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Supporting Patients TO Manage Their Own Health Jane Macdonald Ass Director of Nursing and IMPROVEMENT GM Academic health science NETWORK. Who are we?. GM AHSN Footprint. Member Organisations. 4 Universities. 1 Ambulance Service. Executive team. Raj Jain Managing Director. Background.
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Supporting Patients TO Manage Their Own Health Jane Macdonald Ass Director of Nursing and IMPROVEMENT GMAcademic health science NETWORK
Who are we? • GM AHSN Footprint • Member Organisations 4 Universities 1 Ambulance Service
Executive team Raj Jain Managing Director
Background Set of principles • Working in partnership • Supporting self management • Information for service users • Managing medicines • Carers • Improving care and services
Benefits of Technology, adaptions and equipment • Maintain or enhance independence • Social inclusion • Reassurance to careers and clinicians • Record vital signs • Manage symptoms • Control condition more effectively • Monitor remotely / remote consultations
PatientView Information - anytime anywhere Results/Clinic Letters - anytime anywhere Transplant status - anytime anywhere Emergencies - anytime anywhere Holidays (UK/abroad) - anytime anywhere GPs access to information and bloods Family and carers can get information
Medicines Optimisation ‘’50% of medicines not taken as prescribes and adverse incident to medicines are a factor in 5-17% of hospital admissions’. Challenges Opportunities Adherence / non-adherence Timely Commination difficulties Co-production Diminished mental capacity Alerts to deterioration English not 1stlanguage Prompts interventions Digital divide May prevent avoidable admissions