Entering clinical observations in real time improves the clinician's workflow by minimising errors and saving time.
Blood pressure, pulse, temperature and other observations are traditionally written on scraps of paper and re-entered into the paper or electronic record at the nursing station.
Fewer errors
I just lost the bit of paper with all the patients' observations from my round.
Clinicians can enter observations directly into the electronic medical record from the handheld device during normal patient care and ward rounds. With no further re-entry is required, this leads to fewer lost results and transcription errors — as happens with using paper.
Save time
Was that blood pressure Mrs Smith's in bed 15 or Mrs Jones in bed 12?
Healthspring allows clinicians to enter observations for the patient while still at the patient bedside, eliminating transcription errors as there is no need for results re-entry. With the time saved, clinicians can spend more time to at the patient bedside.
Real-time
I see that Mrs Smith's blood pressure has come back up since that litre of saline.
With clinicians entering observations as they are taken, other clinicians working on the patient have a much better picture of what is happening with the patient. Healthspring improves person-to-person communications with its up-to-date record keeping.
Using the mobile phone network, even domiciliary staff can enter observations directly into the electronic medical record in real-time.
HealthSpring Function - Entering Observations
