“This is great because our staff are no longer having to schedule time to go back to their base at the end of the day to update their notes in the clinical system. We are saving both time travelling and in terms of writing notes to later input in the clinical records. We are now putting the information into the clinical records in real time, and have reduced the risk of forgetting or missing information, which has reduced clinical risks. " Sally Holman NHS Dorset HealthCare Background: Following a successful electronic patient record deployment across Dorset Healthcare’s clinical services, it was recognised full benefits to patients and staff could not be realised due to the challenging mobile phone coverage. Commissioners for the county, the Dorset Clinical Commiss

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