Community staff need instant access to records
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Community staff need instant access to records

Ian Bailey Queen’s Nurse and clinical design director, EMIS Health

Multidisciplinary teams can instantly share updated patient records and community nurses must be included in this

The challenge of preventing unnecessary hospital admissions becomes harder as winter sets in. Caring for people more effectively in their own homes is part of the answer, but it relies on the effective working of community-based multidisciplinary teams (MDTs).

Primary Health Care. 30, 1, 11-11. doi: 10.7748/phc.30.1.11.s11

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