Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has signed an agreement to deploy Alcidion’s e-observations, vital signs and patient assessments solution.
The trust will utilise the Patientrack e-observations and clinical assessment solution to digitise how patients’ vital signs and observations are captured at the bedside. It will ensure patients’ early warning scores are accurately and automatically calculated, and that clinicians, nurses and other appropriate healthcare professionals are alerted when patients are at risk of deterioration so that they can intervene earlier.
After an initial go-live of electronic observations, the trust will use Patientrack for a progressive deployment of electronic patient assessments including sepsis, neurological, neurovascular, weight and Bristol Stool assessments.
Samantha Sellick, deputy chief nursing information officer, Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, said “By implementing Patientrack, we will help to improve patient safety on our wards. Clinicians will have visibility of patient observations and trends wherever they are in the hospital; previously this would only have been accessible on paper at the patient’s bedside.”
“We have a multidisciplinary team working on the implementation, with clinical leadership to transform the way we record and view observations. As an NHS Global Digital Exemplar, we will be sharing our learning with other organisations. Plus, we have worked collaboratively with Alcidion to ensure that the Patientrack solution has been tailored to the trust’s needs.”
Stuart Hill, deputy CIO, Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, said “Patientrack will form part of the trust’s suite of clinical solutions, which clinicians use to support patient-centred care. Electronic observations and assessments are vital to the trust’s digital priorities which fits our GDE programme blueprint to advance the use of digitally-enabled care.”
“It will make essential information on patients at risk of deterioration much more mobile for our clinicians, who will benefit quickly from this solution which is planned to be deployed over the coming months.”
The solution will integrate with other systems in use in the hospital to provide vital information when needed. The trust said the solution will be tailored to meet the specific needs of the organisation and healthcare professionals.
