Sherwood Zoe S, Sandford John, Jacob Sarita
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
Birmingham, Solihull and Black Country Diabetic Eye Screening Programme, Birmingham, UK.
Future Healthc J. 2022 Jul;9(2):161-165. doi: 10.7861/fhj.2022-0008.
We aimed to create a collaborative data sharing project between two NHS trusts to improve attendance and access to diabetic retinopathy screening in individuals with severe mental illness (SMI).
The eligible patient lists were analysed before and after interventions to assess their effectiveness over two data runs.
Screening attendance rates increased by 31% and 25% in the data runs; a significant number of patients (15%) who were screened required onward referral to hospital eye services. Patient registrations increased from 35% to 86% for previously not registered individuals. Inpatients were around 50% more likely to get screened and registered than community patients.
Information sharing and collaborative working between services can improve patient health outcomes, increasing the number of eligible individuals with SMI registered and improving attendance. The project shows the potential for future data sharing collaborations, highlighting the need for further improvement, development and investment.
我们旨在创建一个由两个国民保健服务信托机构参与的协作性数据共享项目，以提高患有严重精神疾病（SMI）的个体接受糖尿病视网膜病变筛查的就诊率和可及性。
在干预前后对符合条件的患者名单进行分析，以评估其在两次数据运行中的有效性。
在数据运行中，筛查就诊率分别提高了31%和25%；大量接受筛查的患者（15%）需要进一步转诊至医院眼科服务部门。之前未登记的个体患者注册率从35%提高到了86%。住院患者接受筛查和注册的可能性比社区患者高出约50%。
服务机构之间的信息共享与协作可以改善患者健康状况，增加符合条件的患有严重精神疾病的个体的注册人数，并提高就诊率。该项目展示了未来数据共享合作的潜力，凸显了进一步改进、发展和投资的必要性。
