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Patients with spinal injury are set to benefit from an electronic system which has now gone live at The National Spinal Injuries Centre (NSIC) based at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire.

The system is tailored to improve the care of patients with spinal injury at the centre which cares for patients across the UK and abroad, according to the British Journal of Healthcare Computing.

Previously, the 127 bed unit relied mostly on paper records and a hospital PAS. However, a fully-electronic system has now been implemented which will help to promote consistent documentation of medical records.

Claire Guy, NSIC rehabilitation programme lead, commented: "It′s a real advance because it promotes patient-centred care and interdisciplinary working. It also saves time for staff."

This follows news that more efficient transfer of hospital documents could reduce the number of imaging procedures carried out on critically ill patients in hospital emergency departments, such as those with brain or spinal injury.

A study published in journal Radiology found that by importing the patient's diagnostic medical images from a CD-ROM, some imaging procedures which expose the patient to radiation could be cut.

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