Great North Care Record expands into Gateshead Council
14th September 2020
Adult social care practitioners at Gateshead Council are now able to access the Great North Care Record to help them care for their clients during the COVID-19 pandemic. A group of practitioners working at the council can now access a sub-set of the Health Information Exchange (HIE) – the mechanism that patient data is shared […]
Health Information Exchange now accessible to more adult social care staff
7th September 2020
Adult social care staff at Durham County Council have begun to access clinical data on the Health Information Exchange (HIE) to help them tackle COVID-19. 25 team leaders now have access to a sub-set of clinical data on the HIE. HIE allows health and care records from different organisations to be viewed and shared as […]
Top ten benefits of using the Health Information Exchange: MIGrate to the HIE
25th August 2020
The way you view a patient’s shared care record in the North East and North Cumbria is changing. Since March 2020, the Health Information Exchange (HIE) has been adding more data from around the region to help make patient care safer. Previously only GP records were available using the Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG). On 30 […]
Patient Engagement Platform FAQs
30th July 2020
The Great North Care Record aims to improve the health and care experience for the 3.6 million people who live in the North East and North Cumbria. The Patient Engagement Platform (PEP) is one of three projects making up the Great North Care Record Programme. We have exciting ambitions for the future of digital healthcare […]
Health Information Exchange update 27 July 2020
27th July 2020
Mental health data live on Health Information Exchange We are thrilled to announce that Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust is now connected to the Health Information Exchange (HIE). This means that HIE users across the region will be able to access a range of mental health data to support patient care. Their […]
Health Information Exchange update 16 July 2020
16th July 2020
We are continuing to make good progress on the regional implementation of the Health Information Exchange (HIE). We are keen to hear your views and feedback on how the system is working. Please post on this blog below, comment on Discourse or email us your feedback. We have made a number of changes since our […]
Health Information Exchange viewer to go live in social care
15th July 2020
What’s changing? Work has been underway for the last few months looking at how we can include local authorities to the regional Health Information Exchange (HIE). The need to connect health and social care has only been made more prominent in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our objective is to connect all local authority adult […]
Amy’s Page: Co-producing information sharing insights
9th July 2020
Lou Wilson, Professional Engagement Lead for the Great North Care Record (please note that Lou is now working for NHS England). The Great North Care Record aims to bring about improved outcomes, safer care and better conversations. These all rely on excellent communication and quality information to inform decision making, planning and research involvement by […]
HIE Adoption Evaluation Study by Imperial College Student
9th July 2020
Guest blog from from Kaye Colohan, Clinical Strategist from Cerner There is a HIE User Experience Study being carried out by a master’s student from Imperial College London. While the study is independent of Cerner, we expect it will give us a great opportunity to gain some insight into adoption across all HIEs in England. […]
Patient Engagement Platform project launches
1st July 2020
On the 30 April 2020 we hosted the launch of the Patient Engagement Platform (PEP) project. Across the project team we were excited to bring news of the launch to staff from hospitals, mental health, primary and adult social care. We were delighted that over 60 delegates joined us for the online launch of the […]
