A real team effort saw electronic patient records go live for our smallest patients last week.
Our Neonatal Unit at Calderdale Royal Hospital has already led the way in the region with some elements of an Electronic Patient Record (EPR). They were the first to go live with BadgerVideo, which means parents can be involved in their baby's care over video link, including getting involved in ward rounds with clinicians. This is especially useful for parents who aren't local to the hospital.
Last week the unit became one of the first in the region to install a new EPR, called BadgerNet.
BadgerNet EPR provides the unit with a patient record that has been specifically developed for neonatal requirements and supplements our existing Badger system, which is widely used across the UK.
It provides a safe way of storing and retrieving patient information, has links to guidelines, provides relevant scoring systems and alerts for patient care, produces unit reports, and is environmentally friendly by almost completely ending the use of paperwork. Time saved on handwritten documentation, particularly by nursing staff, will reduce workload and benefit babies and their parents on the unit.
General Manager, Elena Gelsthorpe-Hill, said: “This wouldn’t have been possible without our colleagues who have driven this project forward so quickly and smoothly and we look forward to the next phase of the project."
Published: 3 August 2023