Trust extends rollout of electronic patient record

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has extended the rollout of Sunrise Electronic Patient Record (EPR), powered by Altera Digital Health, to its community services.

© Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

© Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

The go-live marks a major milestone in the trust's digital transformation journey and in supporting care beyond the hospital by joining up patient records across acute and community settings. 

Zoe Fitzsimmons, CXIO at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, said: ‘Our community users were especially excited to move away from paper and its associated inefficiencies. Now they are fully live on Sunrise EPR, they have instant access to a patient's up-to-date electronic record and can document directly into the record as a seamless entry from acute to community.

‘Users are delighted with the efficiency gains they are making and are enjoying reinvesting the time back into direct care.'

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