COVID-19 Clinical Assessment Tool (CAT)
Project impact
By July 2021 it had been used for 20,000 assessments
Deployed across NHS GGC and NHS Forth Valley
This project repurposed the DHI-funded Trauma App to assess COVID-19 symptoms, deployed by NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde. It facilitated 20,000 assessments by July 2021. Version 3 was completed, and a Stage 4 proposal was prepared before the project closed in October 2021.
This involved the re-purposing of the DHI funded Trauma App into a tool that supports the structured assessment and examination of people presenting with Covid-19 type symptoms. NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (NHS GGC) deployed this solution across all its patient-facing assessment units. The application is fully integrated with NHSGGC Clinical systems and Business intelligence dashboard. By July 2021 it had been used for 20,000 assessments across NHS GGC and NHS Forth Valley, feeding public health surveillance with early warning of Covid-19 symptom clusters.
Summary
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Essentially a tool was repurposed, developed and deployed within a short timeframe to support the Covid response. To do this a range of products and outputs were achieved:
• Service models developed – with high-level exemplars
• A second health board, NHS Forth Valley onboarded the tool
• A working prototype across NHS settings was completed
• Minimum viable products tested in setting completed
• Product enhancements for additional Health Board onboarding were completed
The technical development of version 3 was completed and a proposal to Government for Stage 4 was prepared for a general tool and enhanced surveillance. The project was closed in October 2021.
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