Everything you need to know about Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), including DSCR funding for digital care management systems

Integrated care systems (ICSs) are partnerships of organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up health and care services, aiming to improve the lives of people who live and work in their area.

For example, before using a digital care management system, compared to paper-based records, care home managers had to go into the organisation and sift through all the paperwork and hundreds of care notes to get an overview of what had been happening inside the home.

Care home managers don't need to do this anymore; with our digital care management system, care home managers can now click into the system and get a quick overview of what's been happening in the care home. They can access detailed information wherever they are and, whenever needed, read and analyse care records quickly, access care intelligence and monitor the effectiveness of care with ease, staying on the front foot, helping them to be in control. 

What does Integrated Care System mean?

To improve health and social care for all, the government has passed the Health and Care Act 2022, introducing new legislative measures to make it easier for health and care organisations to deliver joined-up care for people relying on multiple services.

The proposal was to implement integrated care systems (ICSs) and aim to deliver better, more integrated care for people, with a better and clearer transfer of information from one professional to another.