We have been running with full electronic reporting to GP practices for over 3 years, but are still having problems persuading our hospital consultant colleagues that as all our Pathology results got to Sunquest ICE (and have done for 5 years), we can switch off paper reporting to hospital locations.
So, how many Pathology departments have made this move and are fully paperless?
Surely this was the drive with Connecting for Health etc all those years ago, but it does appear very difficult to persuade clinicians to forego pieces of paper (Yes we have WiFi notepads on ward rounds, and are moving to full electronic patient notes too) but still this appears a step too far.
Replies welcome, and I will attempt to summaries these.
Many thanks,
Gary Mascall
Consultant in Clinical Biochemistry
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
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