Data
Unlocking the power of data to enhance the level of care
Andrew Coles, CEO at Person Centred Software, explains why the sharing of data across health and social care sectors is key to unlocking the benefits of this powerful resource
Care home environments address many social, medical, clinical, and mental health needs. It is paramount for any person living in a care home setting to receive the appropriate level and type of support that promotes good health and wellbeing while keeping them safe. These needs are not independent but are interrelated and impact one another. The best support, care, and treatment plans must consider all these factors.
Using data is a powerful tool for the social care sector; however, the opportunities that data-driven technologies provide need to be utilised across both social and healthcare sectors in order for the benefits to be felt.
Sharing is caring
Sharing up-to-date information across both sectors is crucial as it allows healthcare professionals and care workers to access important information about each individual. This data also helps care providers and healthcare professionals to: n Improve individual care. n Reduce readmissions. n Avoid medication errors. n Improve decision-making. n Speed up diagnosis. n Improve patient outcomes. n Improve efficiency and productivity.
Care professionals need to have confidence in the information provided in order to make confident and informed decisions. With effective data management, care teams can drive operational decision- making and transform the services they
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offer and how they operate, enabling them to provide people with the best quality of care they need and deserve. The COVID-19 pandemic hit the social care sector particularly hard and demonstrated the need for data sharing while showcasing data’s importance in supporting critical decisions. This led to much of the government’s focus on improving interoperability in health and social care and the consistency and standardisation of data, as well as helping care providers go digital by adopting digital care systems.
Quality rather than quantity However, data and digital is a straightforward ‘catch-all’ statement. In order to maximise its usefulness, data needs to be of the highest quality, should not be a burden, and must
With effective data management, care teams can drive operational decision- making and transform the services they offer
support its users to make informed clinical decisions.
Therefore, software solutions are
quickly becoming the go-to answer for improving data quality within social care settings. By implementing digital software, administrative staff are finding their workloads streamlined and simplified. It is essential that care teams are provided with the flexibility to update care records on the go using a secure system. Doing this reduces the risk of forgetting or losing the information, making resident records more reliable.
At Person Centred Software, we use the ‘4 Vs’ to measure the quality of data: n Velocity – How quickly data flows and becomes information.
n Veracity – How accurate and consistent data is.
n Variety – The breadth and scope of data. n Volume – The amount of data.
The data captured on our software scores
very highly in all four areas and is a distinctive capability of our offering. It also opens a range of opportunities, such as building predictive care models that alert care professionals to necessary changes.
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