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How to improve patient flow in hospitals
Creating and maintaining good patient flow is vital to support hospitals and community organisations manage their patients efficiently and safely. Not only does a digital task management tool improve patient flow and improve patient experience in hospitals, but it also improves patient satisfaction in healthcare with more joined-up care.
What are the best clinical communication tools?
The real issue with NHS clinical communication tools is a lack of a shared, real-time repository of information about patients and the tasks required to treat and care for them. A “digital to-do” list like Infinity, which shows all patients within a service, that relevant multidisciplinary staff can access and add to at any time.
Why is the NHS still using paper?
In 2013, the UK Government set out a goal that would see a paperless NHS by 2018. Not only was a migration away from paper towards digital tools going to save the British taxpayer over £1.8 billion, it was also going to maximise efficiency and promote better outcomes for all involved.
Why the NHS needs to move to digital task management now
Following a year of unthinkable strain on the NHS, there is consensus now, more than ever, that healthcare workers deserve more support. It’s clear to me that a move towards the digitisation of clinical and operational tasks will assist in facilitating what has now become a necessity.
Why we need to replace bleeps in hospital
2021 was supposed to be the year that bleeps were phased out across NHS England trusts according to Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, in 2019. But this hasn’t happened and bleeps - also known as pagers - are still widely in use across the NHS.