PRSB interview – Ian Turner
This month we published the Care Home Information Flows Report, which analyses the information gaps between care homes and health care providers. The report, which can be found online, shows that nine in 10 care homes are still getting paper records, while others are getting inadequate information. We have spoken to Ian Turner, PRSB advisory […]
Update on care planning project
We are currently gathering evidence and good practice examples and seeking contributions from professionals across health and social care. The PRSB is working in partnership with North West London Collaboration of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to develop the Integrated Care Planning Standard, so that care plans can be effectively shared between patients, carers and all […]
First child health events workshop
The PRSB is working with health, education and social care organisations as well as families and parents to create a single online picture of a child’s health and care history. The aim is to replace the current mix of paper and electronic records held in different places with a single digital record. This will contain […]
The PRSB at e-health week
The PRSB exhibited at the UK e-health week event at Olympia earlier this month, to promote the development and integration of standards for better care. Education on standards During a session on clinical leadership for digital health and care, chair of the PRSB, Iain Carpenter, described how standards for care record sharing using digital technology […]
Sharing health and care records with care homes
PRSB is supporting NHS Digital’s Social Care Programme (SCP) which aims to simplify and standardise the information that flows to care homes from other providers of health and care when patients are discharged from hospital. Working with care home professionals to identify priorities We are conducting a series of interviews and surveys with care home professionals […]
Understanding patient data campaign launched
More than two thirds of the population feel they don’t understand how data is used by the NHS, according to research conducted by Wellcome Trust. Understanding Patient Data has been set up to support better conversations about health information and how it can be used. The PRSB is supporting Wellcome’s patient data project, which is […]
Putting our standards into practice
While standards are essential to the facilitation of good care, they must be adopted by clinicians and professionals to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of care. The PRSB is currently working to define the support we can provide to facilitate implementation, working in partnership with our member organisations, local health and care providers, vendors […]
The PRSB welcomes INTEROPen
The PRSB has welcomed INTEROPen’s role in promoting interoperability as part of the digital transformation of health and care. “We will work closely with INTEROPen to ensure the clinical and professional leadership voice of the PRSB informs INTEROPen’s activities, to advance the development of interoperable information systems,” said Lorraine Foley, chief executive of the PRSB. […]
PRSB seeks social care involvement
Information sharing with social care is integral to the facilitation of good care. Following a meeting with the UK’s chief social worker for adults, Lyn Romeo, the PRSB has been working to boost awareness of the importance of record standards within the social care sector. We are actively seeking involvement from social care representatives, to […]
PRSB working with care home professionals
The PRSB is currently working with care home professionals to better understand what information they need to improve the quality of care for residents. The care homes project, which was supported by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Health Informatics Unit (HIU), evaluates how flows of information in and out of care homes can impact […]