How Integrated Patient Information can help
Dumas Ltd - author of Integrated Patient Information - has a long track record of producing specialist health information and communications.

Our information covers operations/procedures, medical conditions and complementary treatments - written to our unique template designed to communicate with non-medical laypersons.

We produce accurate, relevant and accessible information that is:

• low cost
• low maintenance
• compliant with National Minimum Standards
• compliant with Department of Health guidelines on obtaining informed consent.

Our information is multi-layered, allowing you to choose the elements that suit your priorities and budget.

• Printed patient information leaflets.
• Electronic patient information leaflets (PDF).
• Touchscreen kiosks.
• CD-ROMs.
• Intranet.
• Internet.
  

Our brand is clear, modern and welcoming - consistent with a modern patient-centred hospital providing high quality, holistic and cost effective healthcare.

Integrated Patient Information provides a coherent approach to ALL your information needs

Our information meets the needs - and more - of the National Care Standards Commission as defined by the National Minimum Standards.

Exceeding the National Minimum Standards
(Excerpts in inverted commas are from the National Minimum Standards)

"DH guidance (Department of Health guidance - Reference Guidance to Consent for Examination or Treatment) on consent to treatment…is followed."

and

"Clinical procedures are explained to patients so that they understand the implications of the treatment and any options available to them, allowing them to give valid consent or refusal…"

• Our information is fully compliant with this guidance.
• It is comprehensible, dealing explicitly with the condition, possible treatments/investigations, risks and benefits (including that of doing nothing), likely additional procedures and what will happen.
• It fully explains anaesthesia as a procedure where applicable.
• It discusses all the significant risks of the operation and anaesthesia.
• It is written in bite-sized chunks, allowing patients to personalise their use of it, and healthcare professionals to direct them to specific areas.

Achieving higher standards
In April 2004, the regulation of the private sector will include a new body - the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection. This will encompass all of the current and proposed work of the Commission for Health Improvement (CHI), the Mental Health Act Commission, the national NHS value for money work of the Audit Commission, and the independent healthcare work of the National Care Standards Commission.

Integrated Patient Information already meets the full requirements of the Department of Health and best practice, so you will not be required to do anything additional for this transition.

For more information on how Integrated Patient Information exceeds these regulations, please contact our sales team via sales@ipinfo.co.uk or call 020 8530 7589.

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