Success of health integration hinges on data sharing

摘要

Resolving data-sharing challenges is critical to the success of health and social care integration, the Government has been told. A report by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) on behalf of the Department of Health called for national leadership to tackle the issue. SCIE's report, which will inform the Government's future plans for the further integration of health and social care, read: 'It is widely acknowledged that integrated health and social care models can only be fully achieved and sustained through effective information and data-sharing within and across sectors, with information travelling with the individual and easily accessible to all the professionals involved in their care.