About Digital Care Home

Digital Care Home (Health Call) is an App that allows referrals to be made digitally to Cumbria Health or the District Nurses Out Of Hours. It is fully funded by the NHS, so no cost to its users.

This App has shown to save a users time, by preventing hours spent on the telephone waiting to make referrals.

The application is being used in 90 Care Homes across North Cumbria. 

Digital Care Home Background Information.PDF

Digital Solutions In Care Homes- AHSN

NHS Digital Care Home – Video

Step-By-Step-Guide-Phase-1

Step-By-Step-Guide-Phase-2

How to Download the InHealthCare Professional App

Excel Document for new residents 

Using the InHealthCare App To Make A Referral

Using the Web Portal to make a referral (Not Tablet)

Link for the Web Portal – portal.inhealthcare.co.uk/portal/login

Using a Pulse Oximeter

Measuring Blood Pressure

Measuring Heart Rate

How to take a Temperature

Counting Respirations

What is the NEWS2 Score? – (The  Health Call APP calculates the NEWS2 score for you)

What is the SBAR communication tool? (The Health Call APP uses the SBAR communication tool and guides you through the process)

The video link below is from a Durham Care Home owner talking about his experience with Digital Care Home, he explains how he felt when he first heard about digital care home and how he feels now after some time using it.

Control room process (InHealthCare Portal – Adastra) Control-Room-Guide-Digital-Care-Home