The GP Liaison Nurse Database was developed for the Emergency Department at Addenbrookes
Hospital. The application is used internally by GP Liaison Sisters to capture information
about patients who are referred to the emergency department by their general practitioners.
A user can search over 1.9 million records almost instantaneously.
An application transaction is initiated by a phone call from the patient’s general practitioner.
The doctor must call the hospital directly in order to file a patient admission request. Since
the application connects directly to the hospital’s main Patient Administration System (PAS), a
user can log in and perform a patient search across 1.9 million records almost instantaneously. Once
a record is located, the user works with the patient’s doctor over the phone in order to quickly
complete the remaining clinical information.
The electronic patient referral form helps users collect detailed information quickly.
The GP Liaison Nurse Database also stores and manages patient demographics and clinical
symptoms. It provides reporting functionality to monitor the types of referrals received
by the hospital, as well as the outcome of each patient. Addenbrookes Hospital uses
this information for organizational planning and clinical assessment.
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