?>
And they're also talking about the UK's relative poor productivity levels. We believe AI offers the potential to revolutionise productivity and transform the way businesses operate, from streamlining processes to automating repetitive tasks.
About
We build online solutions which empower better self-management of people's health and wellbeing, and reduce the chances of long-term health problems
Sectors
Our focus is on disease prevention and health promotion solutions for NHS, Lifestyle Services and Social Prescribing services with our proprietary Priority Platform enabling digital referrals and sophisticated outcome reporting
Services
Our unique full-service offering for healthcare partners including primary care networks, CCGs and local authorities provides end-to-end design and delivery including branding and marketing the service for patients
Get in touch
01223 976 777
enquiries@prioritydigitalhealth.com
To help manage blood sugar levels, everybody with type 1 and some people with type 2 diabetes need to inject insulin. Using insulin appropriately helps to reduce the risk of illness and diabetes complications - such as blindness, the loss of limbs and even the loss of life.
And yet despite these risks, continued awareness through events like Insulin Safety Week is still crucially needed to prevent these severe outcomes.
The summary report of the National Diabetes Inpatient Audit for England and Wales revealed statistics of extreme concern. On the day of the audit in 2019, two-fifths of inpatient drug charts for insulin-treated inpatients had one or more insulin error. That’s 40% of insulin-treated patients at risk of reducing their quality of life.
Encouragingly, the frequency of insulin errors has reduced by almost 20% since a comparable audit in 2011 but this progress has stagnated. In 2017, 4 in 10 insulin-treated inpatients were experiencing one or more insulin errors.
As well as continued education and vetting of healthcare professionals, we also believe greater uptake in diabetes education is needed to dramatically reduce the error rate. This will allow for more people with diabetes to take control of their own health confidently and effectively.
In partnership with Spirit Healthcare, we designed and developed a platform that enabled GPs, other healthcare professionals and patients to refer to the Diabetes Book and Learn (DBL) service. The patient living with the condition is then offered the choice of any diabetes education course available across south London. This gives patients a much wider range of course locations, formats, and independence than previously offered.
“Many healthcare and lifestyle concerns can be treated with an adequate education. If we’re to protect the welfare of insulin-treated patients, accessible diabetes education is vital. Not just for the physical health of patients but their mental health too. Lack of education in your own condition can lead to copious amounts of stress and mental ill-health.
“Pre-pandemic, 90% of all DBL referrals resulted in a course booking. To reflect the needs of a COVID-world and to put a stop to travel-based obstacles, we knew we had to adapt the current platform that offered face-to-face and digital courses to now include digital and virtual face-to-face courses. And that’s exactly what we did.
“Improved patient choice generates greater accessibility for people with diabetes to book courses that allow them to understand more about their condition and prevent future health problems.”
Since its launch in September 2018 and the digital advancement, the platform has seen over 21,500 referrals from GPs, other healthcare professionals and patients themselves.