04.05.17
Shared record system to be implemented in four Surrey CCGs
Four Surrey CCGs will this month begin rolling out records for integrated care to the 1.03 million patients in the area.
The system for the records, called Patients Know Best (PKB), will allow staff working at GP practices, hospitals, community and mental health services and social care services in the CCGs to see a single integrated care record.
The CCGs using the PKB are North West Surrey, Guildford and Waverley and Surrey Downs, as well as East Surrey, a key partner in deployment. Consent for sharing the data will be under patient control.
This step forward in Surrey is also the first procurement made using the new Clinical Digital Information Systems Framework Agreement launched by the NHS London Procurement Partnership.
At first, the PKB-powered record will be used only by professionals to view clinical and patient data across multiple care settings, but the next phase of the project will seek to allow patients to access the system.
Julia Ross, chief executive at North West Surrey CCG and transformation board sponsor of the digital workstream for Surrey Heartlands, said: “This is a great leap forward for patients and health and social care professionals in Surrey.
“This will facilitate better integration of IT systems to provide more efficient care and improved information sharing ensuring that health and social care professionals have access to all medical records providing a holistic approach to a patient’s care.”
And Dr Mohammad Al-Ubaydli, founder and CEO of PKB, added: “Patient-controlled architecture means a single record for each patient across all PKB customers.
“Across the UK this delivers safer faster care at lower costs with better outcomes. We are proud to work with the Surrey team to expand their success with SASH patients to the whole region.”
Steve Abbott, programme director of the Surrey Heartlands Local Digital Roadmap, also argued that PKB’s network hosted architecture allows for data to be shared at low cost.
“Its patient-controlled consent model joins up health and social care data,” Abbott stated. “The LPP framework allowed us to look at options thoroughly and to procure for the long-term integration of our region.”
Last year, the BMA warned that patient confidentiality could be at risk due to data sharing that would be allowed via the Digital Economy Bill.
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