1. Electronic Personal Child Health record (ePCHR)
From Birth and Beyond
Claire Brookes – Service Delivery Manager / Digital Pen Project Lead
Sharon Hackett – Senior Midwifery Manager (Clinical Governance)
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust

2. Presentation Overview
Company Overview
Other strategic partnerships in healthcare
Digital Pen Track Record
Partnership with Portsmouth
Q & A
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3. Issues with current system
Paper driven service
Duplication of patient data
Potential loss of patient identifiable data
Data entry by midwives reducing time to care
Additional data entry via admin
Notes mislaid, stolen or damaged from mothers
Travelling costs
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4. From Pilot to date SHA Funded pilot Initial set of notes Pilot Phase
Integration – image
Integration – data
New notes – designed by Midwives for midwives
Surpass Maternity Minimum dataset requirements
PbR activity recording
DH – Enter once use many times
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5. Lessons Learnt….Many! Small scale pilot
Notes being mapped to a system .v. process
Initial increase in activity
Training on quality & technology -1:1 and group
Champions – user engagement
Partnership working
Persistence is the key
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6. Benefits Limited change in working practice Freeing time to care
Eradication of duplication of entry
Pathway Improvement – data capture for Mandatory fields
Activity Data – PbR, CQINN, Service & performance
Lone working support
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7. Benefits Improved compliance with Information Governance
Litigation - full set of notes - audit
Savings – admin staff, storage, travel time
Statutory & Mandatory reporting
Targets – including CNST level 2
Discrete solution
Improved electronic communication
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8. Digital Pen Awards Winner of 2010 Global Wireless Leadership Award
Winner of 2011 Business Applications Innovation Award
Winner of 2011 Mobile Working Project of the Year
Winner of 2011 Best Use of Mobile Technology in Healthcare
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9. What’s Next Launch of new notes Pilot site for PCHR
Link community with hospital maternity unit
Link community midwives with Pathology services
Safeguarding Children’s Team
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10. The Future & other Projects
Registrar of births & deaths
NHS Baby number
ED pilot – using blip nodes
Paediatric virtual clinics
Linking with Children Adolescent Mental Health teams
Community Substance Misuse team
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11. Questions Freeing Time to Care in Maternity Services
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