Patients Know Best (PKB) and HealthUnlocked have signed a partnership agreement in a bid to improve social wellbeing for patients. 

The partnership which will see HealthUnlocked’s eSocial Prescription capability integrated with PKB’s award-winning digital platform is set to make it easier for healthcare professionals to offer their patients more holistic, personalised care plans in the form of a social prescription that aims to complement clinical treatments. 

eSocial Prescriptions generated by HealthUnlocked (via the GP’s or specialists clinical systems) are sent to patients as an email. This is mirrored in their PKB personal health record where they can also find local resources and HealthUnlocked’s unique condition-specific online communities. Validated research has proven that when patients join these communities, they visit their GP or local emergency department much less and increase their patient activation measure.

This increased capability supports the national direction of care from the Department of Health and Social Care which is working on a series of social prescribing programmes to combat over-medicalising people and help the NHS to save money.

Dr Mohammad Al-Ubaydli, CEO and Founder of Patients Know Best, said: “This partnership will benefit our users enormously. It will help patients to become more actively involved in their health and make it simpler for healthcare professionals to offer more holistic forms of care as opposed to prescribed drugs which are not always needed. We’re thrilled to help steer this in the right direction.” 

Jorge Armanet, CEO and Founder of HealthUnlocked said: “We are delighted to join forces with PKB working together to make healthcare more personalised, preventative and affordable. Integrating our eSocial Prescription solution into the PKB personal health records will allow us to equip patients with the right support at the right time at an even greater scale.” 

This story also was covered in the media, details of which can be found below: 

PharmaField, published July 18, 2019, by Amy Schofield 

Health tech partnership to boost social wellbeing

 

Patients Know Best (PKB) and HealthUnlocked have signed a partnership agreement with the aim of improving social wellbeing for patients.

The partnership, which will see HealthUnlocked’s eSocial Prescription capability integrated with PKB’s award-winning digital platform, is set to make it easier for healthcare professionals to offer their patients more holistic, personalised care plans in the form of a social prescription that aims to complement clinical treatments.

eSocial Prescriptions generated by HealthUnlocked (via the GPs or specialists clinical systems) are sent to patients as an email. This is replicated in their PKB personal health record where they can also find local resources and HealthUnlocked’s condition-specific online communities. Validated research has proved that when patients join these health communities, visits to their GP or local emergency department are fewer.

This increased capability supports the national direction of care from the Department of Health and Social Care, which is working on a series of social prescribing programmes to combat the over-medicalisation of patients and help to save the NHS money.

Dr Mohammad Al-Ubaydli, CEO and Founder of Patients Know Best, said: “This partnership will benefit our users enormously. It will help patients to become more actively involved in their health and make it simpler for healthcare professionals to offer more holistic forms of care as opposed to prescribed drugs which are not always needed. We’re thrilled to help steer this in the right direction.”

Jorge Armanet, CEO and Founder of HealthUnlocked said: “Integrating our eSocial Prescription solution into the PKB personal health records will allow us to equip patients with the right support at the right time at an even greater scale.”

LifeScience Industry, published July 22, 2019

Health tech pioneers come together to improve social wellbeing

Patients Know Best (PKB) and HealthUnlocked have signed a partnership agreement in a bid to further improve social wellbeing for patients.

The partnership which will see HealthUnlocked’s eSocial Prescription capability integrated with PKB’s award-winning digital platform is set to make it easier for healthcare professionals to offer their patients more holistic, personalised care plans in the form of a social prescription that aims to complement clinical treatments.

eSocial Prescriptions generated by HealthUnlocked (via the GP’s or specialists clinical systems) are sent to patients as an email. This is mirrored in their PKB personal health record where they can also find local resources and HealthUnlocked’s unique condition-specific online communities. Validated research has proven that when patients join these communities, they visit their GP or local emergency department much less and increase their patient activation measure.

This increased capability supports the national direction of care from the Department of Health and Social Care which is working on a series of social prescribing programmes to combat over-medicalising people and help the NHS to save money.

Dr Mohammad Al-Ubaydli, CEO and Founder of Patients Know Best, said:

“This partnership will benefit our users enormously. It will help patients to become more actively involved in their health and make it simpler for healthcare professionals to offer more holistic forms of care as opposed to prescribed drugs which are not always needed and I’m thrilled that we can help to steer this in the right direction.”

Jorge Armanet, CEO and Founder of HealthUnlocked, said:

“We are delighted to join forces with PKB working together to make healthcare more personalised, preventative and affordable. Integrating our eSocial Prescription solution into the PKB personal health records will allow us to equip patients with the right support at the right time at an even greater scale.”

 

Building Better Healthcare, published July 23, 2019:

Health tech pioneers come together to improve social wellbeing

Patients Know Best and HealthUnlocked provide GPs with social prescribing platform to support clinical treatment

Patients Know Best and HealthUnlocked have signed a partnership agreement in a bid to improve social wellbeing for patients.

The partnership which will see HealthUnlocked’s eSocial Prescription capability integrated with PKB’s award-winning digital platform, making it easier for healthcare professionals to offer their patients more-holistic, personalised care plans in the form of a social prescription that aims to complement clinical treatments.

eSocial Prescriptions generated by HealthUnlocked, via the GP’s or specialists clinical systems, are sent to patients as an email. This is mirrored in their PKB personal health record, where they can also find local resources and unique, condition-specific online communities.

Validated research has proven that when patients join these communities, they visit their GP or local emergency department much less, and increase their patient activation measure.

This increased capability supports the national direction of care from the Department of Health and Social Care, which is working on a series of social prescribing programmes to combat over-medicalising people and helping the NHS to save money.

Dr Mohammad Al-Ubaydli, chief executive and founder of Patients Know Best, said: “This partnership will help patients to become more actively involved in their health, and will make it simpler for healthcare professionals to offer more-holistic forms of care as opposed to prescribed drugs, which are not always needed. We’re thrilled to help steer this in the right direction.”

Jorge Armanet of HealthUnlocked added: “We are delighted to join forces with PKB working together to make healthcare more personalised, preventative and affordable.

“Integrating our eSocial Prescription solution into the PKB personal health records will allow us to equip patients with the right support, at the right time, at an even-greater scale.”

 

Digital Health, published July 25, 2019, by Hannah Crouch

Patients Know Best secures partnership with social prescribing company

Patients Know Best (PKB) has partnered up with HealthUnlocked to improve social wellbeing.

The partnership will allow HealthUnlocked’s eSocial Prescription capability to be integrated with PKB’s digital platform, with the aim of making it easier for healthcare professionals to offer their patients more holistic, personalised care plans in the form of a social prescription that complements clinical treatments.

eSocial Prescriptions, generated by HealthUnlocked via the GP’s or specialists clinical systems, are sent to patients as an email.

This is then mirrored in their PKB personal health record, where they can also find local resources and HealthUnlocked’s unique condition-specific online communities.

Jorge Armanet, CEO and founder of HealthUnlocked, said: “We are delighted to join forces with PKB working together to make healthcare more personalised, preventative and affordable.

“Integrating our eSocial Prescription solution into the PKB personal health records will allow us to equip patients with the right support at the right time, at an even greater scale.”

PKB’s medical portal gives patients instant access to their medical records.

It also gives them the ability to choose with whom they wish to share their medical information, and to create a digital care plan.

As well has being shared with doctors, this care plan can be seen by relatives and carers.

Previous partnerships have included Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board in Wales and  Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, which offered the PKB system to 3,200 people with inflammatory bowel disease.

Speaking about the company’s latest partnership, Dr Mohammad Al-Ubaydli, CEO and founder of Patients Know Best, said: “This partnership will benefit our users enormously.

“It will help patients to become more actively involved in their health and make it simpler for healthcare professionals to offer more holistic forms of care as opposed to prescribed drugs which are not always needed. We’re thrilled to help steer this in the right direction.”