Hi
I am sure your business case covers the following:
1. Fully auditable system needs to include electronic records of all patient results where possible.
2. Allows clinical effectiveness of the service to be measured
3. as well as cost effectiveness
4. Completes the EPR
5. Without these results available to the clinical teams you risk duplicating testing and/or financial loss/cost pressure
6. GOOD CLINICAL GOVERNANCE
We only have blood gas results entering the HIS. Other connected devices back up results to connectivity/data capture software which we give some clinical teams access to. Results are clearly labelled as being generated at the point of care i.e. pH (POC).
If you are heading for CPA accreditation then connectivity solutions will make things easier for you in terms of meeting the standards although full connectivity is not a deal breaker.
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