Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Yorkshire Ambulance Service are now connected through the electronic transfer of ambulance care records directly into the hospital system.
As part of the Yorkshire & Humber Care Record, Leeds Teaching Hospitals are now able to receive Transfer of Care documentation created by the ambulance service when transporting patients across the region.
Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust is expected to be the next provider that will join up to the system.
The tool automates the transfer into the Leeds patient record and is part of a programme to mature the Yorkshire & Humber Care Record with some key functionality to support Covid-19 care. The new development means vital document transfer can be shared and viewed by health and care workers.
Andy Webster, emergency medicine consultant and CCIO at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust said: “A&E is fast moving and we require the technology we use to help us do our job efficiently and safely. Receiving the Transfer of Care documentation as an automated process speeds up the process considerably from transferring the patient from the care of the paramedics to the A&E team.”
“It also removes a manual process our reception team have been doing saving them valuable time. Congratulations to the team who have worked diligently to ensure what we’ve achieved improves clinical safety and is secure.”
Tara Bain, assistant patient services coordinator for A&E at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust added: “Since implementing the new system within the ED Department, the feedback I have received has been nothing but complementary – it takes the reception staff a fraction of the previous time to save a EPR record allowing them to deal effectively with patients whilst clinical staff have access to the clinical information required from EPR on PPM+ without any delay. From planning to implementation we have felt really supported by the wider teams and are confident that this will continue to be successful.”
