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Accurx - a digital tool for patient care which writes back to the medical record

by LOUISE WATERS | Jun 4, 2020 | in Rehabilitation

Overnight, our MSK service stopped seeing routine face-to-face patients. We needed a way to communicate and consult with them remotely. Once approved and installed, training and user guides were prepared whilst Accurx was configured to meet Service need. We can now send files and information leaflets to patients via text message (1400 sent so far) and communicate things like normal test results without needing a scheduled appointment. We are able to ask patients to send in photograph of the area of concern and these, like all other sent/received messages can be saved to form part of the medical record (EMIS) without duplication of work. In addition to text messages, the software also enables video consulting (400 to date) which is great for an enhanced consultation when visual feedback can aid the diagnosis, management plan or patient experience. Feedback from staff and patients alike has been very positive. We didn't grind to a complete halt at the start of the pandemic, we were able to continue to assess, advise and rehabilitate patients safely with excellent adaptation from staff.

What is needed to sustain the change?  

We hope that the software continues to be affordable, across our organisation and geographical region. It's currently free. 

What is your region?

North West

edited on Jul 13, 2020 by Kyle Beacham
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Carol McCrum Jun 5, 2020

The idea has been progressed to the next milestone.

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Greta McLachlan Jun 5, 2020

Status labels added: Community Care, Information Sharing, Investment in technology, Primary and secondary care int, Remote Monitoring, SMS consulting, Technology (software/ apps), Telephone advice, Telephone consulting, Video consulting, Virtual consultation

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Greta McLachlan Jun 5, 2020

Status label added: Horizon 3

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Ros Foulds Jun 12, 2020

After extensive testing of both the Attend Anywhere and AccuRx Platforms our Paediatric Chronic Pain Team are using AccuRx to continue our clinics virtually as it is robust enough to allow several clinicians working from home to link to the same patient simultaneously. We were not aware of the other features described but are keen to explore them. Would definitely support this idea.

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Kyle Beacham Jul 13, 2020

Status labels removed: Community Care, Information Sharing, Investment In Technology, Prim/Sec Integration, Remote Monitoring, SMS Consulting, Technology (Software/ Apps), Telephone Advice, Telephone Consulting, Video Consulting, Virtual Consulting

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