Unit 25 Using ICT in Health and Social Care

Amcanion/Objectives To be able to research health and social care workplaces to benefit organisations and individuals. To search the internet for online appointments with a GP To search the internet for information on a Booking App To write a report on your findings

/Are we moving with technology? How would we find the time to manage our money these days without online banking? It’s so much easier to move cash around, pay a bill or just check your bank balance by logging in, pretty much anywhere at any time. Imagine how much easier it would be to manage your health if your GP practice had a similar system?

/Online transactions – Patient Access Perhaps you’ve been lying awake worrying about that pain that’s been jabbing you in the back lately? Through the online transactions service you can make an appointment no matter when the urge takes you. No time to get to the surgery before work to pick up a repeat prescription? Log on, and you can order one with a few clicks of your mouse instead.

/Benefit from getting involved in managing our healthcare bookings online.

/24 Hour Patient Access With Patient Access, you can now view, book and cancel appointments from home, work or on the move – wherever you can connect to the internet. What’s more, because Patient Access is a 24 hour online service – you can do this in your own time, day or night.

/You can also…… Order repeat prescriptions Change your address details Send secure messages to your practice View medical record details online (only in England at the moment)

/GP BOOKING APP The UK's first GP appointment booking app was launched on Mar enabling patients to book appointments with their doctor directly from their smartphone.

/With the GP Booking App you can also Order repeat prescriptions Securely message their practice Update personal details e.g. change of address

/Exercise for knowledge evidence 1.Access the GP online booking system 2.Using the internet search for your GP practice or access alternative surgery i.e. Dolgellau – View the website and make a note of what it can offer to a patient, print screen suitable information – You will need to write about what it can offer a patient and what you think about the online booking system. E.g. Is it appropriate? Would you use it?

Additional Information /Patient power: saving money with online appointments /Organising your Health on Line - health-online health-online /First GP appointment booking app launched - app-launched app-launched