Data tech pilot could transform care for the elderly
A SYSTEM capable of sending alerts to healthcare professionals to help them work better together and improve the experience of patients is being created in Hull.
The Social Intervention Radar is being built by technology firm Upstream Health after Hull City Council secured £65,000 of funding from the NHS.
The radar shares adult social care data with health professionals in a bid to reduce demand on services including GPs, district nursing, A&E and social care.
It will display a customisable, live list and map, showing all the patients who are being actively managed within an organisation at any one time.
When a patient’s social care data is changed or updated, an alert will be triggered automatically by the system.
Julia Weldon, director of public health at Hull City Council, said: “This could be a gamechanger in terms of how we share information within the healthcare community.
“The radar has the potential to radically streamline the sharing of information, making it easier for healthcare professionals to access data which will inevitably benefit patients and services. In the future, this groundbreaking system could be rolled out nationally, with Hull leading the way.”
Today, Keith Aldridge, a senior project manager at NHS Digital, will visit Hull to see how the project is progressing.
He will visit the Jean Bishop Integrated Care Centre, a specialist medical centre for older people which opened this summer, as well as tech hub C4DI where Upstream Health is based.
The initial pilot is being run in collaboration with Springhead Medical Centre, a GP practice in the city. If successful, it will be rolled out to other health bodies including Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Humber Mental Health and GPs working across the region.