Dutch IT experts visit UK hospital

A group of Dutch health IT experts have visited Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Liverpool, England, as part of an annual initiative to visit areas of healthcare IT excellence in Europe.

The group of 23 professionals, who came from hospitals from across the Netherlands and are all members of the Dutch Association for Medical Records Administration (NVMA), visited the trust to look at its electronic patient records system and a dashboard that aims to improve clinical performance.

Bob Smith, a medical manager from NVMA said: “Each year we visit an area of healthcare excellence in Europe. We were told about Aintree Hospital in Liverpool and how staff were using technology to help patients by reducing the amount of time they had to spend in hospital, but also the quality of the service they received.

“Our visit has definitely given us plenty of useful ideas to take pack to Holland and use in our own medical practices.”

Aintree is using an electronic patient record system based on System C’s Medway software. The system, which was upgraded at the end of last year, provides a wide range of clinical functionality including results reporting, radiology and pathology order requesting, clinical alerts, integrated viewing of PACS images, work lists, discharge summaries and clinical correspondence.

Dr John Hollingsworth from Aintree’s Emergency Department said: “We always aim to provide the best care we can at Aintree, which includes using the best technology and the most advanced systems to help us deliver quality care.

“To be recognised in another country for this, and to host a visit of Dutch health care professionals, speaks volumes about the high level of service we are delivering at Aintree.”

Link: System C