App will enable community nurses to file information for Department of Health's Community Information Data Set remotely Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust is piloting mobile devices for its community care nurses and therapists to enable them to access files, capture data and update back office systems remotely. The launch of the 14-day pilot on 7 February 2012 will see about 60 staff equipped with smartphones and tablets using Vodafone's 3G network. They will have access to policy and other documents held on the trust's database and, using an in-house app based on NDL software, will...
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