Clinical Informatics

ED and DataDoc




The team has development electronic health care systems, (ED and DataDoc) for the Wits affiliated hospitals, Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital, Helen Joseph Hospital and Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital.



Why use ED (Electronic Discharge)?

Benefits:

  • Reduce average length of stay as patients can get discharged faster
  • Reduces litigation bills by eliminating TTO medication errors
  • Get paid more for the care you have given with our accurate and automatic coding
  • Saves bed time and money by option to offload pharmacy dispensing to community pharmacy
  • Saves clinicians time by auto-filling in important data
  • Doctors will be able to get patients discharged in minutes from any computer or tablet in the hospital
  • Display the most relevant information for GPs and community carers with customisable specialty-specific templates



Why use DataDoc?

The following are some key reasons why clinicians use DataDoc:

  • Document Digitally
  • Replace your out of date paper records with an easy-to-use digital system.
  • Keep track of visit statistics
  • Clinical reports and statistics can be generated to give you the answers you need.
  • Patient Search
  • Find the patient you're looking for using their name, contact information, file number, ICD10 codes and other case data.
  • Easy and fast
  • Easy-to-use data management tool for clinicians.
  • Data import
  • Everyday, a massive amount of digital data points are generated from countless personal medical devices, such as blood glucose monitors and insulin pumps.
  • Data export
  • Manages weekly and monthly reports and therefore you can download them.