In a recent report, the Care Quality Commission state that the NHS is still failing to provide patients with enough information during and after discharge.
In the report, more than a third of patients (37%) were not given written or printed information about what they should or should not do after leaving hospital and 45% said they did not have enough information on possible treatment side effects.
First DataBank developed FIRSTLight to better manage the ways in which patient advice is presented. The new point of care decision support tool displays patient data in a single Patient Information page. FIRSTLight then enables physicians to inform patients quickly and easily on how to take or use a drug and which side effects should or shouldn’t be reported.
With the next release of FIRSTLight any page can be output to a pdf and printed it off or sent as a link to the patient.
FIRSTLight also includes other time-saving features:
| • | In Safety – with other drugs and food, the table of drug interactions can be ordered by severity, by drug group name or by interaction message. Just click on the column headers to sort. |
| • | In Dosage - a list of adult and child doses along with their licensed status are all displayed in the same place and can be filtered if required. |
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Register for a free trial and you’ll also be the first to know about new products and services from FIRSTLight. For more information on FIRSTLight services, contact First DataBank or drop them an email at firstlight@firstdatabank.co.uk to let them know how FIRSTLight’s working for you.
