Mobile Working
Secure and flexible off-site work solutions
Challenge
Modern healthcare is a dynamic service which makes significant demands on traditional
and legacy IT systems. Patient care is not restricted to GP practices, clinics or
hospitals, where healthcare professionals can get easy access to computerised records.
Ambulance staff, out-of-hours doctors and district nurses often find themselves
in situations where they need to administer treatment in the community without straightforward
access to relevant patient information.
Without an up-to-the-minute patient record available, little or no clinical information
or patient history is available to help healthcare professionals make informed decisions.
This can lead to unnecessary admissions, and can be especially problematic in cases
where the patient is unable to communicate their history, allergies or current medications.
Solution
Graphnet's Mobile Working Solution extends their widely used shared care record
system to the BlackBerry® smartphones of healthcare professionals, giving them secure
mobile access to clinical information regardless of the time or their location.
This enables mobile healthcare workers to use their time more productively, to deliver
better patient care and to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions.
The solution is specifically suited to healthcare professionals working in the community,
such as community staff, out-of-hours doctors and ambulance personnel.
"As district nurses we found the solution very useful" says Sue Brooks, district
nurse at Southampton Primary Care Trust. "We were able to access patient records
whilst in their homes and get up-to-date information on changes in medication, and
also the latest blood results. This is invaluable as it saves us time, gives us
access to all the information we need and prevents us from making unnecessary phone
calls"
Benefits
- Informed Decision Making
- Mobile Patient Information
- Minimise Unnecessary Admissions
- The right information at the right time
- Reduction in unnecessary delays due to administrative tasks
- Information entered is instantly available to other Healthcare Professionals with
the correct access rights
Trafford General Hospital’s IT makes patients safer and is liked by clinicians. Why is it a success?
September 29th 2011, London
NHS Kingston has selected Graphnet Health to create a clinical hub across its local economy.