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Requires Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG)

Service Discovery Locator

The Service Discovery Locator is an online directory which identifies patient data from organisations which are connected to the Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG).

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Quickly identify all the available information about a patient

Unlike other technologies, the Service Discovery Locator a feature of the Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG) uses automatic look up to find patient information held by the GP, community and social care organisations.

MIG Service Discovery Locator, a service which enables the seamless location and provision of data available to the consuming setting. Based on Information Governance configuration only data which the user has the authority to view is available. Service Discovery Locator informs users what data is available for them to view.

It provides an excellent solution for large cohorts of patients as it quickly identifies all the available information about a patient. This makes it easier for clinicians to provide informed treatment decisions without any prior knowledge of the patient’s medical background.

Clinicians can use the Detailed Care Record to extract individual views of patient data from the specific organisations.

Information is returned in a consistent, structured format. This allows systems to automatically consume new views of data from new organisations without further development.

Key benefits

  • Online directory
  • Automatic look-up
  • Provides a holistic view
  • Enable views with no further development

Service Discovery Locator is a Feature for Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG)

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