After Ockenden, we need better data to prevent further harm
Dr Mark Ratnarajah, a practising paediatrician, reflects on what real-time data should support a culture of shared learning following the Ockenden review.
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Torbay and South Devon go live with TPP’s SystmOne Maternity
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with TPP’s SystmOne Maternity, enabling the Trust to digitise their entire maternity pathway.
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Maternity digitisation is long overdue
Ted Reynolds, a healthcare specialist at Restore Digital, explores the progress in making the maternity records of all expectant mothers electronic by 2024.
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Video consultations to apps – how digital tools can transform maternity care
Maternity care is often seen in the more traditional sense, but digital tools including video, apps and AI have the ability to transform care for women.
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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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