Health and care workers across Greater Manchester will soon be able to share patient information more easily to improve the standard of care and treatment provided to its 2.8 million citizens.
NHS England has announced that Greater Manchester will become a Local Health and Care Record Exemplar (LHCRE) to establish an integrated health and care record across a large population.
Joining up IT systems so that doctors, nurses and other care professionals can see vital information about a patient’s history means they can determine the right treatment, or escalate to the right specialist, as quickly as possible.
The plan also involves agreeing and implementing robust information governance and data sharing agreements across the whole care community, such as defining which professionals see can access which records and under which circumstances. It also relates to providing patients with increased access to their own information.
The project is being led by the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership, supported by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Health Innovation Manchester.
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