Core information standard

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Core information standard

The Core Information Standard defines a set of information that can potentially be shared between systems in different sites and settings, among professionals and people using services.

The standard aligns with many other published PRSB standards including maternity, healthy child and the community pharmacy standard. The standard also includes updates from the social care programme such as vital About me content – the information a person wants to share with health and care professionals.

We are working closely with the NHS Digital interoperability team to align V2.0 to the UK core R4 FHIR profiles. This is in progress and with work completed on many areas such as person demographics, allergies and adverse reactions, medications and medical devices.

 

Provenance data

Provenance data for this standard will be shown in a separate information model in the next iteration of the standard following its 3-year maintenance release. Provenance data describes who made the record entry or carried out the activity, where and when. The latest provenance model is available on our website. 

 

Using the standard in five community settings: pharmacy, optometry, dentistry, ambulance and community services

PRSB has extended the use of the Core Information Standard for shared care records to professionals working in pharmacy, optometry, dentistry, ambulance and community services, following widespread consultation with clinicians, people using these services and a range of PRSB stakeholders.

This will ensure that professionals working in these care settings have access to the right information at the right time to provide clinically safe and effective care, subject to appropriate information governance controls. Using the standard in these settings should improve care and outcomes for people, and it should improve the working lives of professionals who won’t need to create workarounds or log into multiple systems to ensure they have a complete picture of a person’s current and relevant care history, before starting treatment.


Endorsement

The core information standard V1 is endorsed by the following organisations:

  • Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
  • British Dietetic Association (BDA)
  • British Orthodontic Society
  • British Psychological Society
  • Care Providers Alliance
  • Carers UK
  • Chartered Society of Physiotherapists
  • College of Optometrists
  • College of Paramedics
  • Institute of Health Records and Information Management
  • National Voices
  • Patient Information Forum
  • Queens Nursing Institute
  • Royal College of Anaesthetists
  • Royal College of Emergency Medicine
  • Royal College of General Practitioners
  • Royal College of Midwives
  • Royal College of Nursing
  • Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
  • Royal College of Ophthalmologists
  • Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health
  • Royal College of Pathologists
  • Royal College of Physicians
  • Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
  • Royal College of Surgeons

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V2.0 Supporting documentation

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  • Provenance data model
  • Clinical safety case report – publishing soon

V1.0 documentation

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IHRIM record correction guidance

Despite vigilance when filing information in records, mistakes can occur. The Institute of Health Records and Information Management has guidance to support professionals in making corrections following errors.

Orion Health first to become conformant against the Core Information Standard

Orion Health has been awarded the PRSB Quality Mark for conformance with the core information standard – the first supplier to achieve this watershed on the journey to interoperable shared care records.

 

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