TotalMobile has launched a roadshow designed to help healthcare professionals to spend more time with patients and less on administration and travel through the adoption of mobile solutions.
The campaign will support the NHS Institute of Innovation and Improvement’s Releasing Time to Care (RTTC) scheme, part of the Productive Ward initiative, with TotalMobile delivering a series of workshops around the UK. The half-day sessions will focus on how mobile working can improve the patient experience and safety, in addition to the efficiency of care, all of which are objectives of the RTTC scheme.
Another key element to RTTC is the vision to improve working practice and processes, closely linked to mobile working, with the ability to work anywhere, at anytime, from a mobile device. The benefits of this approach have been demonstrated by the Department of Health’s recent National Mobile Health Worker Project which reported an increase of more than 100 per cent in contact activity and time spent with patients; a reduction of 33 per cent in time spent travelling; and a fall in the number of ‘No Access’ visits of up to 50 per cent.
The series of workshops launches on 28 March at the Royal College of Physicians, London with the college’s Health Informatics Unit programme manager, Jan Hoogewerf leading a discussion on mobile working. A second workshop will take place at the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh on 30 April, with many more planned throughout the year. 
“Through these workshops, we’re looking to support healthcare professionals in meeting one of the fundamental challenges across the NHS: improving and increasing patient contact,” said TotalMobile CEO, Colin Reid. “We’re aiming to pass our technical knowledge onto healthcare staff, who, by learning about the mobile tools available, will identify opportunities for more fulfilling and productive health working, contributing to a more efficient healthcare service.”
Attendees will see examples of how mobile working has streamlined routine tasks and improved working environments in various use cases, before taking part in an interactive live demonstration of TotalMobile’s app Patform. The platform allows users to update patient information and record medical tasks at the point of patient contact.
The solution draws information from multiple systems to a mobile device, to allow users to reduce their time on administrative tasks and travelling, spending more time on patient-related activity across acute, mental health and community services.
NHS staff interested in attending a TotalMobile Time to Care workshop should email health@ctechs.co.uk to book their place. Alternatively you can register for the London workshop here, and the Edinburgh workshop here.
