• Will provide real time information, available when it is needed, where it is needed. 

• Supports collaborative working across multiple patient pathways with a single source for patient information. 

• Will be high functioning and fully integrated EPR across our local care organisations. 

• Can lead to more efficient processes, with more timely patient care and removing staff frustrations. 

• Improved patient safety and experience. 

• Improved staff experience.  

• Greater sustainability for our local care organisations and wider Integrated Care System  

Benefits to patient safety 

• Patients’ records will be available anywhere and immediately to those involved in your care. 

• There will be no duplication or confusion – just one version of the records. 

• The system will be more integrated with GPs. 

• Instead of relying on paper records or different computer systems, your care information will now be held in one place – accessible only to professionals directly involved in your care.   

• This is a major step forward in improving how we care for our patients - making your health information easier to access, safer to manage, and more joined-up across services.   

Benefits to patient experience 

• Patients will only need to tell their story once   

• Records will be available to clinicians in a timely way for appointments, reviews etc. 

• Notes will be digitalised, helping patients to make the most of the time they spend with a health professional by reducing the need to run through information previously discussed. 

• Referrals will be managed with the same pathway across the three hospitals, providing a smoother transition for being admitted into the hospital system and an overall improved experience. 

Benefits to staff 

• The new system will be a high functioning and fully integrated EPR which will support the delivery of safe, good quality and timely patient care. 

• There will be a definitive source of clinical information for our patients. 

• Fewer logins and systems to navigate. 

• Ability for staff to access the information they need at their fingertips, allowing more time spent on delivering excellent safe patient care 

• Teams will have up to date real time information, allowing management of the flow through the hospital more efficiently resulting in more timely discharges