The impact of About Me on people.
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Andrew Coles, CEO, Person Centred Software
About Me brings to light the critical role we play as suppliers in improving end-to-end care.
“About Me is not an isolated feature but a living, breathing thing that adapts to the different needs of those using it. It contributes to the wider digital transformation goals we are all striving for, to improve quality of care.”
Implementing the About Me standard is already improving the quality of care and giving time back to clinicians.
Chris Graham, Chief Executive, Picker
Using the About Me standard to understand people's preferences and promote person centred care.
"We encourage all providers to adopt and use the About Me standard as part of their approach to care. Doing this will help elevate and amplify people’s individual voices in health and social care practice, support a better understanding of the things that matter most to them, and promote person centred care for all, always."
Rob Hardisty, Solution Director, Graphnet Health
Reaching new heights with highly personalised care.
"The needs of the individual may not always align with set care plans, so we need to be mindful of allowing the person to record what they want to record in their own way. We make it clear that this is not directly monitored but that it is available at the point of care, as and when it is needed."
Sarah Woolf
My name is Sarah. My medical treatment changed my life.
"In order to be restored to our lives, to ourselves, we do not just need healing physically. We need human relationships, interactions and care where we are seen, acknowledged and valued as a whole person whose body and lives have real meaning to us. This requires a huge shift in our approach to healthcare, where we currently become re-defined by our illness and ‘de -constructed’ into diseased body parts. Inadvertently this can actually worsen mental and social wellbeing."
