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Electronic handover ( eHandover ): towards safer medical care. Quality Improvement Team: Dr. Adam Hexter, FY1 Doctor at Manchester Royal Infirmary, CMFT Mr. Stuart Morrison, IT Business Analyst (Specialist Medicine & Surgery ), CMFT Mr. David Van Dellen , Transplant Surgeon, CMFT.
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Electronic handover (eHandover): towards safer medical care Quality Improvement Team: Dr. Adam Hexter, FY1 Doctor at Manchester Royal Infirmary, CMFT Mr. Stuart Morrison, IT Business Analyst (Specialist Medicine & Surgery), CMFT Mr. David Van Dellen, Transplant Surgeon, CMFT
Handover: Service Delivery General Surgery Word document handover template only accessible on one computer Clinical Audit (August – September 2013) Poor compliance with Royal College of Surgeons standard Suboptimal service delivery
Handover: Working Environment Questionnaire of current FY1s (n=26) at CMFT, January 2014 74% - current handover template / patient list is inefficient 68% - spend >20 minutes/day updating basic details One-computer access – spend >30 minutes/days on average walking/waiting Suboptimal working environment
eHandover platform Electronic-based ‘live-list’ for all current inpatients Autopopulates basic information: demographics, consultant, location, EWS etc.
Functionality Alerting if a handover task if overdue Integration with EPR – transparency Handover uniformity across specialties Everything is recorded and auditable Compliance with BMA, RCP & RCS guidance
Cost Analysis The £1500 will be used to pay for the customisation work required to make the facility work on any appropriate mobile device. Time Frame: Q2 financial year 2014/15 Surgical division has highlighted this as an area of priority
Technology in Medicine Government Target: NHS should be paperless by 2018 RCP: in the current technological climate, where possible, electronic handover processes should be encouraged. Thoughts of current FY1s at CMFT: 96% - welcome eHandover and deem it essential 96% - improveworking environment 100% - improve patient safety
Summary of Our Bid £1500 towards development for electronic portable devices Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt: “Only with world class information systems will the NHS deliver world class care”