HIE - Health Information Exchange Posted on 24 Sep 2020

 We all use a wide range of health and care services in our lives, whether it’s a visit to our GP practice, a hospital appointment or receiving a visit from a social worker.

When this happens, each organisation keeps a record of the care we receive; in the past, these records were on paper, but now this is usually an electronic record held separately by each organisation.

The joined-up record will mean that your medical record at WHMC will be shared with these other local health and care professionals, helping them to make quicker and safer decisions about your care.

This joined up record is part of a wider drive by the NHS and social care services to use technology as a way of improving care and making better use of staff time and money.