Digital technologies are helping the NHS and local partners to create healthier futures for local people.
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One Health and Care is the NHS shared care record in the Black Country. It allows health and social care professionals directly involved in your care to view relevant information about you which is held by other parts of the NHS and social care.
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Owned and run by the NHS, the NHS App is a simple and secure way to access a range of NHS services on your smartphone or tablet. Find out how we are working with local communities to promote usage of the app and understand how it might benefit our patients.
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Health and care partners are working with social care providers in the Black Country to implement a move from paper records to an electronic form of record keeping and care planning known as a Digital Social Care Record (DSCR).
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Two digital innovations are being piloted to help Black Country GPs standardise how people with respiratory (lung) conditions are identified and supported.
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Black Country Connected is a programme to loan residents in the Black Country a Geobook laptop with an option to receive connectivity/wi-fi to give them access to the internet.
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Using digital devices, we can now accurately monitor things like blood pressure, heart rate and oxygen levels of people in care homes. The readings can be sent automatically to a clinician to review.
As a system, we've developed a Digital Strategy (2023-2026). It will be driven by three pillars; Digitise, Connect, and Transform. Within these pillars, 14 focus areas have been developed and shaped by key outputs from a series of workshops and focus development sessions completed by the our stakeholders, partners, and community, along with existing national programmes. Read our Digital Strategy to find out more.
