NHS Highland midwives deliver their first 'paperless baby'
Register for free to read more of the latest local news. It's easy and will only take a moment.
A newborn at Raigmore Hospital has become the first to be registered there using a new digital recording system.
Joey Smith was born overnight on May 12 at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness to mum Jenna – and became the first newborn registered via Badgernet.
Badgernet is an online portal and smartphone app that allows a paperless maternity record, replacing the red or blue books that mothers had to take with them to appointments with midwives and health visitors.
It is designed to give mothers more control of their pregnancy records and care notes.
A spokesman for NHS Highland said: “We would like to congratulate the fantastic maternity and labour staff for their efforts.
“It allows real-time recording of all events wherever they occur – in the hospital, community, or home.
“This includes high-risk and low-risk pregnancy pathways. Once online, all events recorded are available to any clinician wherever they are based.”
Mums can also access the information held about them and can update information including occupation, allergies, maternity plans and preferences for birth.
NHS Highland’s Badgernet project midwife Karen MacKillop said: “We have been gradually implementing a full electronic maternity record since December 2 – replacing the traditional hand-held paper record, and reducing paper notes in the hospital.
“This was a huge service change. All community midwives have their own laptop, which is able to access the system remotely and at base.
“Women can download an app which enables them to view part of their maternity record on their chosen device.
“Being able to work remotely, while all care on the system is available to view across north Highlands, in hospital and in the community setting couldn’t have come at a better time given our current situation.”
Click here for more health news
