Waitematā EDs implement electronic ‘best care bundles’

NEWS – eHealthNews.nz editor Rebecca McBeth

A suite of electronic ‘best care bundles’ have been rolled out in the Emergency Departments at North Shore and Waitakere Hospitals to help improve patient flow.

Around 20 bundles are now live at Health NZ Te Whatu Ora Waitematā for conditions such as minor head injury, suspected C-spine trauma or broken hip, croup and bronchiolitis. Counties Manukau plans to implement some of these before winter hits.

Emergency medicine specialist Cecilia Rademeyer says the best care bundles are designed to be initiated by the assessment nurse during the very first patient contact in the ED.

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