Journal
News and field notes.
Research, product updates, and commentary from the Decision Data team — written mostly for the sonographers, clinical leads, and NHS data teams we work with.
Harnessing the Potential of Digital Maternity Records
Every day, healthcare professionals across the NHS collect and manage vast amounts of patient data as part of routine maternity care. With the NHS investing £52 million for all Trusts in the UK to adopt digital maternity records by 2024, we stand on the brink of a transformative opportunity in healthcare. This shift from paper to digital notes is not just a technological upgrade; if used effectively, it could become the key to unlocking significant advancements in maternity care....
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Introducing the Secure File Uploader
Working with the NHS means dealing with sensitive patient data, so it is vitally important to handle this data securely. One of the critical decisions we made early on was that data ought to be anonymised at source, i.e. before it ever reaches our servers. While this makes good sense from a security standpoint, we could not find any existing software that met our strict criteria of using state-of-the-art security and being simple enough for clinicians. So, we had to build it ourselves …
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