Handover

A doctor on a night shift

'Ineffective handover can be dangerous and seriously compromise patient care. At night I often have to attend to sick patients who have been looked after by other hospital teams. Informal, verbal or dog-eared paper-based handover may not always reflect the overall complexity of the case or detail all the problems. This is especially true amongst in-patients whose admission may have stretched into months. MedicMate provides a seamless link between shifts, allowing a patient to be wirelessly handed over to me with their problem list, completed jobs, logged results and pending tasks. I feel better prepared when dealing with these patients overnight.'

A doctor within a multidisciplinary team

'Communication between all members of the multidisciplinary team is vital to ensure effective patient management. I can send and receive patient information from other members of the team, ensuring we are all up to date with the patient's issues and plan.'

Whether you are a doctor, nurse, physiotherapist or other allied healthcare professional, MedicMate is a trusty digital toolkit to help survive the challenge of delivering efficient and safe practice in a rapidly changing environment.