Health Information Exchange update
28th May 2020
The regional Health Information Exchange (HIE) which went live on 9 March 2020 continues to develop and add more data sources. Newcastle Hospitals We are pleased to confirm that Newcastle Hospitals went live with appointments and correspondence on Monday 18 May. This means that the HIE will now show any future appointments and clinical correspondence, […]
Network bursary winner – Dr Daniel Weiand
14th May 2020
I am most grateful to have been awarded the 2019 GNCR Network Bursary. I originally learned about the Network Bursary through an email received from a colleague of mine, who was aware of my interest in exploring the potential of new developments in information technology. In the course of my career as a consultant medical […]
Health Information Exchange update
4th May 2020
The Health Information Exchange went live on 9 March 2020 sharing data from GP practices across the North East and North Cumbria. Originally targeted at replacing the functionality of the North East MIG we’re pleased to say that, since going live, the HIE is now making more data available, in more places, than was previously […]
Great North Care Record: Four bursary winners
2nd April 2020
In late 2019 we hosted a bursary award for members of the Great North Care Record – Network. We were inundated with applications and are pleased to announce we funded not one but four applications. The bursary award was for £1500 from the Network budget. The aim was to fund learning and development opportunities for […]
MIG licence extended in North East
26th March 2020
The Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG) licences for the North East will continue beyond 31st March 2020. The replacement for the MIG, the regional Health Information Exchange (HIE) went live earlier this month on 9th March. We have full confidence that the HIE works and the technology is available however the majority of users are still […]
Learning Health Systems and communities of practice
12th March 2020
Professional Engagement Lead for the Great North Care Record and Visiting Researcher at Newcastle University Lou Wilson writes about what a Learning Health System is and how we are using data to better care for patients. The ideas behind a Learning Health System (LHS) are critical to the Great North Care Record – how do […]
Health Information Exchange: GP data now live
9th March 2020
GP data on the regional Health Information Exchange (HIE) is now live. Over 98 per cent of GPs who currently share data on the MIG have signed the data sharing agreements. 90 per cent have completed the system configuration which allows their data to be technically made available. The project team is continuing to work […]
Health Information Exchange: GP data go-live date confirmed
4th March 2020
GP data on the regional Health Information Exchange (HIE) will go-live on 9 March 2020. The HIE is replacing the Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG) and will initially make GP records available. There will be a period of dual running both systems until 31 March 2020 when the MIG contract ends. This gives the project team […]
Getting over our attachment to attachments: Discourse and building organisational memory
4th February 2020
Post by Louise Wilson, February 04 2020 Professional Engagement Lead for the Great North Care Record and Visiting Researcher at Newcastle University Lou Wilson talks in this blog about why we use Discourse and how it’s so important in building organisational memory – especially relevant to us as a programme as we are not one […]
Why we have moved away from permission to view in the Great North Care Record
27th November 2019
Over the last few months, it’s fair to say the programme has been wrangling with our permission to view policy. Permission to view as an enabler Being asked permission to access a patient’s record at the point of care enabled us to share 3.6 million records. We went above and beyond the legal basis. We […]
