Some of our brightest and best digital innovators came together today to showcase how we’re using technology to help improve patient care.
A number of representatives from NHS Humber Health Partnership were on hand to give talks and live demonstrations at the North East Lincolnshire Digital Health Innovation Conference.
Hosted by Care Plus Group and Franklin College, the event was attended by a mix of healthcare professionals, Franklin College students and even pupils from local secondary schools.
And our teams were right at the heart of the action, from Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Cath Butterill, co-hosting a talk on ‘finding your tribe’ and having a successful career in the NHS ( top tips include life-long learning, adaptability, and knowing that only making small changes only results in small changes), to live demonstrations of some of the latest systems we’re working on.
There was a real buzz around the Dedalus Orbis-U stand, where the team were on hand to explain more about the plans for our new Electronic Patient Record (EPR).
Orbis-U will replace the two separate systems currently in use in Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, with a single, unified EPR.
Attendees were treated to live demonstrations about how the new system works, bringing all the information needed to make clinical decisions together in one place, leading to more efficient and effective patient care.
Some of our Digital Practitioner team were also on hand to explain more about their role in supporting the development and implementation of new digital systems – sharing their knowledge as experienced Allied Health Professionals and nurses to ensure that systems will meet the needs of our clinicians.
Alongside the EPR team were representatives of the team rolling out Scan4Safety and RFID – which use scannable labels and tags to track equipment, follow patient journeys, and manage inventories.
All information that can possibly be scanned and captured is done at the point of care, as the patient receives treatment, recording the date, time, staff member and location of any interventions along the way, right through to the patient’s discharge details.
This information can then be used to help us map how to improve pathways and patient experience, monitor equipment and get real-time data about our stock levels.
All in all, it was a fantastic event and we’re looking forward to returning with our teams for the next one.