A NEW DAWN, A NEW DAY, A NEW LIFE – MATERNITY INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

IT makes a vital contribution to the safety and efficiency of maternity care and modern systems are helping obstetric units take a quantum leap forward in terms of managing risk, improving continuity of care, supporting important research and meeting reporting requirements.

This special feature, sponsored by Huntleigh Healthcare, looks at how the company’s systems make this progress possible and gathers views from the clinicians at sites involved in commissioning, deploying and using the new software.

The articles also include information about the role modern IT systems can play in saving money spent on clinical negligence protection as well as a link to a demo for Huntleigh Healthcare’s Eclipse Maternity Information System.

	Focus on Huntleigh Healthcare’s complete maternity system solutions An introduction to Huntleigh Healthcare’s range of solutions: the eclipse MIS, sonicaid centrale labour management system and sonicaidFetalCare. Eclipse supports research in Bradford Bradford’s new Eclipse system not only helps staff to deliver improved services to mothers and babies, it supports important research too. East Surrey records a ‘first’ with Eclipse East Surrey Hospital broke new ground in 2006 with the first implementation of the new Eclipse system. Isle of Man praises integrated solution The Isle of Man is embarking on a major healthcare IT modernisation programme which will include an island-wide maternity information system from Huntleigh Healthcare.