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Key Information Summary
The Key Information Summary (KIS) is an extension to the ECS. It is intended to replace the manually faxed Special Notes currently sent by practices. The data uploaded via KIS consists of:
- Special Note - This is s equivalent to the 'Special Note' that is faxed to out of hours care, see Adding or Updating a Special Note
- Summaries for Out of Hours (OOH) agencies - This can consist of information from the patient's medical history if deemed clinically relevant and administration information, such as keypad numbers to assist out of hours staff in gaining access to the patient home in an emergency
KIS is designed to be used for patients with:
- Long term conditions
- Mental health issues
- Unusual conditions who may have difficulty in remembering crucial details if they become ill
There is an overlap in some of the information that can be extracted for KIS and recorded for Palliative care. The ECS Summary Management screen shares this information so it only has to be recorded once.
The following section details how to access and utilise the KIS tab of the ECS Summary Management screen:
