Who we are
The Clinical Digital Resource Collaborative (CDRC) is a collective resource, utilising clinical and digital expertise from multiple organisations across the North-East and North Cumbria (NENC) to develop clinical digital resources that seamlessly integrate into EMIS Web and TPP SystmOne.
CDRC provides primary care with the resources to streamline processes, to provide patients with the appropriate treatment at the right time, and to improve patient health outcomes.
CDRC is a collaboration of:
- Health Innovation North-East North Cumbria
- CBC Health Ltd
- North East Commissioning Service (NECS)
- Cumbria PRIMIS Informatics
- NHS NENC ICB
Our Journey:
In 2015, Dr Gareth Forbes created the Derwentside Clinical System (DCS) to help bridge the gap between guidance and implementation. The DCS included many elements to improve patient safety and care, including automated safety reports, dynamic templates, identification of medicines requiring monitoring and the ‘STOPP’ tool which identified frail patients at risk of medicine side effects. Following the implementation of the DCS across 70 practices, data showed that outcomes had improved for patients with long term conditions.
In 2018, the Health Innovation NENC (formally AHSN NENC), supported Dr Forbes with the aim of further developing and disseminating this innovation so that it could benefit the NENC region; a multi-organisation team was created and CDRC was born. CDRC has since evolved into a robust primary care asset, partnering with organisations to develop free at the point of use resources that have the potential to positively impact primary care for both clinicians and patients.
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