EPR for Liverpool walk-in centres
Electronic patient records have replaced paper-based systems at all
walk-in centres in Liverpool, thanks to a product from software systems
provider Clinical Solutions.
The new solution, which also provides clinical decision support for
triage nurses, will enable Liverpool Primary Care Trust to transfer
medical records onto a central database to be viewed and accessed by all
four of the city’s walk-in centres.
This will enable staff that work at the centres to access reliable
patient data immediately and be far more responsive to patients’ needs.
The decision to extend the system, previously installed at two of the
sites, was taken after the Trust realised the considerable benefits it
was bringing for both staff and patients. “The expansion of the
technology across all four walk-in centres improves the availability and
speed of access to information, enabling staff rotation”, said Caroline
Rand, Head of Information Management and Technology at the Trust. “The
decision-support element provides a valuable resource and along with the
electronic records will help us to reduce queuing time by directing
patients to where they will be seen quickly.”
The system will be dual password-protected and user access will be
restricted to only the most relevant staff, to safeguard patient
confidentiality.
Clinical Solutions has offices in the UK, USA and Australia.
Source: bjhc&im March 2007
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