Prior to using the system, intensive care admissions involved completing a 45-page paper document for each patient, but by using TrakCare as its Electronic Patient Record (EPR), the time the team needs to complete each ICU admission is reduced on average by 33%. With an annual average of 837 ICU admissions, the move saved more than 25,000 clinical hours over 12 months.

TrakCare provides the ICU care team with up-to-date patient records, minimising errors associated with manual data entry, ensuring that critical information is always readily accessible to the care team. The system also includes improvements to real-time electronic observations and nursing task lists vital to closely monitoring critically ill patients.

By digitising and eliminating paper forms, the trust saved approximately £35,229 last year in stationery costs and administrative time spent preparing paper packs. Moving away from manual paper-based processes has also led to a carbon footprint reduction of 30.91 tonnes of CO2e annually.

In preparation for the project go-live, the digital team provided training for 300 intensive care staff, including clerical, doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals, covering 90% of the unit's workforce, as well as specialist organ donation nurses who were also trained to optimise data utilisation.

Amy Reed, ICU nurse and clinical educator at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, said: ‘InterSystems TrakCare has revolutionised how we capture and share patient information. Patient plans are in one place with secure, simultaneous access by multiple users. Staff no longer search for paper notes and legibility has improved hugely, giving them more time for hands-on patient care.'

Colin Henderson, managing director, UK & Ireland, InterSystems, added: 'The enhancements made with TrakCare are driving efficiencies that allow healthcare professionals to focus more on patient care, which is critical for achieving better patient outcomes.'