NHS Fife patient record roll-out a ‘first of its kind’

Siemens Medical Solutions, overseeing the roll-out as part of a long-term managed service partnership with NHS Fife, says the new “integrated approach” will ensure patient records are available across the whole Health Board rather than stored at multiple locations.

“Extending electronic records from the operational division into the community sector will deliver greater process efficiencies and enhance our clinical governance process,” said Dr Stella Clark, medical director for primary care and executive lead for eHealth at NHS Fife.

“We operate as a single health board so it makes sense that patient records are linked together regardless of location.

Before, we would have had to audit patients moving from the acute sector into rehabilitation or long-term care via disparate systems and paper trails.”