News Reducing Risk at Patient Handover | Reducing Risk at Patient Handover |
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Since the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) has been introduced, Trusts have increased the number of shifts to cope with the reduction in junior doctors’ hours to 48 hours per week. However a recent report by the RCP demonstrates that the process of handing patients over repeatedly, causes the continuity of care to suffer.
Although communication at patient handover should be written or automated, this is not always done. The result is that 67%-97% of verbal handovers are forgotten by doctors. Another study showed that a structured handover form increased information retention from 73%-93%. RioMed’s Cellma, a fully integrated clinical application, can offer a comprehensive and efficient way of ensuring that all patient data is safely stored and easily accessible. Full Electronic Patient Records (EPRs) ensure that data is not lost or forgotten. Automatic Patient Summaries, which are directly linkable to detailed reports, as well as Patient and Service Dashboards make it easy to produce collective data, whether for the purpose of general management, or the transfer of data from one party to another.
For the full report: RCP- Reducing Risk at Patient Handover For further infromation or to arrange a demonstration please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . |
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| Last Updated ( Friday, 18 June 2010 ) |