A new App for doctors to ease paperwork pressure
15/03/18GP consultations by telephone have been available for a number of years and consultations via Skype and WhatsApp have already begun. The latest news of an App to ease the paperwork burden on doctors is the latest technological advance which helps both patients and doctors alike.
Two junior NHS doctors have teamed up with a mobile entrepreneur in an attempt to revolutionise the NHS. Their hope is that an easier more streamlined platform for delivering communications and messaging team members will help to prioritise tasks and manage workloads, the effect of this will mean more time for doctors to spend with patients. Founders Lydia Yarlott and Barney Gilbert aim for their App, Forward, to provide doctors with an additional hour per day.
Consultations and communications via electronic communication are subject to the same requirements as in person and hand written communications. Clearly, a consultation over the telephone does not allow for examination and it is important to ensure that doctors have appropriate insurance to give medical advice via video conferencing platforms.
An innovative group of NHS doctors have launched a new app which is set to revolutionize the way clinical staff communicate and help ease the current pressure on the health service.
The technology platform, Forward, is promising to free doctors from relying on an outdated system of pagers and landlines by replacing them with an app designed to support the complex communication needs of clinical teams
Deciding to take matters into their own hands, they set about creating a secure, compliant tech platform which enables clinical staff to easily contact each other, prioritize tasks and safely share patient information. They have since been joined by a team of five junior doctors to help scale the platform.