Re: quarterly progress report

[Guest guest]

It's good that they're using anything that doesn't require a whole

group of staff to queue up at the end of the day to enter their data

on a shared desktop or submit badly designed forms. Hope it speeds

up travel cost payments too.

But why does it have to be only management info that gets collected

and not our own health visiting information? Wouldn't it be good to

have much more client data and maybe access to shared material with

GPs, paediatricians, SWs, etc? It isn't enough to have the

technology and comms. We need access to relevant information too.

IMHO, we should be users of information ourselves as public health

workers, not just collectors of data for other staff.

H

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From: " Beverley (DEVON PCT) " <beverley.bailey@...>

Date sent: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:12:23 +0100

Subject: RE: quarterly progress report

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On the IT front there has been a short pilot of the use of

Blackberrys to record contacts, miles travelled etc in Devon

recently.

What was new about this was the 'live' element of this use of the

technology and of course cutting down on paper recording.The HVs who

used it liked it and felt it made them more efficient, able to spend

'quality time' with their clients and increased their safety when

visiting unfamiliar families.

Hope that helps!

Beverley

Health Visitor

Culm Valley Integrated Centre for Health

Willand Rd

Cullompton

EX15 1FE

01884 836004

07816955981

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Behalf Of Cowley [sarahcowley183@...]

Sent: 10 April 2012 08:56

Subject: quarterly progress report [1 Attachment]

The quarterly progress report for the health visitor implementation

plan has been published, attached or available

fromhttp://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/Pu

blicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_133447 It includes latest figures,

papers and an update on the school nursing plan as well. I hadn't

heard anything about the IT developments before - does anyone know

anything about that?

best wishes

Cowley

sarahcowley183@...

http://myprofile.cos.com/S124021COn

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The Department are working with South East Coast SHA on an IT project with health visitors using digital pens, lap tops and the smaller screen which I cannot rember the name of. Apparently the latter work best as they have all the material the practitioner needs downloaded onto them and they can be filled in in the home or with the parent and also the Hv can send information to the parents email address or phone if needs be. It is very live and as it happens and am hoping to learn more about it. There is also going to be some wok with health visitors linked to the leadership programme we hope – to get them understanding how they can use the information available more effectively – in its early stages but again will be more live than we have ever had before. Am interested in what has been happening in Devon Beverley – it has to be the way forward. Margaret From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Beverley (DEVON PCT)Sent: 11 April 2012 12:12 Subject: RE: quarterly progress report On the IT front there has been a short pilot of the use of Blackberrys to record contacts, miles travelled etc in Devon recently. What was new about this was the 'live' element of this use of the technology and of course cutting down on paper recording.The HVs who used it liked it and felt it made them more efficient, able to spend 'quality time' with their clients and increased their safety when visiting unfamiliar families.Hope that helps!Beverley Health VisitorCulm Valley Integrated Centre for HealthWilland RdCullomptonEX15 1FE01884 83600407816955981 From: [ ] On Behalf Of Cowley [sarahcowley183@...]Sent: 10 April 2012 08:56 Subject: quarterly progress report [1 Attachment]The quarterly progress report for the health visitor implementation plan has been published, attached or available from http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_133447 It includes latest figures, papers and an update on the school nursing plan as well. I hadn't heard anything about the IT developments before - does anyone know anything about that? best wishes Cowleysarahcowley183@...http://myprofile.cos.com/S124021COn ********************************************************************************************************************This message may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient please inform thesender that you have received the message in error before deleting it.Please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its contents:to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful.Thank you for your co-operation.NHSmail is the secure email and directory service available for all NHS staff in England and ScotlandNHSmail is approved for exchanging patient data and other sensitive information with NHSmail and GSi recipientsNHSmail provides an email address for your career in the NHS and can be accessed anywhere********************************************************************************************************************

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In Essex there are a number of initiatives including tablets, toughbooks and briefcase. From what I can see one size will not fit all. Because of mobile signal cover some technologies work better in some areas than other.Some of the better solutions in the field require downloads at end of each day which can be problematic.Also every area seems to have different recording systems and although System 1 is the most common it is not universal and even more problematic is that the templates on System1 differ from Provider to Provider!So even if you have same system data differs- EoE SHA were looking at technology for the workforce but because of the huge variety of hardware and existing systems they have gone back to the drawing board to seek solutions!But great that it is at last being considered seriously.LizSent using BlackBerry® from OrangeFrom: Margaret Buttigieg <margaret@...>Sender: Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:56:12 -0400 < >Reply Subject: RE: quarterly progress report The Department are working with South East Coast SHA on an IT project with health visitors using digital pens, lap tops and the smaller screen which I cannot rember the name of. Apparently the latter work best as they have all the material the practitioner needs downloaded onto them and they can be filled in in the home or with the parent and also the Hv can send information to the parents email address or phone if needs be. It is very live and as it happens and am hoping to learn more about it. There is also going to be some wok with health visitors linked to the leadership programme we hope – to get them understanding how they can use the information available more effectively – in its early stages but again will be more live than we have ever had before. Am interested in what has been happening in Devon Beverley – it has to be the way forward. Margaret From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Beverley (DEVON PCT)Sent: 11 April 2012 12:12 Subject: RE: quarterly progress report On the IT front there has been a short pilot of the use of Blackberrys to record contacts, miles travelled etc in Devon recently. What was new about this was the 'live' element of this use of the technology and of course cutting down on paper recording.The HVs who used it liked it and felt it made them more efficient, able to spend 'quality time' with their clients and increased their safety when visiting unfamiliar families.Hope that helps!Beverley Health VisitorCulm Valley Integrated Centre for HealthWilland RdCullomptonEX15 1FE01884 83600407816955981 From: [ ] On Behalf Of Cowley [sarahcowley183@...]Sent: 10 April 2012 08:56 Subject: quarterly progress report [1 Attachment]The quarterly progress report for the health visitor implementation plan has been published, attached or available from http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_133447 It includes latest figures, papers and an update on the school nursing plan as well. I hadn't heard anything about the IT developments before - does anyone know anything about that? best wishes Cowleysarahcowley183@...http://myprofile.cos.com/S124021COn ********************************************************************************************************************This message may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient please inform thesender that you have received the message in error before deleting it.Please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its contents:to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful.Thank you for your co-operation.NHSmail is the secure email and directory service available for all NHS staff in England and ScotlandNHSmail is approved for exchanging patient data and other sensitive information with NHSmail and GSi recipientsNHSmail provides an email address for your career in the NHS and can be accessed anywhere********************************************************************************************************************

[Guest guest]

This certainly sounds like progress! I do think the key to it lies

in what it does for professional practice. These days, the hardware

is so various and better connected than before. It's a very rural HV

who can't get anything online these days, but mountains do tend to

make it patchy. We shouldn't be bemused by whizzy technology,

because it's only worthwhile if it improves our core practice. So

although I applaud any kit which makes it easier to collect fairly

pointless adminstrative data without the burden of extra paperwork,

it's with limited enthusiasm.

I did some work on this ages ago and found that most IT systems

seemed to meet management data needs as a primary purpose. Many also

did 'patient care' stuff in a general sense, based on slight

modifications of hospital software. They all considered the patient

as a unit and couldn't even link in biological parents, let alone

anything more complex. DPA was often cited as a reason, but isn't it

always?

To reflect the full HV practice across the age groups and including

community public health data has remained a bit of dream since I did

my first postgrad dissertation on the information needs for HV

practice. At that time, I never thought it would take so long to

happen, which proves I'm a crummy clairvoyant!

From: liz.plastow@...

Date sent: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:13:34 +0000

Subject: Re: quarterly progress report

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In Essex there are a number of initiatives including tablets,

toughbooks and briefcase. From what I can see one size will not fit

all. Because of mobile signal cover some technologies work better in

some areas than other.

Some of the better solutions in the field require downloads at end of

each day which can be problematic.

Also every area seems to have different recording systems and

although System 1 is the most common it is not universal and even

more problematic is that the templates on System1 differ from

Provider to Provider!

So even if you have same system data differs- EoE SHA were looking at

technology for the workforce but because of the huge variety of

hardware and existing systems they have gone back to the drawing

board to seek solutions!

But great that it is at last being considered seriously.

LizSent using BlackBerry® from Orange

From: Margaret Buttigieg <margaret@...>

Sender:

Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:56:12 -0400

< >

Reply

Subject: RE: quarterly progress report

The Department are working with South East Coast SHA on an IT project

with health visitors using digital pens, lap tops and the smaller

screen which I cannot rember the name of.

Apparently the latter work best as they have all the material the

practitioner needs downloaded onto them and they can be filled in in

the home or with the parent and also the Hv can send information to

the parents email address or phone if needs be. It is very live and

as it happens and am hoping to learn more about it.

There is also going to be some wok with health visitors linked to the

leadership programme we hope - to get them understanding how they

can use the information available more effectively - in its early

stages but again will be more live than we have ever had before.

Am interested in what has been happening in Devon Beverley - it has

to be the way forward.

Margaret