Electronic Patient Record system

​​​Request 810187810

For your current ePCR solution, please provide the following: 

1. Monitor/Defibrillator Integration (Interoperability) 

• Current defibrillator/monitor vendor(s) used operationally. 

• Integration method with the ePCR (e.g., Bluetooth, cable, serial feed, cloud-mediated, proprietary integration). 

• Whether vital-signs data is transferred device-to-device, via a mobile app, or through a cloud API. 

• Any known limitations (e.g., iOS Bluetooth restrictions, Android compatibility issues). 

2. For your current ePCR system:

• Structure of training provided to staff (classroom, online, LMS/SCORM modules). 

• Duration of training for frontline clinicians. 

• Any refresher or ongoing training requirements. 

• Copies of training materials, user guides, quick reference guides or onboarding packs (redacted if necessary). 

• Whether training was provided by the supplier, Trust staff, or a blended model.

3. (For context only) 

• Total number of clinical staff (FTE or headcount). 

• Total number of tablets or mobile devices used for ePCR across the Trust.

4. 

• Any shared purchasing arrangements, consortia, or joint procurements the Trust participates in relating to ePCR. 

• Details of any call-offs or shared contracts awarded through these arrangements.

Clarification request

Please could the requestor confirm that their use of the acronym ‘ePCR’ refers to electronic Patient Care Record / Reporting solutions utilised within Ambulance Services?

Clarification response

I can confirm that the acronym “ePCR” in my request refers to electronic Patient Care Record / reporting solutions used within Ambulance Services.

Response

1

As noted in a previous Freedom of Information response available through www.gov.je at https://www.gov.je/government/freedomofinformation/pages/foi.aspx?ReportID=6733​, the States of Jersey Ambulance Service (SoJAS) use Zoll equipment. Product specification, including integration and interoperability information, can be found at the following link:

Advanced Life Support​

As information is available elsewhere, Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law has been applied.

2

Training was delivered to SoJAS staff through classroom sessions. Updates and training for new joiners are delivered as required. Test Electronic Patient Record Forms (EPRFs) are also employed in other training sessions delivered.

A copy of the training session plan and associated materials are attached. Unrelated session information has been redacted as out of scope of the request.

[LINK Lesson Plan]

[Link Documentation]​

3

SoJAS has 50 frontline EPRF users and 8 clinical workstation users.

Clinical workstation access is also available to Emergency Department staff at Jersey General Hospital, with 17 users currently.

16 tablets are used across the organisation, along with 6 clinical workstations.

4

As a self-governing jurisdiction, Jersey’s hospital facilities sit outside of the NHS, and Health and Care Jersey is not party to shared contracts, purchasing arrangements, consortia or joint procurements.

Articles applied

Article 23 Information accessible to applicant by other means 

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it is reasonably available to the applicant, otherwise than under this Law, whether or not free of charge. 

(2) A scheduled public authority that refuses an application for information on this ground must make reasonable efforts to inform the applicant where the applicant may obtain the information.