BadgerNet IT system has launched in the Lanarkshire maternity service.

Mums no longer have to carry their paper notes and midwives can now access patient notes online.

Carol Lawrence, project manager, said: “Manual maternity records have been replaced with BadgerNet, an innovative maternity application that will support women from their first contact in antenatal care through to delivery and postnatal care.

“BadgerNet Maternity is designed as a full end-to-end maternity system. It allows real-time recording of all events wherever they occur – in the hospital, community, or home.

“The electronic record will be accessible at the point of care, avoid the need to locate the paper case records, reduce data replication and eliminate the issue of lost paperwork.”

Community midwives each have their own tablet on which to capture clinical data and document patient records. Hospital staff now have access to tablets and desktops on which to record patient data.

Jackie Smith, Badger project midwife, said: “The maternity record within the BadgerNet service covers all activity and data collection during the entire pregnancy journey, from booking through to delivery and postnatal discharge.

“It means that when an expectant mum arrives in maternity all the details of her pregnancy can be seen at the touch of a button.

“It also gives us greater opportunity to audit and monitor the service we provide as data will be more easily captured and analysed.

“The new system has the potential to improve the quality of care given to mums and help staff do their jobs more efficiently.”