Great North Care Record – phase 2: It’s about to get real
7th November 2018
What is it again? The Great North Care Record has been around for some time now. To date, it allows healthcare practitioners from emergency departments, mental health, 111 services, ambulance and out of hours services access information from a patient’s GP record. All GP practices in the region are now sharing information and new services […]
The future of healthcare? Well, it’s almost here in the North East and North Cumbria
18th October 2018
At the Great North Care Record, we are delighted at the policy announcement from the Secretary of State yesterday with the The future of healthcare: Our vision for digital, data and technology in health and care. This policy provides us with the mandate we have been working towards as part of our programme. We are […]
Its about public choice
7th August 2018
Author: Kathryn Common, Communications Manager, Connected Health Cities North East and North Cumbria As part of the organising team of the Great North Care Record Network event last month, it’s always an emotional day when something you have been working on for months comes to fruition. The last event was no exception. It’s always a […]
Using data to make informed healthcare planning decisions
1st August 2018
A team of researchers from Durham University funded by Connected Health Cities has created an app which allows GP practices in County Durham to plan future staffing levels using predictive analytics. The app means that GP practices can begin to analyse patterns in their data in way they haven’t been able to do before. The […]
Tackling the c-word (consent)
13th June 2018
We have had lots of interesting discussions (heated debates) within the team over the last few months about the use of the c-word… Let’s talk about consent. It’s got more complicated in this post-GDPR world to talk about consent. Our very clever friends with legal and information governance expertise have advised us to steer away […]
Building ARCHIE – GNCR 2.0
22nd May 2018
Author: Kathryn Common, Communications Manager, Connected Health Cities North East and North Cumbria A key element of the Connected Health Cities programme is the development of an ARC or Trusted Research Environment. Each of the Connected Health Cities regions are exploring this through a number of care pathway projects. A great deal of work has […]
Informatics in the pub
3rd May 2018
Author: Louise Wilson, Professional Engagement Lead, Connected Health Cities I like groups. I like hearing stories and listening to people describing their experiences and speeding up the problem solving process. I like the collective-ness of groups. I like that many heads are better than one. And who has time to reinvent wheels? The Informatics in the […]
Caffe Informatica: What’s it all about?
3rd May 2018
Author: Kathryn Common, Communications Manager, Connected Health Cities The first Caffe Informatica brings together professionals working in across health, social care, the voluntary sector and academia to come together in an informal setting – a lovely coffee shop called the Mangobean in Darlington. Everyone has a shared passion for data and the insights and knowledge […]
Putting patient wishes first at the end of life
3rd May 2018
Author: Kathryn Common, Communications Manager, Connected Health Cities Connected Health Cities North East and North Cumbria is funding a test project in North Tyneside which aims to improve information sharing across different healthcare organisations to support the wishes of patients receiving palliative care. The idea is to improve electronic information sharing so that patients who […]
Animating the Great North Care Record
29th March 2018
Author: Kathryn Common, Connected Health Cities, Communications Manager Date: 29 March 2018 There are many challenges with implementing the Great North Care Record, one of which being how we communicate with the public about what we are doing. I was set the challenge on day one of starting with Connected Health Cities (CHC) back in […]
