Western Sydney’s Blacktown Hospital has gone live in all clinical units with a fully electronic medical record system for new patients that can be accessed on a range of devices, including iPads, smartphones and computers on wheels (COWs), at the patient’s bedside.
Called Paper-Lite, the fully mobile system allows medical, nursing and allied health clinicians to access patient information from the existing Cerner EMR at the point of care, as well as document assessments and progress notes, do pathology, imaging and dietary electronic orders, and view discharge summaries and consultation notes. The project also involves improvements and new functionality to Cerner.
