The Standards Partnership Scheme welcomes record number of partners and conformant partners
Within two short years, PRSB’s Standards Partnership Scheme is widely recognised. We have 60 partners from across health and social care suppliers, both large and small. Our complimentary services for and we introduced our partnership offer to NHS trusts and social care providers was launched last year, to drive adoption of standards amongst professionals. This is generating keen interest.
Our conformance services have gone from strength to strength this year and we are working very closely with our Digital Social Care Records colleagues at NHSE to conformance assess all solutions on their procurement framework Assured Solution List – Digital Social Care. All solutions on this framework must reach a minimum of About Me and Personalised Care and Support Planning standards conformance, taking the positive impact of both standards across social care to the next level and empowering patients to be actively involved in their care.
Tim Chalklen, Chief Technical Officer at CareMatch, said: “From our discussions with ICSs and ICBs, we understand how important it is to demonstrate commitment to following information standards, and we are looking forward to working on this with the PRSB. We also hope to gain a lot from networking events, providing us with opportunities to connect with healthcare system suppliers and keep-up to date with standards developments.”
Ben Richardson, Business Strategy and Marketing Manager at Fusion eCare Solutions, said: “Fusion is continuously designed and developed with input from our valued customers so that we can keep abreast of legislation and help make their work more efficient. Adopting the PRSB’s standards and enabling consistent information sharing will help us ensure that we are contributing to the delivery of high-quality care and the successful management of care settings.”
David Low, Managing Director at Waracle, said: “We are delighted to join the Standards Partnership Scheme, as it shows our commitment to the industry that we specialise in and the deep expertise that we look to maintain in the space of healthcare standards and regulations.”
The prestigious Quality Mark has been awarded to the following partners:
Orion Health – Core Information Standard and About Me
Log my Care – About Me
Care Vision – PCSP and About Me
Care Control – PCSP and About Me
Graphnet – About Me
FusionCare – About Me
IMS Maxims – eDischarge Summary Standard
Nourish – Urgent Transfer from Care Home to Hospital Standard
The Quality Mark for conformance against PRSB standards is receiving huge support from industry who recognise the differentiation the quality mark gives them, as well as a robust and independent evidence of their leadership in standards. This year completed conformance assessments grew by 220% and covered a range of standards, including About Me , the Personalised Care and Support Plan Standard, the Core Information Standard, Urgent Transfer from Care Hone to Hospital and e-Discharge Summary Standard.
““We are delighted to join the Standards Partnership Scheme, as it shows our commitment to the industry that we specialise in and the deep expertise that we look to maintain in the space of healthcare standards and regulations.”