Expectant mothers given access to health records at Royal Cornwall
Building on its maternity information system, the trust has added a fully customisable module that allows patients access to their records.
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Worcestershire Royal to give new mums iPads to help with bonding
New mums who are separated from their newborns after birth at Worcestershire Royal Hospital will be given iPads to help them bond with their child.
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Chelsea and Westminster’s Mum and Baby app to be adopted across NHS
Created by Sunita Sharma, consultant obstetrician at Chelsea and Westminster, the Mum and Baby app will be rolled out across the country.
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UK’s first maternity record system launched in Birmingham
The single maternity record will enable clinical information to be shared between four hospitals in the region, improving quality of care for patients.
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Maternity providers making ‘a good start’ at adopting digital, report suggests
NHS Digital tasked 135 maternity providers in England with completing a self-assessment of their digital progress, including their adoption of electronic health records, data-sharing and offering service users access to online services.
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United Lincolnshire goes paper-free in maternity wards with System C
The clinical system is being rolled out in a ‘phased’ deployment over nine months at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston and Lincoln County Hospital, as well as five satellite clinics and a number of community sites in Lincolnshire.
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Digital redbooks will ensure the NHS “knows where every child is”
Digital Health News spoke to Philip Graham, digital programme lead at Healthier Lancashire and South Cumbria ICS, spoke about the digital rebook project.
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Royal Cornwall Hospitals reports benefits from maternity information system
The system allows an up-to-date and accurate version of a women’s full health record, including scan reports, to be available digitally in one place.
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NHS to offer Skype consultations for new mums affected by mental ill health
New mums who experience mental ill health are to be given access to consultations through Skype as part of further new investment in perinatal mental healthcare.
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Video technology trialled for premature babies in Scottish hospital
The Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow are undertaking a trial that allows parents to be updated on their premature babies.
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