Transfer of Care is a digital transformation project which aims to improve the quality of information sent to GPs when patients are discharged from hospital.
The Royal College of Physicians' (RCP's) National Audit for Inpatient Falls (NAIF) report 2017 shows that although the prevention of inpatient falls across hospitals in England and Wales has improved slightly, many patients are not receiving the required assessments which can help prevent falls in hospitals.
The clinical lead in education for the RCP's Health Informatics Unit, Dr Amitava Banerjee, reports on an event he attended in Manchester for NHS IT leaders.
The RCP's Health Informatics Unit is currently hosting a consultation to seek views from parents and carers, health and care professionals and industry on the content of a new set of standards for a digital health records for children.
In support of NHS Sustainability Day, the RCP highlights how healthcare sustainibility has become synonymous with money and how some simple changes could reap large environmental rewards.
A personal health record (PHR) is a digital tool enabling individuals to manage and maintain their own healthcare, recording their own data, communicating with care services and accessing records.
'Personal health record (PHR) – User insights' is a new report aimed at helping healthcare professionals, providers and commissioners better understand how the public use personal health records.
