Social prescribing software
Primary Care Networks
We’ve spent the last 12 months listening to our PCN, Third Sector and ICS customers and are excited to share the new functionality that we’ve developed to enable PCNs to meet and exceed their PCN requirements safely, securely and with ease.
What’s New About Elemental For PCNs in 2024?
PCNs use the Elemental social prescribing platform to report on the uptake and impact of social prescribing.
We’ve over 10 years' experience in implementing effective and successful social prescribing models of care across localities, boroughs and ICS regions as the leading provider of social prescribing technology.
Did you know that over 4,000 Social Prescribing Link Workers using Elemental to:
- Receive referrals from multiple PCNs and other referral agencies.
- Report on the status of the referral, including outcomes and impacts.
- Connect people into programmes and services locally and demonstrate the difference it makes.
- Focus on the specific cohort groups and better understand the unmet need.
We have enhanced how we integrate clinical systems with Elemental – this is great news if you use EMIS, SystmOne and Vision!
UK’S Only Social Prescribing Software provider to integrate with Access Rio and Access Mosaic
Over 1,000 GP practices make referrals to Social Prescribing Link Workers daily. The data generated is providing ICSs with the population health data that they need to make better informed commissioning decisions.
As part of the enhanced integration Social Prescribing Link Workers now use a series of automated drop downs (and SNOMED Codes) within Elemental when processing referrals which means they don’t have to enter data into Elemental and into your clinical system – this saves them time!
Additional case notes made visible within the clinical system means for the first time GPs will have full oversight of how a patient is engaging in social prescribing and how their health and wellbeing is progressing. Creating an even more joined up conversation between patient, link worker and the GP.
Merton Connected
"We love working with Access Elemental Social Prescribing and we love the software. Because of their good data we have been able to get more funding to recruit another link worker to continue building our capacity.”
- Ben Halshacka, CEO at Merton Connected
Why is this important?
Less time spent on admin, support and empower more patients and get full visibility of your safe and assured referral pathways with personalised care approaches embedded.
- PCNs need more visibility on the uptake and impact of the referrals they are making.
- PCNs have real time reporting obligations associated with the NHS DES funding.
- Patients are accessing support from Social Prescribing Link Workers, Care Coordinators and Health Coaches and PCNs need to see the impact of these roles and what's working well so focus can be on the gaps in service and the unmet need.
- Social Prescribing Link Workers do not have time to duplicate data entry.
Benefits of Access Elemental
Achieve your ARRS objectives with ease
Reduce admin time for Social Prescribing Link Workers
Lighten the load on GP services
Build safe, reliable referral pathways to Third Sector providers
Deliver seamless, joined-up care that tackles social needs
Pinpoint patient cohorts for targeted, impactful reporting
Unlock new funding opportunities for social prescribing
Supercharge team communication and collaboration
Features of Access Elemental
- Robust PCN reporting and analysis (Link worker working, GP practice level, PCN, Core 20 Plus 5, GPAD, Population health management)
- Key PCN health measurement tools
- Automated case management
- 2-way referral portal with notes to referrers
- Client text service
- Shared tasks for link workers
- Goal setting
- Live interactive marketplace
- Enhanced 2-way integration with leading GP systems
- Unmet need tracker
- UK’s only provider to Integrate with Rio (mental health teams) and Mosaic (social care teams)
Top Tips for delivering Social Prescribing in your PCN
These are our top tips for delivering Proactive Social prescribing using Access Elemental Social Prescribing:
- Agree on what you want to achieve and why.
- Create a set of cohort groups that enables you to focus.
- Research how and where best to reach the people you wish to engage.
- Establish partnerships with groups and agencies who work closely with people – tell them about what you do and why it works.
- Give them a safe and easy way to refer into your programme.
- Agree on what information you need from those making referrals – less is more – agree on only what's relevant.
- Use a platform that enables you to update and communicate on the uptake and impact of the referral with those who make referrals.
- Measure wellbeing from baseline stage and through your engagement to show health and wellbeing impact across cohorts.
- Tap into a pre-populated marketplace of quality assured programmes, services and interventions for your cohorts.
- Ask your communities to rate the programme or service so others can see how effective it has been.
5 Reasons to give our team a call today to find out more:
- We’ve listened to our PCN customers and we now file more data and notes back into EMIS to automate your PCN reports.
- PCNs are now able to get better visibility on the capacity of their Social Prescribing Link Workers.
- Our reporting has been enhanced – we've made new updates to make it easier to report.
- We help you populate and maintain your Directory of Service (Marketplace).
- We’ve removed the costs associated with this integration.
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