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Our most recent addition to the EDM2000
hospitals is the the new children's hospital in Oxford. This is part of
the John Radcliffe Hospital and is a centre of excellence for the area.
Due to the charity status of this hospital we provided additional licenses and a
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We are very pleased to welcome this new client to our expanding
base of EDM2000 users. This is a rapidly expanding and developing hospital
that understands the vital benefits that using EDM will bring to the dietetics
department. Currently the department is based at the original site but
will be moving to the new 'Alex' site in June 2007. As all funds for the
EDM system were raised by charity we matched this with an equal amount to
facilitate the full funding of the project.
The 'New Alex'
Below is the news release relating to this implementation:
http://www.bsuh.nhs.uk/news-media/press-releases/10-october-07-dietetic-software-at-rach/
October 2008 - the Alex just won an award for it's design, click on the link
below for the full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/7659727.stm
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Great Ormond Street Hospital
is one of the leaders in the field of child health and was the first
hospital to use EDM2000™ and have been using it now for over ten years. It
is used to assist the dieticians in the
calculations of highly complex modular feeds to the labelling of feed
bottles and simple 'ready to feeds'. Full stock use figures are generated
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The Royal London Hospital has been a
user of EDM2000™
for almost as long as Great Ormond Street.
The hospital is undergoing a massive
amount of rebuilding and will eventually be the largest new hospital in
England.
Head Dieticians comments: EDM has been used by our dieticians and milk room for
many years. It is an instrumental tool in our daily practice.
EDM ensures that complex feeds are made correctly and labelled with accurate
patient information and storage information. The system maintains a history
of a patient's feeds, which is useful for patients who are frequently
re-admitted. It's recent upgraded features allow EDM to be used to monitor
stock usage, which can be compared against stock orders.
We are very happy with the level of technical support we receive from the
creator of EDM.
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Another leading
London hospital and very famous teaching hospital. They have been using
EDM2000™
for several years now and are currently expanding the use within the
hospital. They have helped produce several innovation for EDM2000™.
We are currently working with the hospital to provide comprehensive EBM milk
bank capabilities. |
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A long term user of
EDM2000™,
they use the program throughout the hospital and can access the program from
the wards and outpatients as well as the dietetic department and special
feed unit. This saves time when ordering feeds.
Dieticians comments:
The special feed unit at the
Children’s Hospital provides feeds for more than 100 infants and children on
a daily basis, preparing and delivering 400-500 bottles each day.
EDM has been used at Birmingham
Children’s Hospital since 2001. The introduction required major changes in
working practices for dietetic and special feed unit staff but with
appropriate staff training EDM has become a reliable and efficient method of
feed formulation, preparation and labelling. Due to the complex nature of
many of the feeds used in this specialist unit the program also helps to
ensure accuracy of the composition in feeds, particularly those with
multiple ingredients.
The flexibility of the system has
allowed the programme to be tailored to the specific needs of our hospital.
Regular updates that are provided for all users are helpful but
modifications designed in collaboration with our department specifically for
local use have proved most valuable in maintaining an efficient and safe
special feed service.
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The history of
Pendlebury Children's Hospital, as it is affectionally known, is the history
of the oldest continuous service for sick children in this country. A well
established user of EDM2000™,
they access the system from two different sites and have the Special Feed
Unit in another building. All this functionality greatly assists in accurate
and safe feeds being produced on time by a highly effective Special Feed
Unit team.
Senior dieticians comments:
The
installation of EDM has seen improved communication with our Special Feeds
Unit when initiating new feeds. The improved presentation of feed recipes
and feed analysis improves our professionalism and avoids errors from the
misinterpretation of hand-writing. The historical records can be used down
to speciality level for audits, costings, stock usage and service planning.
Detailed feed analysis can be accessed at the press of a button. The EDM
engineer always takes on board our suggestions for additions to the existing
system.
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Scotland's largest
children's hospital - The Royal Hospital for
Sick Children (RHSC)
One of Glasgow's
principal maternity centres - The Queen Mother's
Hospital
The Royal Hospital
for Sick Children has 266 inpatient beds, 12 day
case beds, and handles approximately 90,000
out-patients, 15,000 in-patients, 7,300 day
cases and 35,000 A&E attendances every year. The
hospital provides care for newborn babies right
up to children around 13 years of age.
The Queen Mother's Maternity Hospital delivers
approximately 3500 babies each year. It has 70
maternity beds plus 28 Paediatric Department
cots which includes Intensive Care and the
Special Baby Unit.
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Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust is the largest NHS Trust in Wales and one of the
largest in the UK.
It provides day to day health services to a population of around 500,000 people
living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan who need hospital treatment, mental
health care, care for elderly people and children as well as a growing range of
community-based services, including specialist dental services, and new
therapies as alternatives to hospital admission.
Patients also attend from across Wales for a range of specialist services, for
which the Trust is regarded as a centre of excellence, including paediatric,
renal, cardiac, neurological services and bone marrow transplantation.
One of our
recent new user of EDM2000™,
they are rapidly getting to grips with the power and flexibility of the
system and are now running 'live' on the program. This hospital is the centre of excellence for the whole of Wales and
is ensuring it maintains that lead by using EDM2000™.
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This is another
specialist children's hospital that has used EDM2000™
for many years. Here they use the local label printing facility to enable
both labels and recipes to be easily produced by the dietician's and passed
on to the milk room thus not requiring the milk room to use any computer.
This ensures a phased implementation of the system and gradual introduction
of new working practices.
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Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children Crumlin is an acute
paediatric teaching hospital with 241 beds, employing 1200 staff. It is
Ireland's largest paediatric hospital and is responsible for the provision of
the majority of tertiary care services for children and medical research for
childhood illnesses. They use the EDM2000™ program option of ward orders to
allow the ward staff to order basic feeds from the wards direct to the formula
room. Thus, all formula feeds, enteral feeds and supplements are monitored,
labelled and tracked within the system.
Head dieticians comments:
EDM2000™
was introduced to Our Lady’s Children's Hospital in 2003. The Formula Room
at the hospital prepares approximately 75 sets of infant feeds (500 bottles)
per day, of which 66% are special feeds. In addition all enteral and
supplementary feeds for older children are distributed through the EDM2000™
system.
The introduction has resulted in
improved provision of uniquely identified feeds to all patients with
increased accountability across the following disciplines – Dietetics,
Formula Room and Ward Staff. All involved report improved quality and
safety.
It entailed a change in work
practice within the Formula Room and dietetic department with which they are
now very comfortable.
Ward staff indicate reduced
telephone calls to the Formula Room for clarification of feeds. They are
very impressed with EDM2000™
which they find very user friendly.
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The Children's University Hospital is an
acute paediatric hospital founded in 1872 (early picture is above). It has a bed compliment in 2006
of 128 inpatients and 18 day cases. It has a local, regional and national
commitment. It is the National Centre for Inherited Metabolic Disorders and
has the National Neonatal Screening Laboratory. It has the busiest
paediatric emergency department nationally with approximately 50,000
attendances per annum.
Head dieticians comments:
The windows version is much quicker and easier to use.
In 2006 we hope to roll this out to the wards in order to allow nursing
staff to order feeds at ward level.
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