St George’s Hospital partners with Vitro Software for customised digital medical record system

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St George’s Hospital contacted Vitro Software in August 2017 to initiate their goal of creating a digitised medical record system to replace their current paper-based processes and forms. The hospital will begin implementing Vitro immediately starting with ward patient records with roll-out completion scheduled within 12 months.

St George’s chief executive officer Greg Brooks believes the new tailor-made system will provide the capabilities required while also being flexible and time efficient.

“St George’s Hospital requires a product that converts our current paper information into a digital form to facilitate and support efficient clinical decision making for our surgeon and nursing stakeholders, without introducing additional workflow obligations.”

Brooks believes the Vitro system will be simple to navigate while providing an elegant and nimble solution that can be implemented seamlessly.

“We are aiming to introduce this system with minimal disruption, ensuring we respect the clinical and nursing team’s time,” says Brooks.

Vitro Software provides a revolutionary digital solution that enables organisations to move from paper processes to digital processes quickly and efficiently. The process allows clients to retain the original look and feel of their paper records while incorporating complex processes and workflows into the digital solution.

For the hospital’s clinical teams, this means they will soon be able to manage their patient medical records via a digital device from anywhere in the hospital, in real time, via a single clinical portal.

Vitro Software ANZ CEO Jeff Smoot says, “We are very much looking forward to delivering a range of benefits for both patients and clinicians at St George’s Hospital, including improving clinical access to patient information, excellent security of information, financial efficiencies and data protection”.

Vitro Australia director Berne Gibbons added that “Vitro has the capability to be implemented rapidly, with quick user adoption and also offers interoperability with other systems within the hospital and to mobile devices using HL7”.

Vitro has been implemented across Australia and clients include Calvary Health Care and Bendigo Health. Internationally, Vitro Software’s clients include the Global NGO Operation Smile, SEHA, Abu Dhabi’s Health Service Company in the United Arab Emirates and the prestigious Nairobi Hospital in Kenya.

Watch an example of a hospital becoming paperless in six months using Vitro.

Vitro Software is a leading international technology company which provides software & services that drive efficiencies and quality in healthcare. Through the deployment of our proprietary software, Vitro, we enable healthcare providers internationally to create efficiencies while also reducing costs, reducing change management challenges and providing better patient outcomes.

St George's Hospital is a private tertiary healthcare provider based in Christchurch, New Zealand. Leading the way with competent and caring staff, excellent clinicians and stunning surrounds, the hospital is a state-of the art medical facility.

Source: Vitro software media release, 26 September 2018

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