U.K. Hospital Using iPods and iPads To Record Patient Information

British news journal GazetteLive’s. Ian McNeal notes that the old “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” proverb is being turned on its head at http://southtees.nhs.uk/hospitals/james-cook/ James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough, as well as at Friarage hospital, in Northallerton.

Doctors and nurses at the hospitals are using Apple iPods and iPads to record vital health information about patients, the local health authority having secured £1million in funding to introduce the handheld devices.

McNeal cites health trust CEO Tricia Hart saying that under the program, hospital staff can record vital signs data at a patient’s bedside using an iPod touch, with the local network software automatically creating paperless physiological observations charts and national early warning scores (NEWS) for each patient. Healthcare staff can also check the condition of any patient in real time from any networked computer or iPad.

Each hospital ward will be issued iPods for recording observations, with iPads also available for use on ward rounds, and a docking station provided for charging the devices.

In a report to her board of directors, Ms Hart observes: “The key benefits of the system is the more rapid identification of deteriorating patients which in pilot sites has led to a reduction in hospital and critical care length of stay and a reduction in mortality – all of which are a huge benefit to both patients and clinicians.”

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