NHS Orkney selects Cambric’s Morse mobile Electronic Patient Record (EPR) solution for community staff, saving time and further improving patient care
EPR solution helps support NHS Orkney’s digital transformation programme to deliver safe and person-centred care
2 October, 2024, Cambric Systems, a supplier of healthcare patient data software solutions used in secondary and community-based healthcare settings across Scotland recently acquired by Abingdon Software, has announced that its Morse solution has been selected by NHS Orkney. The Morse solution was chosen for its flexibility in providing easy access to patient records. Morse will enable the NHS Orkney community staff to access patient data and work offline when providing care across a wide geographical and remote and rural area where connectivity can be unreliable.
Morse supports the organisation’s aim to adopt digital services to improve patient journeys. Initially the Morse app will be used by the community mental health teams, before rolling it out to other NHS Orkney healthcare professionals, including nurses and physiotherapists.
Debs Crohn, Head of Improvement at NHS Orkney, said: “At NHS Orkney our priority is looking after our community and providing excellent care. Central to achieving this vision is accelerating our digital maturity and transformation work. It’s about having the right tools, technology and support in place to make sure that staff have access to patient data. There was overwhelming support to move forward with Morse following extensive engagement with our staff and clinical teams, and we now have a strong user base.
“This is not just about a clinical system, it is part of our digital transformation enabling, connecting and empowering our staff. Using Morse will enable our workforce to be more productive and efficient which will also deliver financial and productivity benefits. The enriched data that we collect will really inform our decision making for planning how and where we deliver services.”
The Morse EPR app provides secure, instant access to patient information, including from third-party systems, so that clinicians, allied health professionals and care workers do not need to go into the office or clinic to collect case files. Staff can download the latest patient updates at the start of their day, complete their rounds, updating records as they go, and then sync it back to the main system when there is a secure network connection. Morse saves time and replaces manual paperwork for case notes, reducing the possibility of errors and lost files.
Deploying Morse supports the aims of NHS Orkney to ensure integrated service planning and delivery for patient care, building on the NHS Scotland goals to improve healthcare outcomes. Alongside the central digital patient record system, Morse supports joined up care between the health organisations and community services, helping staff to manage workloads and caseloads.
Garry Sherriff, MD at Cambric stated: “Our Morse solution helps NHS Orkney to deliver critical patient information to healthcare professionals at the point of care in the community. It helps overcome the challenges of having the right information to hand when visiting patients in remote areas where connectivity can be patchy. It frees healthcare professionals to concentrate on the patient and not administration, supporting NHS Scotland’s aim to improve healthcare outcomes with a digital programme.
“This latest new business win builds further on Cambric’s NHS Scotland customer base and now as part of the larger Abingdon Software Group, we’re excited to leverage our 20 years of experience in Scotland to grow into the NHS England market and bring our unique capability to the community care space.”