“A patient who had previously visited the GP came to the OOH service as a patient. Symptoms included slight backache and a high fever. I was able to view the GP patient record and see in the Detailed Care Record a diagnoses of an asymptomatic urine infection based on a urinary dipstick, which was then treated with an antibiotic.
On return to the OOH service, the patient didn’t know the medication name they were taking and upon consultation it appeared the patient had clinical pyelonephritis. Again, by pulling the live data from the MIG I could see the urinary dipstick had not been sent for culture, what medication had been prescribed previously, what their renal function was and the patient’s allergies.
These pieces of information permitted the start of treatment in the community, safely, straight away and without any admission. Time was saved by not chasing a non-existent urine culture.”