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Silver Meadow Care Home Case Study

Silver Meadow Care Home Case Study

Task 1

Communication in Silver Meadow Care Home

Communication in old care and safety settings includes various aspects, such as exchange of information among staff, management, as well as patients. Due to advancement in technology, the field of possibilities for the storage and processing of data Medical continues to expand. Different types of applications and information technology in the medical field continue to grow and evolve (Vimarlund,et al. 2008, pp. 183-193). According to section The Health and Social Care Act 2008, ICT in health products are defined as "hardware, software, integrated technologies or related licenses, upgrades, or packaged solutions sold as services that are designed to support the use by health care entities or patients for the electronic creation, maintenance, access to or information on health "exchange.

The information technology and communication (ICT) allow various sources Information to be controlled or combined to provide better care and gain fluency while freeing up staff and resources. Implementing communication policies in the Silver Meadow Care Home will provide it with varied benefits, for example:

Patient Safety: they are mainly related to the reduction of medical errors: events and adverse drug related admissions, surgical errors, transfusion errors, faults professional, spending

Quality of care: HIT allow clinicians to spend more time with their patients as they are admitted in the home care due to reduced paperwork, research documents, schedule management, etc (Vimarlund,et al. 2008, pp. 183-193). Due to the saved time, physicians and the carers are able to provide quality care to the residents of Silver Meadow Care Home.

Patient access to care: HIT improves access to care by streamlining ineffective processes and; therefore, increasing productivity of clinicians and staff. The main indicators success is: response time to inquiries from patients; timeout results analysis, self-management of chronic diseases and increased numbers of health professionals by daily consultations.

Silver Meadow Care must implement the health information technology in its settings which should be under the whole raft of legislations, standards, and guidance which is, in UK, known as “Information Governance”. It has been produced in last few years which cover issues of confidentiality, access and disclosure of health information. The National Information Governance Board for Heath and Social Care (NIGB) is also established by the Health and Social Care Act 2008 which has the statutory duty to supervise the information governance (Vimarlund,et al. 2008, pp. 183-193).

Responsibilities Of Staff And Management

Like any other home care settings, staff of Silver Meadows Care Home also has certain responsibilities to adhere to. Old aged people are considered to be most vulnerable segment of population and that is why their care, safety and security need special consideration. All the staff of the settings must also have an access to the up to date medication guidelines and policies for nursing care (Wild, 2010, pp. 1-50). Nurses must also have an access to the British National Formulary. The Silver Meadows Care Home should also have an access to the “Handling of Medication in Social ...