Cognitant and Versus Arthritis have teamed as much as enhance entry to data, recommendation and instruments for sufferers with musculoskeletal situations.
Cognitant’s affected person platform Healthinote will now host a complete choice of Versus Arthritis’ sources, together with well being data, train movies and help providers.
The platform is already built-in with greater than 3,000 GP practices, enabling clinicians to seamlessly prescribe the digital contents to their sufferers.
Dr Alice Wooden, GP and medical director at Cognitant, mentioned: “With digital prescriptions, GPs might be assured they’re providing sufferers the fullest vary of efficient interventions to select from.”
These digital well being data prescriptions might help to alleviate the strain on GPs whereas additionally rising the worth of every medical interplay.
As well as, as Healthinote is built-in with eConsult, a digital triage and reserving system, sufferers can entry the sources prematurely of their first appointment. Cognitant believes this can assist enhance the standard of consultations in addition to personalise care plans.
Wooden continued: “Referrals for surgical procedure for arthritic situations are a number of the highest within the nation, and make up the most important proportion of two-year waiters.
“Having instruments to assist sufferers handle their situation throughout this wait time is important, so their situation doesn’t deteriorate. We’re delighted to be working with Versus Arthritis to deliver these instruments to sufferers, to assist them perceive their MSK situations, and really feel assured to take an lively position of their restoration.”
The content material relies on the newest proof and is obtainable in a number of codecs and languages to make sure it’s accessible to a large cohort of sufferers.
Zoe Chivers, director of providers and influencing at Versus Arthritis, mentioned: “Providing a wider vary of therapy choices for folks residing with arthritis will assist scale back the pressures on the NHS in the long term.
“We’re excited that, by means of this partnership with Cognitant, we will improve entry to Versus Arthritis’ providers and make an enormous distinction to folks’s lives, particularly these ready for surgical procedure.”
Again in October, the menopause app steadiness additionally teamed up with Cognitant’s well being data prescription service Healthinote to permit evidence-based data on the menopause be prescribed by GPs.