Rotherham Community Health Services, part of NHS Rotherham, and Ubisys today announced that the successful deployment of Anoto Digital Pen and Paper was positively contributing to increased efficiencies and delivery of care, which in turn are generating productivity gains of 35%.
Rotherham Community Health Services has been very proactive in providing a blend of mobile technologies for their remote workers to support them in providing the best care possible and improve patient outcomes when interacting with its electronic patient record SystmOne/TPP. When they first trialled the Anoto Digital Pens they targeted Physiotherapy practitioners, as they need the ability to capture notes, structured form data and diagrams with speed and in an empathetic manner when in consultation.
Paul Chapman, Clinical Lead for Information Technology and Physiotherapist himself explains: "In my clinic I need to assess and treat patients whilst also recording a lot of clinically relevant information in a very short period of time. In May 2007 SystmOne/TPP was introduced across a majority of its physiotherapy service we quickly found that the manual inputting required via the keyboard desktop solution actually slowed us down by 40 minutes per session, the equivalent of not seeing two new patients per day.
We trialled digital pen's and quickly discovered that not only were we able to recover the 40 minutes per session lost through administration for new patients, but it also helped us to increase consultation time with existing patients by 15%. The time savings are derived from the ability to conduct the clinic more efficiently through recording profession clinical specific information which in turn complements the electronic information held in SystmOne giving a complete clinical record. It has given me back more time to treat the patient. In phase two we hope to take this integration to the next level thus maximising our return and further enhancing the solution which will give us even more patient time and better outcomes therefore supporting the QIPP agenda."
"The benefits and the return are clear and measureable," says Alan Meloy, Deputy Head of IT at NHS Rotherham. "This solution quickly helped meet our objectives for a more complete care record whilst increasing productivity and efficiency in a cost effective package. From an IT perspective the solution delivers quickly and does not demand a large internal support overhead which helps me maximise our IT resources."
Tarek Ghouri, MD of Ubisys says: "We are delighted by the gains Rotherham Community Health Services has achieved with our solution. We enjoy working closely with them and are now exploring deploying the technology to other services to extend the return on investment even further. These gains are typical of what we see from deployments across the social and health care sectors, an area in which we specialise. We are looking forward to rolling out to more services within Rotherham and securing a further 9 Trusts in the next few weeks."
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About Rotherham Community Health Services
NHS Rotherham is responsible for a £436 million NHS budget for the population of Rotherham and for promoting better health. The organisation employs approximately 1,800 staff and serve a population of 255,000 people. It is responsible for planning and delivering health services and ensuring that local hospital services and specialist treatment are available for local patients who need them and that they offer value for money. NHS Rotherham also works to promote health and healthier lifestyles and to ensure that the services their patients receive are of a very high standard. Rotherham Community Health Service's is the provider arm of the organisation.
NHS Rotherham commission a number of services from GP practices, opticians, pharmacists, hospital trusts, mental health care services, independent and voluntary providers.
About Ubisys
Ubisys delivers innovative and reliable end to end solutions based on Anoto Technology that deliver improved patient outcomes to patients via deployment of the award winning "Formidable" digital pen platform. With an extensive base of customers benefiting from their innovation, they have built a positive reputation of delivering solutions that deliver.
About Anoto Group AB
Anoto Group is the company behind and world leading in the unique technology for digital pen and paper, which enables fast and reliable transmission of handwritten text into a digital format. Anoto operates through a global partner network that focuses on user-friendly forms solutions for efficient capture, transmission and storage of data within different business segments, e.g. healthcare, bank and finance, transport and logistics and education. The Anoto Group has around 110 employees, offices in Lund (head office), Boston and Tokyo. The Anoto share is traded on the Small Cap list of the OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm under the ticker ANOT. For more information: www.anoto.com