Ruth Barnes talks to the Irish Independent about Vitro Software's experience in Africa and providing medical records software to the fast-growing private health sector in Kenya.

Calvary, a Catholic non-profit operator of 15 public and private hospitals, 15 retirement and aged-care facilities and 22 community care centres, has been rolling out its Vitro digital records and patient chart system following a successful trial last year at its 60-bed Bethlehem hospital in Melbourne. Belinda Mcrae, the nurse unit manager on the St Teresa's ward at Bethlehem, says "We were the pilot of MedChart, the online medication chart It has made a huge difference for being able to read medication orders and keeping track of doses. The reduction in incidence of missed medication is amazing," she says. "From a workflow point of view, being able to access the same record at the same time [as other staff] is huge... I don't think we could go back." It only takes about 10 minutes to teach new staff to use the system, and Mcrae says the Vitro record, which can digitally replicate the look and feel of paper, makes it easier to track shifts and pick up issues, such as missed or overdue medications.

Sláinte Healthcare are delighted to announce that Clanwilliam Group have acquired the Claimsure, Billsure and the Associated Services side of the business. "I am extremely proud of what we have achieved in our Claimsure and related services business since starting as a one person office nine years ago.  I’m satisfied that this transaction will enable the Claimsure business to thrive as an independent entity and ensures further substantial investment in the Claimsure, Billsure and related service businesses into the future...” 

Dusty Rhodes from www.techcentral.ie talks to Andrew Murphy and learns how Big Data is changing the face of healthcare. Listen to Andrew talk to Dusty about Vitro, healthcare becoming more patient centric, reducing clinical risk, the advantages of electronic medical records over paper and the expansion of Sláinte Healthcare...