23rd July 2012 - Ascribe is pleased to announce that eHandover, the award-winning clinical IT handover solution, has been selected by Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Mid Cheshire) for use within the Emergency Care Division at the Trust. eHandover has been designed by clinicians to replace the paper-based systems currently used to manage the clinical handover of patients that take place during shift changes.

Mid Cheshire is a long-standing Ascribe customer, having used Ascribe’s Web Pharmacy solution for many years. It is the second acute Trust to order the eHandover solution, originally developed by Ascribe in partnership with Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The eHandover solution will replace their current paper-based system and is designed to improve patient safety and reduce risks associated with the breakdown in communication that occurs during traditional patient handovers at shift changes. Ascribe eHandover centralises key patient information making it accessible, enabling informed decisions to be made and patient care to be planned.

Ascribe’s eHandover solution, which is built using Microsoft® SharePoint technology, was awarded an EHI Award for ‘Best use of IT to promote patient safety’ in 2011, in recognition of its effective communication and coordination of clinical handover, important factors in the continuity of quality care.

Dr Shirley Hammersley, at Mid Cheshire, commented “effective handover is crucial to safe, high quality patient care and we are excited to be working with Ascribe to put this innovative solution in place to support delivery of effective handover. This has been made possible by the support from a successful application in a highly competitive bidding process to Medical Education England and its Better Training, Better Care project. It is the partnership of specific training and an efficient system that will ultimately improve patient care.”

Stephen Critchlow, CEO at Ascribe, commented “Informing carers, as patients move from one care setting to the next, makes a real impact on patient care and safety. We are pleased that Mid Cheshire has chosen Ascribe as the provider for the eHandover solution.”