BadgerNet - digital record system

NHS Trusts across the Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership which provide maternity care have rolled out a national digital system for expectant mums to register their pregnancy and to access their care notes.

The system, called BadgerNet, is provided by a company called Clevermed. BadgerNet is a full electronic patient record, which supports clinical and administrative management of the woman’s whole maternity journey and replaces the current paper-based records.

With BadgerNet, the way that women access and book into the maternity service will change. Expectant parents will be able to self-refer directly into the service via an online booking form where they will fill in their details, be assigned to a midwife and an appointment will be generated. This will remove the need for women to get an appointment with a GP before being referred through to the service and ensure that she is seen by a midwife as soon as possible. Women who do not have digital access, will be able to telephone the service to self-refer for their pregnancy care.

The service will also include ‘BadgerNotes’, an online portal and app. BadgerNotes replaces the traditional hand-held paper record and allows the parents to have real-time access to their maternity care record which is updated with information drawn from the hospital maternity records. It is a secure system requiring a log-in, which allows parents-to-be to see updates to their notes in real-time, as well as adding their own information such as birthing plans or preferences and feedback. The portal is connected to the BadgerNet system which will be used by maternity staff to record notes following appointments and consultations.

Records can be easily updated at each maternity visit or appointment, and midwives do not have to ‘double enter’ data onto paper handheld notes, allowing them more time to focus on delivering the best care.

Women receiving maternity care using traditional paper notes, will be transferred on to the BadgerNet system when they birth their baby. They will be given access to BadgerNotes at that point, giving them access to their digital maternity record and that of their baby.

More details, including the link to register a pregnancy, are available at https://humberandnorthyorkshire.org.uk/our-work/maternity/badgernet/.

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