51 POSCU – joined up working via GOSHLink

All members of the patient’s care team using GOSHLink can view the patient’s full, contemporaneous electronic medical record in real-time, placing the most relevant and time critical information at the centre of patient care. GOSH Link is a web based, clinician facing portal, providing ‘external to GOSH’ care providers with access to a patient’s GOSH digital electronic medical record, regardless of the digital maturity of the external hospital. Using GOSH Link clinicians can view the patient’s: encounters, allergies, problems, notes, medications, lab results, radiology reports. Furthermore, using GOSH Link external care providers can upload documents (request to upload documents) to the patient’s GOSH record, with further potential to engage actively with the patient’s treatment at GOSH. Without GOSHLink the local hospital team would have to rely on the family or GOSH haematology/Oncology team letting them know of any future appointments/interventions, followed by the initiation of an appropriate management plan. This could have added additional days to the patient’s overall care plan through finding out information, or rescheduling the procedure Being one ‘virtual’ team- The PTC and POSCU relationship has always been at the very core of facilitating excellent patient care between 2 centres, and good communication is vital for this. GOSHLink has facilitated all of this. Clinical governance- real time documentation that both the PTC and POSCU can view Patient experience-families are reassured to know there is electronic documentation of discussion between PTC and POSCU. Rolling out GOSHLink to POSCU PTC is so much more efficient, saves on time spent chasing appointments by email or telephone. Improves patient safety, and communication. Better patient care. Prevents procedures being cancelled or postponed. GOSHLink supports the response to the COVID-19 pandemic between GOSH and local hospitals.