New information technologies for healthcare in Aquitaine about the NursePad project

The first results of a highly successful multidisciplinary NursePad Project in Aquitaine in France are to be presented as a scientific demonstration. A unique data collection system using electronic notepads has reduced the clerical workload of nurses with a further benefit of improved data quality. The system is well accepted by the health professionals using it because the software was designed by them for themselves. It addresses their problems. The developers are anxious to extend their findings into other domains of healthcare, both inside and outside the hospital.