60 GDE Blueprints are now available covering a range of pathway, care setting and capability solutions for use by NHS organisations.
The Global Digital Exemplar Blueprinting programme helps other NHS Trusts by providing a structured collection of knowledge assets and associated methodology for using them. They highlight important components needed for sustainable digital transformation such as; organisational leadership and culture, technical guidance, clinical and staff engagement as well as the people and processes required to deliver the benefits of technology.
They cover a range of digital initiatives such as using software to detect the risk of patients contracting sepsis, having a paperless A&E department or introducing e-prescribing across an organisation to improve safety and quality of care, clinical outcomes, and patient and staff experience.
The Blueprints have been created by NHS Trusts who are recognised for using digital technologies to support wider transformation, the GDE blueprints are step-by-step guides that can also be tailored by individual Trusts to suit their own local needs and requirements.
Paul Charnley, Director of IT and Information at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust said “We in the Wirral have used the blueprint from Cambridge University Hospitals showing how they have adapted their EPIC system to introduce closed loop medicines administration – technology for checking the right dose of medication – and the management of breast milk for babies. These are things we had not tackled – but the Cambridge blueprint gave us the confidence to do so.”
“We also learned a lot from University Hospitals Birmingham as they are ahead of us in the development and use of patient portals. There are also some brilliant examples of how trusts are adopting standards such as transfers of care in Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals, mobile apps for young mental health patients to use in Worcestershire Health and Care and voice to text solutions in Oxford Health.”
“The blueprints describe some common themes about leadership, governance, ownership and engagement, and we need to distil and sprinkle this learning more widely around the NHS. That’s the beauty of the blueprints, all of which demonstrate the benefits to patient care by applying technology where it’s appropriate.”
The GDE blueprints can be found on the FutureNHS platform. To register please email: gdeblueprints@nhsx.nhs.uk
