Single Patient Record

A single patient record (SPR) unifies all health information about a person in one secure place.  It provides a ‘single source of truth’ for everyone involved in an individual’s care, including the patient themselves.   

Our single patient record is the foundation of our patient-centred Personal Health Record platform. It seamlessly integrates data from diverse sources—healthcare providers, devices, and patient contributions—and delivers this data wherever the patient needs it—through robust APIs and dedicated interfaces for patients and professionals.

In line with the company’s mission, PKB advocates this is governed by the patient, giving the individual the power to contribute to and share their information with whoever they like.

PKB supports implicit as well as explicit consent. A patient attending a health care facility for treatment is providing implicit consent to the clinical team so PKB automatically grants access to the clinicians. PKB simultaneously notifies the patient, and the carers the patient chose, about this sharing. At any point the patient can explicitly reduce or remove access. This is how to give patients the power of control but not the burden of control.

The design revolves around the patient, aligning with the vision of a patient-owned record. Our mature, patient-controlled personal health record already enables millions of patients to view, contribute to, and manage sharing of their health information and care plans. Patient ownership also means facilitating data takeouts, empowering patients with portability of their information.

Interoperability is paramount, built on a vendor-neutral archive of native, FHIR storage. Bidirectional FHIR APIs are core to the PKB platform, ensuring efficient, robust, standards-compliant data exchange. Our FHIR-native approach adapts to diverse and evolving data types, ensuring the SPR accommodates future clinical advancements.

The PKB software enriches this data by applying clinical codes, such as SNOMED in England and ICD in the Netherlands. Our Population Health Management Engine uses this coded data for automated cohort identification. It translates a patient's clinical information into simple, actionable prompts supporting population health management.