E.care started in Switzerland

Monday, 10 October 2011 07:37

E.care recently began its first implementation in Switzerland. Inselspital in Bern will be using E.care ED for the support of its emergency department as of January 2012. The Paediatric Department will later be added as a second site.

What makes this project so special is the attention that is paid to fully documenting announced patients (pre-hospital) and especially the timely circulation of information to the departments where the patient will end up after or during a stay at the emergency department (e.g. X-ray, ICU, etc.). For the first time, the "Genfer Triage Model" will also be supported. This method, where the triage level is determined by a combination of the presentation profile and vital parameters, was developed at the University of Geneva and is used in several hospitals in Switzerland.