The NHS continues to see investment in clinical documentation as part of the government’s vision for a paperless NHS. Much of this investment has been in electronic health records (EHRs) but research also indicates that many healthcare professionals are struggling to adopt this technology. How can we make it easier and quicker for doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals to meet high clinical documentation standards and provide exceptional care to patients? Speech-enabling clinical documentation supports this goal, not only freeing up time but also disentangling the healthcare professional from the keyboard and the screen, helping to sustain the relationship with the patient.

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Sources
The Clinical Documentation Challenge Report, 2015
Digital Health Intelligence, NHS IT Leadership Survey, 2016
Five Year Forward View, October 2014
NHS England National Information Board Framework, 2014
The Impact of Electronic Health Records on Time Efficiency of Physicians and Nurses: A Systematic Review, 2005
4000 clicks: a productivity analysis of electronic medical records in a community hospital ED
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Electronic patient records (EPRs)
… are by far the most common IT projects
BUT... EPRs can:
Financial impacts
Missing information
creates inefficiencies
Why you need to
speech-enable your clinical
documentation
UK Government commitment
to paperless NHS
All patient and care records will be digital, real-time and interoperable
by 2020
£1.8 billioninvestment in a paperless NHS
64%hospitals still use paper, or a
mix of paper and electronic
documents. Paper is most
prevalent at admission and
discharge
£1million
spent annually by just ONE
hospital trust in England on
transporting and storing medical
documents
64%of NHS IT leaders surveyed are
engaged in EPR procurements
and roll-outs
add 90 minutes to a medical professional’s day – this
may affect quality time with patients and job satisfaction
keep healthcare professionals in front of a computer for
up to 50% of the day
No wonder 88% are stressed out
A clinician’s time
is a costly business
£20,000
cost of the time taken by just
ONE doctor per year searching
for incomplete information
3.5
appointments per
week is the time
spent on resolving
issues arising from
missing information
£12,600
accumulated cost
due to re-arranged
appointments
resulting from lack of
information
£6,000
cost of duplication of
diagnostic tests on
average because of
communication gaps
50%
of a clinician’s time is spent
reviewing and updating clinical
documentation
Top 5 reasons to speech-enable
your clinical documentation
Improve doctor and nurse satisfaction
Improve clinical documentation quality
Speed up information turnaround times
Put patients back at the centre of care
Accelerate ROI on EPR investment
Putting voice at the heart of
what matters
Clinician
Put patients back at
the centre of your care
CCIO
Improve quality of
clinical documentation
Nurse
Free yourself from
burdensome record
keeping methods
CIO
Overcome barriers to
using the Electronic
Patient Record
GP
Reduce stress
and the burden of
administration
CFO
Accelerate the return
on your EPR
investment
Practice Manager
Deliver patient-
focused, efficient
services
CEO
Meet quality and
performance targets
for your organisation
Figures per doctor, per annum