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What are Integrated Care Systems (ICSs)?
Integrated Care Systems aim to remove historic silos and divisions between health and care providers. Using Infinity, staff working in Integrated Care Systems can allocate tasks, share and collaborate on caseloads, and communicate without the need for outdated and unsafe tools like paper or WhatsApp.
What are the best clinical communication tools?
The real issue with NHS clinical communication tools is a lack of a shared, real-time repository of information about patients and the tasks required to treat and care for them. A “digital to-do” list like Infinity, which shows all patients within a service, that relevant multidisciplinary staff can access and add to at any time.
Do we have the digital capabilities for mandatory ICSs across NHS England?
The Health and Care Bill came to the floor of parliament in July. If successful, all 223 NHS England Trusts will be required to establish Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) - making this a crucial component of the most ambitious NHS-related policy proposal of the 21st century.
What the new NHS Integrated Care Systems need to do to be successful
An Integrated Care System – also known as an ICS – is a 2019 NHS initiative that brings together the work of primary and community healthcare stakeholders, representing an evolution from Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs) towards even closer collaboration.