Quicker access to the Summary Care Record for community pharmacies
Written by admin on Friday 28th June 2019
Pharmacists can now access vital patient information quickly and simply through a new Summary Care Record (SCR) 1-click function
The 1-click function allows pharmacy professionals logged in on their Smartcard to click straight through to a selected patient’s SCR, without having to log in separately and complete a manual search by entering an NHS number.
This is expected to save time over the course of a day, making access to SCR an integral part of providing pharmacy services, such as medicine use reviews (MURs), the new medicines service (NMS), administering vaccinations, emergency supplies (NUMSAS or local urgent supply services) and Digital Minor Illness Referral (DMIR)
SCR 1-click will allow pharmacists quicker access to critical information when carrying out community pharmacy advanced services. This is a great first step to integrating core clinical tools into systems to make things more efficient for busy health care professionals.
Improved access to SCR will support pharmacists to provide better and safer care for patients through more informed decision making due to quicker access to information. Having access to a patient’s Summary Care Record also reduces the need for phone calls to GP practices, delays to care and the need for referrals to other services, particularly out-of-hours.
The new functionality is live across PharmOutcomes and Sonar advanced services systems.
PharmOutcomes has produced this handy video to describe the SCR 1-click process as well as the also previously launched Personal Demographic Search (PDS) lookup facility. Please click the following link:
