Ophthalmology and Optometry Services in Wales have been paper-based since their inception. In 2018, Cardiff and Vale Health Board began the roll-out of OpenEyes and OpenERS, to digitalise all Primary and Secondary Eye Care. They are now rolling out across the nation to deliver a vision of shared care between community optometrists and hospitals.
The challenge was to establish strong governance, and reporting across the programme, and to engage and improve stakeholder management of the 7 health boards to help coordinate the delivery of each implementation. In addition, there was a need to mature the benefit realisation plans and to establish rigour around risk management and decision making.
I should personally like to thank Q5 for their support in assisting with the delivery of “shared care” to the residence of Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan and a “blue print” to support our national rollout. “There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen.” With your support “There were years where nothing happens, and there are months when years happen”
