– Formally Hampshire Health Record (HHR).
What is the Care and Health Information Exchange (CHIE)?
The Care and Health Information Exchange (CHIE) is an electronic record containing key information about your medical history from hospital, general practice, community care and social services in Hampshire and Dorset. It is a safe way of sharing information about patients to those treating them. This lets them provide faster and more accurate care. CHIE is a much more detailed version of the SCR.
What information is available in my Care and Health Information Exchange Record?
Your Care and Health Information Exchange records contains information about the medication you are currently taking, your allergies, test results, and other critical medical and care information, such as diseases you have and operations you have had. Health and care staff can access your information if they have your permission to do so.
Who uses the Care and Health Information Exchange Records?
The Care and Health Information Exchange record benefits nearly all clinicians within the local (Hampshire) NHS and is used by a variety of people, from hospital doctors and pharmacists, to community nurses, podiatrists, occupational therapists and physiotherapists, as well as your GP.
Having access to your record allows clinicians to have a much wider view of information than they might otherwise have to hand, which in turn is beneficial to providing your regular health care. In situations where a clinician may not have any history of your previous treatments, for example in Accident & Emergency, access to information about allergies, diagnosis and medication can provide vital details that will help them give you the best care and advice possible.
What can I do if I don’t want my record shared?
If you don’t want to have your information shared, you can opt-out by completing the Data Extraction Opt-Out form and returning it to the practice.
Further information on the system.
Case study Example
You are brought in to A&E at Southampton General Hospital. You are unconscious. The doctor is able to access your coded medical records to check your medication, allergies and significant medical problems to ascertain you don’t have epilepsy or diabetes. Note they are able to access your CHIE record without your consent in an emergency.
All CHIE access is audit trailed. For more information and to request a copy of your record, fill out the appropriate form found here.