Cura Joins Forces at SCIP Hack Day for Social Care Interoperability

On May 27, 2026, Cura Systems collaborated with five other NHS assured Digital Social Care Record (DSCR) providers, Synanetics, and the NHS England/DHSC Joining Up Data programme for a hands-on, collaborative Social Care Interoperability Platform (SCIP) Hack Day.

Cura Systems spent the day integrating with a prototype federated integration platform such as testing, building, and validating real end-to-end data flows using live synthetic data.

Technical Framework: The Synergy of MODS and HL7 FHIR R4

The Minimum Operational Data Standard (MODS) is an emerging shared data model for social care provides a consistent baseline that all DSCR providers can produce. On top of this, the platform uses FHIR R4 (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources), the international standard for health data exchange. A key innovation of the SCIP platform is its ability to perform bi-directional transformation between MODS and FHIR, allowing systems to both publish and consume data in formats they understand, without sacrificing standardisation.

“A key enabler for this was the use of Minimum Operational Data Standard (MODS). Unlike healthcare, and secondary care in particular, where long-established integration standards such as HL7v2 have often resulted in specialised message formats layered over time, social care presents a more open, greenfield landscape. MODS is emerging as a shared data model that assured providers are working towards, establishing a common foundation for representing person-centred information and enabling interoperability from a consistent starting point.” - Rob Organ, Principal Engineer of  Synanetics

Here are the Key Take Aways from the Hack Day

• Six NHS assured DSCR providers including Cura integrated with a prototype interoperability platform in a hands-on hack day
• MODS provided a shared foundation for social care data, enabling consistent exchange
• Bi-directional transformation between MODS and FHIR allowed systems to both publish and consume data
• Teams successfully completed end-to-end flows and some went beyond the original scope
• Common challenges emerged, especially around de-duplication and data ownership
• Flexible integration patterns were demonstrated, including mixing MODS writes with direct FHIR reads
• There is strong appetite to expand into wider health data, particularly notifications from secondary care
• Governance, rather than technology, remains the primary barrier to scaling interoperability
• Even simple administrative data sharing could significantly improve current processes

Cura’s Role and Commitment to Connected Care

Cura Systems didn't just show up, the team came prepared, engaged, and committed to making interoperability available for the service users and care providers we support. The event provided an opportunity to test interoperability in practice, and our team successfully completed the required integration activities, including publishing an "About Me" record in MODS format and accessing that information through the FHIR R4 standard.

While the technical progress was significant, for Cura, the real value lies in what this means for care providers. Access to timely, accurate information can make a significant difference when supporting individuals whose needs span multiple services. Delays in communication often result in unnecessary administration, uncertainty, and missed opportunities to respond quickly when circumstances change, and reduce risk for the service users supported, transforming the responsiveness of care teams. This is SCIP's vision in action and Cura is actively contributing and helping drive it forward.

Cura's participation in the SCIP Hack Day reflects our ongoing commitment to building a digital care management system that works not just within our platform, but across the wider health and care ecosystem. We believe that truly person-centred care and we are proud to be part of the collaboration making that possible.

 

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We look forward to the next phase of SCIP development and to continuing to work alongside our peers, NHS England, and the DHSC to build a truly connected, system-wide view of care that puts the service user at the centre of care.

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