potential is not […]