SRC launches Epro version 3.7 Clinical Information Toolkit
SRC launch Epro 3.7, a breakthrough release of the Epro Clinical Information Toolkit. The web based solution currently provides the following modules: patient handover lists, clinical correspondence, discharge summaries, lab results, e-prescribing, coded diagnosis, clinical alerts and ward whiteboards, which can be deployed collectively, as a clinical portal, or individually.
London, UK (PRWEB) January 19, 2011
SRC (http://www. src. co. uk) today announced the launch of Epro 3.7, a breakthrough release of the Epro Clinical Information Toolkit. Epro 3.7 helps clinicians, nurses and secretaries work smarter, with exciting upgrades of flagship productivity tools and significant workflow enhancements.
The web based solution currently provides the following modules: patient handover lists, clinical correspondence, discharge summaries, lab results, e-prescribing, coded diagnosis, clinical alerts and ward whiteboards, which can be deployed collectively, as a clinical portal, or individually.
Epro has been developed by Bluewire Technologies, a UK clinical software specialist and has already been deployed at several NHS Trusts including Ealing Hospitals, The Hillingdon Hospital and West Suffolk Hospital.
“Epro provides NHS organisations with a sophisticated, comprehensive and easy to use answer to the challenges of providing a Trust wide Clinical Information solution. For a fraction of the cost of previous generation EPR/clinical information systems, Trusts can now introduce a system which, when coupled with existing PAS and specialist departmental systems, allows clinicians to access a single source of real-time clinical information about patients,” said Chris Hart, CEO at SRC. We’re helping healthcare professionals to improve patient care and maximise efficiencies by giving ready access to accurate information.”
New features
Enhanced clinical correspondence simplifies dictation to distribution workflow
New within Epro 3.7 is access to outpatient clinic appointments, integrated with comprehensive information about patients and any drug allergies. From the same page, clinicians can quickly and easily review historical letters and, through the new integration of the Winscribe digital dictation system, send dictations for transcription.
Patient and clinic context is automatically attached to dictations, and used to pre-populate document templates, thus preventing patient mismatch errors and saving up to 1,000 hours of typing time per week.
Epro now replaces paper based document review and approval processes. Dr. Adam Towler, CEO at Bluewire commented: “The real challenge here was speed. Paper documents ‘load and display’ instantly so we had to make sure we could do the same with electronic documents.” An indexed document power search capability has also been added, which is capable of searching 1.5 million documents for keywords in less than 5 seconds.
Discharge summaries and drug prescriptions now implement DM + D
The new drug prescription capability with the Discharge Summaries module is based on the CfH National DM + D drug dictionary with additional optional support from First DataBank Multilex. This offers benefits of decision support and faster prescribing with fewer errors. Additional safety features incorporating allergy validation and extra help for NPSA high risk drugs such as methotrexate and warfarin are also included. Epro also improves departmental communication between doctors, nurses and pharmacists by offering a live view of the drug preparation and screening process.
Admission checklist with customised sick patient and MRSA alerts
Epro 3.7 includes a new module to drive data collection standards for all admissions, including recording of VTE assessments to meet local CQUINs, improved collection of discharge planning data and information regarding End of Life care. The clinical information toolkit also pre-populates discharge summaries, combining shared information with Nursing Handover and customised alerts for sick patients or those with MRSA.
CfH Interoperability Toolkit compatibility
The solution now supports the CfH ITK interface standards and is able to use inbound and outbound messages for document sharing between Epro and other Trusts together.
Reporting on Clinical Information
An extensive set of reporting tools is also now included in Epro 3.7 enabling staff to access built in reports on clinical data aggregated from multiple sources. Reports can be additionally configured to support discharge planning, bed management and data collection for PCT targets.
Ward Whiteboards
The new ward whiteboard module is designed to be driven with a finger from touch screens. It combines data from PAS and Epro to show accessible real time bed status and patient information in an easy to understand graphical format.
Pricing and Availability
Epro 3.7 is available now, exclusively from SRC. For pricing and more information, please call 0207 471 0100.
For further information about all solutions please visit http://www. src. co. uk
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