Invention by Truro NHS consultant and digital designer in line for award

[Northerner]

A senior NHS consultant based in Truro has joined forces with a design director to pioneer new products which benefit patients and doctors alike – and their first invention has already been shortlisted for a major NHS innovation award.

Ultramed was formed by Dr Paul Upton, a consultant anaesthetist at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust (RCHT) in Truro, and Alan Sanders, co-founder and owner of digital production studio Sanders Shiers which has offices in both Falmouth and London.

After setting up their new business, they launched their first product called MyPreOp. The new technology allows patients waiting for an operation to log into a secure website and complete their pre-operative assessments online from the comfort of their own home using a computer or even a smartphone.

http://www.westbriton.co.uk/Inventi...tal-designer/story-26029101-detail/story.html

 

[HOBIE]

Good stuff ! I can see time saved 🙂

 

[trophywench]

He hasn't thought this through.

This means all those people would potentially get on the actual 'procedure' waiting list a lot quicker than they do now, which the NHS can't cope with anyway in normal circumstances even with the enforced delay.

 

[Pumper_Sue]

They would save a lot of time if they didn't keep asking the same questions and just read the previously filled in form in your file.
For a pre op assessment it takes roughly 4 hours due to the time wasting. Oh then you have the 1 hour journey by road in each direction. 😡
Not everyone has computers either.