FOI 1699 – Digital Transformation and Tools
FOI Reference Number:
1699
Request
1) What IT systems and/or digital tools does your ICS use to enable frictionless movement of staff across your ICS to allow flexible and remote working? Please state if your ICS does not currently enable this.
2) Which suppliers provide the digital communication tools that are used across the ICS to enable self-service pathways such as self-triage, referral, condition management and advice and guidance? Please state if your ICS does not currently provide some or all such digital communication tools.
3) Do your ICS-wide clinical systems meet clinical safety standards as set out by DTAC and DCB0129 and DCB0160?
4) Does your ICS have a population health management system that has a fully linked, longitudinal dataset with primary, secondary, mental health, social care and community data? If yes, please state the name of the supplier of this system.
5) Do all your ICS-wide digital transformation projects, programmes and services meet the Technology Code of Practice?
6) Does your ICS have a shared care record that adheres to Professional Records Standard Body’s Core Information Standard? Please can you also state the supplier of this shared care record, even if it does not currently adhere to the PRSB standard?
Response
Date: 30 November 2022
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Dear Sir / Madam,
FOI Reference Number: 1699
1) What IT systems and/or digital tools does your ICS use to enable frictionless movement of staff across your ICS to allow flexible and remote working? Please state if your ICS does not currently enable this.
The ICS is made up of a number of providers from health and social care as well as the DDICB core function. Each of the constituent ICS partners provides capability and solutions that enable flexible and remote working through secure networks, virtual private networks and over mobile infrastructure. The constituent providers also provide a federated wifi network that allows partners to easily access their individually procured systems (eg email, clinical systems, MS Teams) over a shared infrastructure.
2) Which suppliers provide the digital communication tools that are used across the ICS to enable self-service pathways such as self-triage, referral, condition management and advice and guidance? Please state if your ICS does not currently provide some or all such digital communication tools.
DDICB as an entity does not provide self-enabled service pathways as DDICB does not directly provide care. This is not provided at the ICS level and, other than national system (for example electronic referral system), this capability is provided at an organisational level.
3) Do your ICS-wide clinical systems meet clinical safety standards as set out by DTAC and DCB0129 and DCB0160?
DDICB does not provide any ICS-wide clinical systems. DDICB does contract, on behalf of NHSE, GP systems for primary care which meet national procurement and clinical safety standards.
4) Does your ICS have a population health management system that has a fully linked, longitudinal dataset with primary, secondary, mental health, social care and community data? If yes, please state the name of the supplier of this system.
No, DDICB does not have this capability as stated. It is intended that the Federated Data platform that is being nationally procured will be used for this capability.
5) Do all your ICS-wide digital transformation projects, programmes and services meet the Technology Code of Practice?
We always endeavour to ensure this whenever practical and possible, but we cannot guarantee this across the whole ICS at this point.
6) Does your ICS have a shared care record that adheres to Professional Records Standard Body’s Core Information Standard? Please can you also state the supplier of this shared care record, even if it does not currently adhere to the PRSB standard?
Orion Health Care is the supplier of the Derbyshire Shared Care record and complies to PRSB Standards.
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