Ever wondered why, when you visit your GP or hospital, they can’t see all your health and care information? And why you find yourself having to answer the same old questions over and over – about things like the medicines you take, the treatment you’ve had, and whether you have any allergies?
The simple answer is they all use different computer systems to record your details. And because these systems aren’t connected, the health and care organisations looking after you can’t see the information each other holds on you.
But that’s now changing with the introduction of the Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Record (ICR).
Our experience of working with COVID-19 has shown how important it is for the health and care professionals caring for a person to be able to see their information without delay when needed. The ICR will make a joined-up approach to health and care much more possible.
An Integrated Care Record (ICR) is a way of bringing together the various electronic records of a person’s care. It takes information directly from existing systems used by health and social care organisations and presents it in a structured, easy-to-read format for health and care professionals.
The ICR will provide health and care professionals with a more joined-up view of people’s care and treatment across all care settings.
It has been developed in response to the feedback from many of you over a number of years, telling us that you only want to tell your story once when receiving care from any health or social care organisation across Coventry and Warwickshire.
The benefits to you include:
- Not having to repeat your details every time you have a different episode of care
- Better and potentially faster treatment due to health and care professionals having access to better information
- Reduction in potential medication errors through clinicians having access to your medication history (past and present)
- More effective treatment should you need care for COVID-19 due to fast access to information about any pre-existing conditions and your medications
Please click on the below link to find out more information about Integrated Care Records (ICR).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKITgrC9hQA
Patients right to object
For any patients who wish to object to these records being made available, please complete the following form by clicking the link below.
www.happyhealthylives.uk/health-and-wellbeing/digital-services/integrated-care-record/right-to-object-form