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As Apple gets ready to launch its Health app in iOS 8, news is coming in from a variety of places how iOS devices are being used to help doctors and patients better communicate. Today, British news site Gazette Live is reporting that James Cook University Hospital and the Friarage have rolled out iPad and iPod touch programs that could literally save lives.
According to the Gazette Live, South Tees Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which is charged with financing James Cook Hospital and the Friarage, announced in March that it would provide approximately $1.7 million for an iOS program that would allow staff to record vital signs from patients at their bedside using iPod touch devices. Then, the data can easily be accessed by doctors and nurses from iPad devices.
The devices are stocked with special apps that record patient data that is automatically available on all connected iOS devices. The software creates a chart that shows early warning signs so that healthcare staff can check the condition of patients remotely.
Acute inpatient wards at both hospitals went live on June 23. Within three days, one ward at James Cook Hospital was completely paperless.
“The key benefits of the system is the more rapid identification of deteriorating patients which in pilot sites has led to a reduction in hospital and critical care length of stay and a reduction in mortality – all of which are a huge benefit to both patients and clinicians,” said trust CEO Tricia Hart.
The program will continue to roll out across the rest of the hospital wards over then next through months.
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