They say talk is cheap. Could CompassAFM produce a software solution as good as or better than a multi-national software company. We had done it before with FacilityManager.
We have to build a stage 1 working model of our proposed software to show both our concept and competence to interested parties - which we have to find! Unless we could convince ourselves of our own ability first, it would be pointless approaching others. Were we going to re-invent the wheel, no. The plan was just to make it a whole lot better.
As with FacilityManager, the plan was to approach the project totally from a user perspective, not a software developers dream of the ideal solution. Here is where the almost daily interaction with a major working Emergency Department would pay off. Over the months, Mr. Murnane had been listening to the comments, concerns, issues and wishes of consultants, doctors, nurses, healthcare assistants and clerical staff and these would be the foundation of building a plan for a new solution.
The biggest issue heard again and again was the need to be able to instantly access historic patient information and to be able to add to this in a way to live collaborate with all the other members of the patient care team. A paper based solution cannot do this.
So what is needed -
Data flow - As the patient moves through the Emergency Department and beyond, their data (treatment, medication, test results, scans, medical reviews etc., must be updated an readily available to consultants, doctors and other healthcare professionals.
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